Williamsburg Outlet Mall Explained

Williamsburg Outlet Mall, originally Outlets Ltd.,^[1] was a 250000square feet outlet shopping complex located in Williamsburg, Virginia. The shopping center had 40 stores.^[2] It opened in 1983.^[3]

After years of declining traffic, the mall closed in late 2013.^[4] Then most stores moved to Williamsburg Premium Outlets.^[5] A plan was made to replace it with a marketplace.^[6] Demolition started in 2014.^[7] The developer, a consortium of Vistacor, LLC and Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc., built a 131,000 square foot marketplace anchored by Harris Teeter and Walgreens. The project opened in 2016 and it cost $25 million.

External links

• Web site: The Williamsburg Outlet Mall. williamsburgoutletmall.com. 2015-06-24.

Notes and References

1. Book: Williamsburg '89: Including Jamestown and Yorktown. Fodor's. 1989. Fodor's Travel Publications. 9780679017219. 2015-06-24.
2. Web site: Williamsburg Outlet Mall . October, 2011 . 2011-10-04.
3. Web site: Shopping - tribunedigital-dailypress. articles.dailypress.com. 2015-06-24.
4. Web site: Scaife. Velma. 24 April 2013. Williamsburg Outlet Mall to close by year's end. wvec.com. 2015-06-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140227223101/http://www.wvec.com/news/Williamsburg-Outlet-Mall-to-close-by-years-end-204507261.html. 2014-02-27.
5. Web site: Williamsburg Outlet Mall. OuteltStoresMalls.com. 2015-07-20.
6. Web site: Wheeler. Lydia. 5 December 2013. Marketplace likely to replace Williamsburg Outlet Mall. Inside Business. 2015-06-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150722135840/http://insidebiz.com/news/marketplace-likely-replace-williamsburg-outlet-mall. 2015-07-22.
7. Web site: Williamsburg Outlet Mall Demolition Underway; Building to be Razed by Fall. Brittany. Voll. Williamsburg Yorktown Daily. 23 July 2014.