Fair Oaks Mall

Fair Oaks Mall

Fair Oaks Mall is an enclosed shopping mall just outside the City of Fairfax, Virginia. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 66 and U.S. Route 50. The mall has a Gross leasable area (GLA) of convert|1574000|sqft|m2|abbr=on. [ [http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=VA0160 International Council of Shopping Centers: Fair Oaks Mall] , accessed January 1, 2007]

The mall features a diverse mix of high-end and middle-market stores and restaurants, including Apple Computer, Bloom's Grill, Sephora, bebe, Victoria's Secret, Zoe Salon & Spa, Banana Republic, GAP, Express, New York & Co, The Limited, H&M, United Colors of Benetton, Talbots, Pottery Barn, L'Occitane, Godiva Chocolatier, Fossil, Eddie Bauer, Coldstone Creamery, Christie Adam Salon & Spa, Bubbles Hair Salon, Harry & David, Ann Taylor, Texas de Brazil, Coach, Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, American Eagle, Aeropostale, Aveda, Origins, The Body Shop, Bath & Body Works, Cache, Williams-Sonoma, Swarovski, Faces Cosmetics, XXI Forever, Michael Kors, The Verizon Experience, f.y.e., and GameStop.

Future stores: Sandella's Flatbread Grill, aerie, Best Buy Mobile, Papaya

In August 2007 it was announced by Taubman Centers that preliminary plans were in the works to expand the mall by 34%.

History

Fair Oaks Mall officially opened on July 31, 1980. ["Mall: The Fountains! The Parasols! The Parking," by Lynn Darling, The Washington Post, Aug 1, 1980, p. C1.] The 1.4 million square foot mall, developed by The Taubman Company, opened in the midst of a recession, with only four of six anchor stores in operation (Hecht's, JCPenney, Sears, and Woodward & Lothrop) and 15 other storefronts occupied, leaving three fourths of the storefronts empty. The two remaining anchors opened shortly after; Garfinckel's on August 21, 1980, and Lord & Taylor in Spring 1981. Developers expected 60 to be occupied by the Christmas season and 100 by the following year. Upon opening, it was the largest mall in the Washington, D.C. area. It included the first suburban Washington location of the British homegoods store, Conran's. ["New Fair Oaks Mall Runs Afoul of Recession," by Jerry Knight, "The Washington Post", Jul 27, 1980, p. F1.]

In 1982, the Fair Oaks Mall was one of the first sites used by Sears as part of its effort to offer financial services to customers, including stocks, bonds, insurance and real estate, from its Dean Witter, Allstate and Coldwell Banker subsidiaries. ["Sears's Experiment In Financial Sales", "The New York Times", October 7, 1982. p. D1.]

In 1987, the mall's owners attempted to evict Garfinckel's and a related company, Raleigh Stores Holding, Inc., claiming that the store owners had not received the landlord's permission to assign the lease after Allied Stores, Inc. divested some lines of business. [ [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_198712/ai_n14987243 "Mall owners sues to evict unit of Garfinckel's. (Fair Oaks Mall, Va.) Daily News Record, December, 1987 by Betsy Stanton] ]

In 1988, seeking to reach out to a broader range of patrons, the Fairfax library system opened a 10,000 volume branch at the Fair Oaks Mall. ["Branching Out; Area Libraries Aren't Just for Books Anymore", "The Washington Post", October 13, 1988. pg. v.01] The mall also contains a Virginia DMV customer service center.

Anchors

*J.C. Penney (257,000 square feet)
*Lord & Taylor (127,000 square feet)
*Macy's - 2 locations (formerly Hecht's; 309,000 square feet)
*Sears (121,000 square feet)

Fair Oaks is one of the few malls in the US where Macy's continues to operate two stores. This looks to continue for the near future as Macy's has made no official announcement on whether or not one of the stores will close.

References

External links

* [http://www.shopfairoaksmall.com/ Fair Oaks Mall]


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