Spotsylvania Towne Centre facts for kids
Main entrance and motor lobby
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| Location | Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States |
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| Management | Cafaro Company |
| Owner | Cafaro Company |
| No. of stores and services | 152 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 (6 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,325,000 square feet (123,100 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
The Spotsylvania Towne Centre is a large shopping mall in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It used to be called Spotsylvania Mall. You can find it on Virginia State Route 3, not far from Interstate 95. It's also right across from the Central Park area, which has many shops and places to eat.
A company called Cafaro Company owns and manages the mall. The mall got its new name, "Spotsylvania Towne Centre," when a big project to update it began. This project cost $12 million and finished in 2009. It made the inside and outside of the mall look brand new. At the same time, they started building an outdoor shopping area called "The Village."
The main, big stores at the mall are Guitar Center, Dick's Sporting Goods, Belk, Costco, JCPenney, and Macy's. There's also one empty space where a big store used to be, which was Sears. You can find a bowling alley called Splitsville connected to a movie theater. The mall also has more than 150 smaller shops and restaurants.
Mall History
Spotsylvania Mall first opened its doors in 1980. Back then, its main stores were Leggett (which is now Belk), JCPenney, Sears, and Montgomery Ward. There was also a smaller store called F.W. Woolworth Company.
In 1993, another big store called Hecht's was added. That same year, the F.W. Woolworth Company store closed. JCPenney then opened another, smaller store in the space where Woolworth used to be.
Montgomery Ward closed in 2001. That building was torn down, and a year later, a Costco store was built there. A Dick's Sporting Goods store also opened in 2002.
On November 7, 2019, it was announced that the Sears store at the mall would close. This was part of a plan to close many Sears stores across the country. The Spotsylvania Sears store closed on February 2, 2020. The building was later torn down in October 2020.
The Village Outdoor Area
While the main mall was being updated, Cafaro Company also announced plans for a new outdoor shopping area. This area, called "The Village," would have 200,000 square feet of shops and restaurants. It was built on empty land right next to the Spotsylvania Towne Centre.
In October 2008, Cafaro Company shared that eight different businesses had agreed to open stores in The Village. The plans for The Village included a fun place called the Muviville Entertainment Complex. This complex was supposed to have a movie theater, a bowling alley, a restaurant, and electronic games.
The movie theater was part of the early plans for The Village. However, there were some delays. The entertainment complex has since opened and is now home to Splitsville (a bowling alley and restaurant) and the 12-screen Paragon Theaters Village + Extreme movie theater.
