Chesapeake Square

Chesapeake Square is a 717,282 square feet (66,637.7 m2) regional mall in Chesapeake, Virginia, in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The mall has approximately 70 stores, three anchors (Burlington, Cinemark Theatres, and Target), several eateries at the mall's food court including one restaurant: Big Woody's (located at the mall's main entry).

Chesapeake Square
Entrance to Chesapeake Square, June 2012
LocationChesapeake, Virginia
Coordinates36°49′36.3″N 76°24′52.8″W
Opening date1989
DeveloperEdward J. DeBartolo Corporation
OwnerKotarides Holdings, LLC.
No. of stores and services76
No. of anchor tenants6 (2 open, 4 vacant)
Total retail floor area717,282 square feet (66,637.7 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Parking2,000
Websitechesapeakesquare.com

History

The mall opened in October 1989 in former forest and swamp land of the Western Branch section of Chesapeake. Later, the business district grew with two other shopping centers including the adjacent "Chesapeake Center" as well as "The Crossroads at Chesapeake Square" across the street.

The mall was developed by the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation. The mall's anchors at the time of its opening in 1989 were JCPenney, Sears, Hess's, and Leggett.

Montgomery Ward opened in 1992. When it closed in 2001, its building was expanded for use by Target.[2]

Hecht's opened as an anchor in 1999. It became Macy's, along with all other Hecht's stores, in 2006.

On July 27, 2009, Dillard's announced that it would close its two Chesapeake Square locations, along with four other undisclosed locations, laying off or transferring 45 employees. In September 2009, the Men's building (originally Leggett until 1996, later Belk until 1998) closed. On September 23, the Women's building, (originally Hess's until 1993, later Proffitt's until 1997), closed as well.

Burlington Coat Factory replaced Dillard's Men's[3] on September 24, 2010.

On November 12, 2010, a Cinemark movie theater moved to the former Dillard's Women/Hess's anchor space.[4] The theater has stadium seating with twelve screens, including an Extreme Digital (XD) auditorium and opened at December 16, 2011.[1] In December 2017, the old Cinemark building was demolished.

Sears announced the closure of its Chesapeake Square store in late 2014.[5]

The mall was previously owned by Simon Property Group, until it spun off numerous properties to Washington Prime Group in 2014.[6] Jones Lang LaSalle owned and managed the property until Virginia Beach-based Kotarides acquired the mall for $12.9 million in February 2018.[7][8]

In September 2015, Macy's was announced to close by early 2016. [9] This left JCPenney as the last original anchor.

In October 2021, it was announced that JCPenney would be leaving the mall by 2022 leaving no original anchors left at the mall.[10]

On December 9th, 2022, Pete Kortarides, President of Virginia Beach-based Kortarides Development, said demolition of the former Macy's, JCPenney and Sears buildings could began as next year to be replaced by unnamed retailers.

References
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  7. "Virginia Beach-based developer purchases Chesapeake Square Mall". WVEC. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  8. Squires, Paula C. (2018-02-22). "Kotarides Holdings acquires Chesapeake Square Mall for $12.9 million". Virginia Business. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  9. "Macy's to close three stores in Hampton Roads". wtkr.com. Retrieved 2023-09-28.
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