Valley Mall (Harrisonburg)

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Area directly in front of the Belk department store, near the mall's eastern end.

Valley Mall is a shopping mall in Harrisonburg, Virginia, owned by Simon Property Group. It currently features more than 50 stores, with JCPenney, Belk, and Target serving as anchor stores.

JCPenney was an original anchor store, along with Watson's (later Peebles), and Leggett (now Belk). A food court, called "Cafe Commons", and a Wal-Mart store were added to the eastern end of the mall in 1991.

[edit] Redevelopment

In 2003, Wal-Mart's relocation to the new Harrisonburg Crossing shopping center left the Valley Mall with a large amount of vacant space. This space remained vacant through 2003 and 2004. In early 2005, the former Wal-Mart, as well as the food court, were demolished to make way for new retail tenants. Target, Old Navy, and rue21 were constructed on the site in an outdoor format, with the enclosed mall reconfigured to end at the former food court entrance.