Greenbrier Mall is a nearly 900,000 sq. ft. regional mall in Chesapeake, Virginia, in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. The mall has a hillside terrain, meaning entries exist on both upper and lower levels. It serves communities on the east coast in the states of Virginia and North Carolina.
The mall currently has over 120 retailers, four anchors (JCPenney, Macy's, Sears and Dillard's), several eateries at the mall's food court, several restaurants including Abuelo's, GameWorks, The Greene Turtle, and a Cinema Café dinner movie theater.
History
The mall's original anchors were Miller & Rhoads (sold to Hecht's in 1990), Sears, and Leggett, a division of Belk. Hess's was added in 1987.
Proffitt's, which acquired the former Hess's in 1993, was sold to Dillard's in 1996. The Leggett store briefly operated as Belk before it was traded to Dillard's in 1998 as part of a mutual exchange. The former Belk became a men's and children's auxiliary store.
In 2003, Greenbrier Mall underwent an extensive renovation. Dillard's consolidated both stores to the former Proffitt's at the east end with a 160,000 square feet (15,000Â m2) reconstruction. In addition, the mall received a new color scheme and its current "G" mall logo, and the former Leggett/Belk building was converted to J. C. Penney.
In April 2004, during the renovation, CBL & Associates acquired the mall from Gregory Greenfield & Associates, Ltd. for $102.5 million. A year later, the new JCPenney department store was completed, and officially opened at the north end of the mall. In 2006, as part of a nationwide transition, Hecht's was rebranded as Macy's.
References
External links
- Greenbrier Mall official website
- CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. mall owner
