Malls · Virginia

Fairfield Commons Mall

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedClosedGlen Allen, VA

Opened 1968. Closed 2015. Redeveloped in 2015.

Status nowClosedextracted, unreviewed

documented

That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall.

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size335,000 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported

Retrofit year2015extracted, unreviewed reported

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Fairfield Commons Mall — Exterior of a large commercial building with 'For Sale' signage and glass facade. · verified by a vision model. Photo: Aaron F. Stone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile8 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

Sears

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Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 150,824 on 95 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -10% census-cbp · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High-income tract ($100k+)

This site: $107,125 census-acs · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: 95 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: extraction · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

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All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Closedextracted, unreviewed documented That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall. en.wikipedia.org
Strategy	Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed documented That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall. en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
Retrofit year	2015extracted, unreviewed reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	3: STANLEY MARTIN TOWNHOMES AT VIRGINIA CENTER COMMON; TELEGRAPH ROAD APARTMENTS; VIRGINIA CENTER COMMONS SPORTS COMPLEXEPA FRS
Census tract 51087200907	4,844 people, 1,342 per sq mi; median household income $107,125; median gross rent $1,770; 35% renters; 4.8% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 12 food and drink; 1 cycleway segments, 87 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Henrico County (VA), 2024	785 units in 5+ unit buildings, 120 in 2–4, 921 single-family; 2023: 1,805 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.55; socioeconomic 0.31; housing and transport 0.49; 12% below 150% of poverty; 8% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 8 within 25 km: Virginia Center Commons (0.0 km); Azalea mall (0.0 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 15,029 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	55,963 since 2015; 4,040 in the last 12 months (-29% vs the prior 12); peak 2022-11 with 1,185Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	very low overall (score 11.9); expected annual loss $819,458; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	20,303 jobs in 1,064 establishments; average annual pay $41,243; employment location quotient 1.06; employment -0.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	4,315 jobs; 966 in retail trade, 792 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 51087200907)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 42th income percentile as adults; 2.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (487 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 36% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 8.5%; median family income $70,911; 206 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Henrico County Public Schools (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	132 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	263 county-logged events: 123 thunderstorm wind, 49 flash flood, 45 heavy rain, 36 hail; $480,040 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 23059, 2026-09	median list price $679,975 (+9.9% on the year); 103 active listings; median 39 days on market; 17% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	1,145 establishments (-10%); 22,169 jobs (-2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $397,454 (+2% 1 yr, +26% 5 yr); typical rent $1,773/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	278 (2000 = 100); -6.0% 1 yr, +44% 5 yr, +80% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	150,824 vehicles a day on 95 (Interstate, 8 lanes); 22,384 trucks; 25 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Fairfield Commons Mall opened in 1968 and operated as an enclosed mall until 2015, when it was closed for redevelopment into a smaller open‑air retail center. The site has remained closed since the retrofit year of 2015.

Why. The record does not specify anchor losses, competition, debt, or demolition as causes; it only notes that the site was closed for redevelopment and labeled as 'closed or demolished site (sourced)'.

Where it stands. The mall is currently closed, and the record does not identify the present owner or controlling entity.

For a planner

Strategy listed is redevelopment to retail, indicating a policy‑driven reuse attempt.
No explicit policy tools (e.g., tax incentives, zoning changes) are documented in the record.
Open questions include current ownership, zoning designation, and any pending approvals for the planned open‑air retail.

For a developer

Site size is 335,000 sf GLA with a peak of 42 stores.
Control and entitlement stage are not specified in the record.
Context‑layer constraints (flood risk, transit access, environmental factors) and tract‑level market signals are not provided.

What we do not know yet

Owner of the property is unknown; the record lacks any owner or deal details.
Current zoning, land‑use entitlements, and status of any redevelopment approvals are not documented.
Environmental constraints such as floodplain location or contamination are not mentioned.
Transit proximity and accessibility data are absent from the record.
The verification status is 'draft', indicating that some fields may be model‑extracted and unreviewed.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

Similar sites

New Harbour Mall, Fall River, MA · Malls · similar GLA (385,000 sq ft); opened 1971; closed 2016
NOHO West, North Hollywood, CA · Malls · similar GLA (452,000 sq ft); opened 1968; closed 2016
Cloverleaf Mall, Richmond, VA · Malls · opened 1972; same strategy: redevelop; also in VA
Sears site at Overlake Plaza, Redmond, WA · Big boxes · similar GLA (268,000 sq ft); opened 1971; closed 2018

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Fairfield Commons (formerly Eastgate Mall) on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and state only, check the city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

Sky City: Retail History: Fairfield Commons Mall/Eastgate Mall ... skycity2.blogspot.com
Renovations at Fairfield Commons Mall a work in progr… 12onyourside.com

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Multifamily screen

retrofit already built
closed or demolished site (sourced)
median rent $1,474

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened	1968Esri 2014 layer
Closed	2015extracted, unreviewed documented That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall. en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	335,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	42Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	Sears, Peebles Department Store, Max Way
Address	Nine Mile Rd. & Laburnum Ave.
County	Henrico
Census division	5 · South Atlantic
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer, what is there now. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Virginia Center Commons (VCC) was an enclosed shopping mall located in Glen Allen, Virginia, near the state capital of Richmond. Built in 1991, Simon Property Group owned the mall until 2014 when it was split off to Washington Prime Group. In January 2017, the mall was sold again to Kohan Retail Investment Group.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1968 Opened
2015 Closed for redevelopment into smaller open-air mall

Sources

Wikipedia: Fairfield Commons Mall (Virginia) · supports: status, strategy, year closed
4 quoted sentences
That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall.
That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall.
That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall.
That mall closed in 2015 for redevelopment into a smaller open-air mall.
Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Fairfield Commons Mall, Glen Allen, VA." Record m-2ef8eb83f5, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/va/glen-allen-fairfield-commons-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_glenallenfairfieldcommonsmall,
  title = {Fairfield Commons Mall, Glen Allen, VA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/va/glen-allen-fairfield-commons-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-2ef8eb83f5, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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Link back

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