MacArthur Center

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MacArthur Center
Exterior view of MacArthur Center's food court balcony
Exterior view of MacArthur Center's food court balcony
Facts and statistics
Location Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Opening date March 12, 1999
Management Taubman Company
Owner City of Norfolk
No. of stores and services 140
No. of anchor tenants 2 (with 1 vacancy)
Total retail floor area 900,000 sq ft.; including 400,000 ft² retail
100,000 ft² food & entertainment
No. of floors 3
Website www.shopmacarthur.com

The MacArthur Center is the premier upscale shopping center of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area.[1][2] It is operated by the Taubman Company, and owned by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.

Located in the heart of Norfolk, this 1,100,000-square-foot (102,000 m²) structure is adjacent to the General Douglas MacArthur Memorial. The center is anchored by Nordstrom and Dillard’s department stores, with space for a third major anchor tenant. There are 400,000 square feet (37,000 m²) of mall tenant shops and 100,000 square feet (9,300 m²) of food and entertainment offerings, including a one of a kind Regal MacArthur 18 in which it is situated on the top level along the mall's skylights. In addition to the three-story mall, two 5 level parking decks are provided accommodating 4,000 cars.

The 140-store mall opened with great fanfare in March 1999, making downtown Norfolk a prime shoppers destination, with the region's first Nordstrom department store anchor. MacArthur Center was originally compared to other downtown malls, such as Baltimore's Harborplace, Indianapolis' Circle Centre Mall, Atlanta's Lenox Square Mall and most comparably to The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City near Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Virginia. Taubman's Cherry Creek Shopping Center has similar skylights and in-mall architecture.

Every winter since 2005, MacArthur Center has operated a 7,200-square-foot (670 m²) ice skating rink on the property.[3] The center has also witnessed protests by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, whose international headquarters are in Norfolk.[4]

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  1. ^ Batts Jr., Battinto (2006-08-06), Why high-end stores aren't buying into Hampton Roads, The Virginian-Pilot, <http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=108738&ran=136205>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 
  2. ^ Frankenberry, Rita (2007-08-23), Trying to grow up-scale at Chesapeake's Towne Place, The Virginian-Pilot, <http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=130869&ran=66145>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 
  3. ^ Garrow, Hattie Brown (2007-11-18), MacArthur Center's ice rink reopens for season 3, The Virginian-Pilot, <http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=137165&ran=90672>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 
  4. ^ Roy, Matthew (2005-11-26), PETA stages die-in at MacArthur to protest J. Crew fur, The Virginian-Pilot, <http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=95979&ran=43419>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 
  5. ^ Shapiro, Carolyn (2007-08-19), Banana Republic will open store in MacArthur Center, The Virginian-Pilot, <http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=130706&ran=157234>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 
  6. ^ Shapiro, Carolyn (2006-10-07), "Academic superstore" to open at MacArthur, The Virginian-Pilot, <http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=112248&ran=129748>. Retrieved on 23 November 2007 

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