{{short description|Shopping center in Springfield, Virginia}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{infobox shopping mall | name = Springfield Town Center | image = Springfield Town Center and environs, October 24, 2014 - 3.jpeg | caption = Interior of the Springfield Town Center, second level | location = Springfield, Virginia, United States | address = 6500 Springfield Mall, Springfield, VA 22150 | coordinates = {{coord|38.774558|-77.1749812|display=inline,title}} | opening_date = {{Start date and age|1973|5|7}} (as Springfield Mall)<br/>{{Start date and age|2014|10|17}} (as Springfield Town Center) | closing_date = | manager = PREIT | owner = PREIT | developer = Arthur M. Fischer Inc. and Franconia Associates | architects = | building_costs = | number_of_stores = 155 | number_of_anchors = 8 | floor_area = {{convert|1700000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} | floors = 2 (3 in Macy's) | parking = 8,100 parking spaces (four levels in the Loisdale garage and six levels in the Frontier garage plus uncovered lots) | publictransit = {{rint|washington|metro}} Washington Metro: <br /> {{rint|washington|blue}} at Franconia-Springfield<br /> {{bus icon|12px}} Fairfax Connector: 310, 321, 322, 334, 350, 351, 401, 402, 494 | website = {{URL|springfieldtowncenter.com}} }}
'''Springfield Town Center''' is an enclosed shopping center located in the Springfield census-designated place (CDP) of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia. It opened in 1973 as '''Springfield Mall''', an enclosed shopping mall, which closed on June 30, 2012 as part of a multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan to turn it into a multifaceted "Town Center"-style shopping center with a main indoor area similar to the nearby Tysons Corner Center and Dulles Town Center, while transforming the exterior into a pedestrian friendly environment with restaurants with cafe style outdoor seating and entrances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidenova.com/news/business/springfield-mall-reopens-as-springfield-town-center/article_7adf511e-5677-11e4-80cb-ff43d2285e11.html|title=Springfield Mall reopens as Springfield Town Center|first=Amanda|last=Stewart|date=18 October 2014 |publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.springfieldtowncenter.com/Videos/VNO_Springfield_FinalVO_050213_1000.mp4 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-10-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225512/http://www.springfieldtowncenter.com/Videos/VNO_Springfield_FinalVO_050213_1000.mp4 |archive-date=2013-10-04 }}</ref> It is located at the intersection of I-95 and Franconia Road, which is part of the Springfield Interchange, 1/4 mile north of Franconia-Springfield Parkway and the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station. The mall reopened on October 17, 2014 following its two-year renovation.
thumb|left|The main entrance of the revitalized Springfield Town Center
Original anchors were Lansburgh's (later E.J. Korvette),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%22springfield+mall%22+%22lasburgh%27s%22#hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=MTS&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=%22springfield+mall%22+%22lansburgh%27s%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbm=bks&source=og&sa=N&tab=wp&ei=T5Y1UaaIL8G20gGg3YGwAw&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.43148975,d.dmQ&fp=b268027521f9266e&biw=1280&bih=670|title="springfield mall" "lasburgh's" – Google Search|work=google.com|accessdate=13 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qugSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22springfield+mall%22+%22lansburgh%27s%22|title=Chain Store Age, Executives Edition Combined with Shopping Center Age|work=google.com|date=July 1973|accessdate=13 March 2015}}</ref> Garfinckel's (later Sports Authority), J.C. Penney, and Montgomery Ward (later Target). Macy's was added in 1991.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0EF5306BA3E32&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | title=NewsLibrary Search Results}}</ref> The mall was notable for having one of the top two performing locations of the Time Out chain of amusement arcades, which featured in its mall rat culture during the 1980s golden age of arcades.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=article |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlIsAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Edison+Brothers+says+Time-Out%27s+two+best+locations%22 |magazine=Funworld Magazine |date=1995 |page=16 |access-date=2018-05-08 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Latimer |first=Leah |date=1983-02-21 |title=MALL RATS |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1983/02/21/mall-rats/26876922-beab-4276-8b4b-32ecf48fee95/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=2018-05-08 }}</ref>
Prince Charles and Princess Diana visited the JCPenney store at the mall on November 11, 1985, during their famous American tour.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/dates/stories/november/9/newsid_4396000/4396846.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=1985: America welcomes Charles and Diana | date=November 9, 1985}}</ref> However, the mall's fortunes declined in the 1990s and 2000s. Its DMV office was where Hani Hanjour and Khalid al-Mihdhar, two of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks, illegally obtained state identification.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Carney|first=Timothy P.|title=Hijackers' Helper Faces Two Years Max|journal=Human Events|volume=57|number=48|access-date=11 September 2015|via=EBSCOhost|url-access=subscription |url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=5829068&cpidlogin.asp?custid=s4132146&site=ehost-live}}</ref> The mall also experienced two gang-related stabbings in 2005,<ref>{{cite news|title=Police Make Arrest In Springfield Mall Stabbing Incident|url=http://www.nbc4.com/news/5442768/detail.html|work=nbc4.com|date=1 December 2005|archive-date=27 September 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005508/http://www.nbc4.com/news/5442768/detail.html|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> two fatal shootings, one in December 2007 and one in June 2022<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503366.html |title=2 Indicted in Alleged Gang Killing at Springfield Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Tom | last=Jackman | date=April 26, 2008 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2022/10/no-charges-for-officers-who-shot-killed-armed-man-at-springfield-mall/amp/|title=No charges for officers who shot, killed armed man at Springfield mall|work=wtop.com|first=Abigail|last=Constantino|date=October 13, 2022|accessdate=October 20, 2022}}</ref> and a fatal carjacking in September 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/14/AR2008091402196.html?sid=ST2008091501856 |title=Woodbridge Man Charged In Fatal Virginia Carjacking |newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Paul| last=Duggan| date=September 15, 2008 | accessdate=November 20, 2014}}</ref>
One of the largest malls in Northern Virginia, it was owned and operated by Vornado Realty Trust. In 2005, Vornado purchased an option valued at $36 million to buy the mall from the previous owners Franconia Two LP.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/31/AR2005103101635.html |title=Firm Makes Deal For Springfield Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Dana | last=Hedgpeth | date=November 1, 2005 | accessdate=May 23, 2010}}</ref> In early 2006, Vornado purchased the mall for an additional $80 million along with plans to redevelop.<ref name="divaris">{{cite web | url=http://www.divaris.com/rereview/springfield06.html | title=Real Estate Review | publisher=Divaris Real Estate | work=Commercial Real Estate Review | accessdate=11 September 2015|archive-date=25 October 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025112005/http://www.divaris.com/rereview/springfield06.html}}</ref>
In March 2012, Vornado announced plans to close all but the three anchor stores starting on July 1, ahead of the two-year renovation and redevelopment, which is part of a decade-long plan intended to turn the Mall and its surrounding area into the new Springfield Town Center.<ref name="WTOP">{{cite news| url=http://www.wtop.com/?nid=120&sid=2778373 | title=Aging Springfield Mall to close all stores but anchors for renovations |publisher=WTOP |date=8 March 2012|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> Springfield Town Center re-opened on October 17, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bhattarai|first=Abha|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2014/09/04/springfield-town-center-reopens-oct-17-heres-what-it-looks-like-now/|title=Springfield Town Center reopens Oct. 17. Here's what it looks like now. |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=4 September 2014|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Springfield-Town-Center-Reopens-Friday-279541162.html|title=Springfield Town Center Reopens |publisher=NBC4 Washington |date=8 March 2012|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref>
In 2014, the center was sold to PREIT for $465 million.<ref name=pbj3414>{{cite news|last=Van Allen |first=Peter |accessdate=March 13, 2014|title=PREIT will pay $465M for Virginia mall|work=Philadelphia Business Journal |date=March 4, 2014|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/03/04/preit-will-pay-465m-for-virginia-mall.html?page=all}}</ref> In late 2015, Dave and Buster's, a popular family owned entertainment and sports bar opened.
In August 2023, LEGO Discovery Center Washington DC opened at the property. The 32,000 square foot indoor attraction is co-created by Merlin & the LEGO Group and is located at the main entrance to the property.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-11-08 |title=LEGO Discovery Center Washington DC opens with brick versions of capital landmarks |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/entertainment/the-scene/lego-discovery-center-washington-dc-opens/3401678/ |access-date= |website=NBC Washington |language=en-US}}</ref>
On February 9, 2026, JCPenney announced that it is closing its Springfield Town Center location on May 24, citing its current lease terms and unable to find another suitable location in the market.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neibauer |first1=Michael |title=JCPenney closing at Springfield Town Center |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2026/02/09/jcpenney-springfield-town-center-closing.html |website=Washington Business Journal |access-date=February 10, 2026}}</ref>
In May, 2026, it was announced that Dick’s Sporting Goods was interested in opening one of their large format Dick’s House of Sport concept stores utilizing the former JCPenney anchor space. This new store would include a synthetic turf field and running track, rock-climbing walls, multi-sport practice cages, golf simulators, and an expanded offering of items such as cleats for multiple sport surfaces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Debbie |date=2026-05-18 |title=Dick's Plans to Replace JCPenney at Springfield Town Center |url=https://northernvirginiamag.com/style/shopping/2026/05/18/dicks-plans-to-replace-jcpenney-at-springfield-town-center/ |access-date=2026-05-26 |website=Northern Virginia Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
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