Pembroke Mall
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| Pembroke Mall | |
| Facts and statistics | |
|---|---|
| Location | Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States |
| Opening date | 1966 |
| Management | Jones Lang LaSalle |
| No. of stores and services | 100[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3[1] |
| Total retail floor area | 623,479 square feet (57,923.1 m²)[1] |
| Website | http://pembrokemall.com |
Pembroke Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. Opened in March 1966 as the first shopping mall in the Hampton Roads MSA,[2][3][4] it currently comprises more than 100 stores, including anchor stores Kohl's, Sears and Stein Mart, as well as a food court, and a movie theater owned by Regal Cinemas. Pembroke Mall is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle.
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[edit] History
The site of Pembroke Mall was originally occupied by farm land.[4] Construction began on the mall in March 1965; a year later, the mall's twenty-one stores opened to the public.[4] Sears and Miller & Rhoads, respectively the western and eastern anchor stores, opened shortly afterward;[4] besides these two anchor stores, the mall also featured an Woolworth dime store near the middle.
A 1981 expansion added local department store Rices Nachmans as a third anchor store;[5] four years later, Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Hess's acquired the Rices Nachmans chain and re-branded all stores as Hess's.
Miller & Rhoads closed its location at Pembroke Mall in 1990; within a year, the former Miller & Rhoads space was replaced with Uptons, a chain based in Atlanta, Georgia. Hess's sold its Hampton Roads area stores to Proffitt's in 1993; subsequently, Proffitt's sold all of its area stores to Dillard's in 1998.[6] Stein Mart was also added as an anchor next to Uptons in the mid-1990s.
By the mid-1990s, Pembroke Mall started to lose tenants, primarily to newer and larger malls in the area, including Lynnhaven Mall and Military Circle Mall (now The Gallery at Military Circle).[4] In 1997, the entire Woolworth chain was shuttered, leaving a large vacancy in the mall; two years later, Uptons closed as well, followed by Dillard's in 2002.[7]
[edit] Redevelopment
In 2003, the mall's management embarked on a mall-wide redevelopment. New floor tiles were laid throughout the entire concourse, and several restaurants opened on the periphery. Kohl's, a department store chain based in Wisconsin, opened its first Hampton Roads location in the former Uptons space that year.[8] Other additions included a food court in the mall's southern wing, as well as several national chain tenants, such as Pacific Sunwear and Hot Topic.[9] Freight Liquidators, a local furniture store, also briefly operated in the former Dillard's space.
In 2006, most of the mall's northern wing (including the former Dillard's) was demolished for redevelopment;[2][3] no official plans have yet been announced for what the redevelopment will comprise.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Pembroke Mall leasing sheet. Jones Lang LaSalle. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ a b Batts, Jr., Battinto (2006-08-02). Wing of Pembroke Mall will be razed for new stores. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ a b c Garrow, Hattie Brown (2007-03-22). Pembroke Mall evolves with an eye on Town Center. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ a b c d e Stoughton, Stephanie (1995-11-06). Pembroke Mall aging gracefully: Despite the proliferation of enclosed shopping malls in Hampton Roads, Pembroke Mall - the original - has managed to keep its edge by changing with the times and aggressively recruiting the tenants. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ Goldfarb, Greg (1994-07-31). The dream is alive: Long-range plan to turn Pembroke area into gleaming central business district is turning into bricks and mortar. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ Stoughton, Stephanie (1997-01-12). Dillard's prepares for regional battle where Proffitt's failed, Dillard believes it can flourish. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ Kimberlin, Joanne (2002-06-05). Dillard's Is Latest Anchor Department Store to Desert Virginia Beach Mall.. The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ Kohl's Brings Family Values to Virginia. Real Estate Review. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
- ^ Orr, Jennifer (2004-12). A New Lease On Life: Pembroke Mall, Virginia Beach's first regional mall, is updated for the 21st century.. Shopping Center Business. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.
