MacArthur Center
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The MacArthur Center is a shopping center of the Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...

 metropolitan area. It is majority-owned and operated by the Taubman Company.

Mall Highlights

Located in the heart of downtown Norfolk, this 1100000 square feet (102,193.3 m²) structure is adjacent to the General Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the...

 Memorial. The center is anchored by Nordstrom
Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...

 and Dillard's
Dillard's
Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...

 department stores, with space for a third major anchor tenant. There are 400000 square feet (37,161.2 m²) of mall tenant shops and 100000 square feet (9,290.3 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 in March 1999, with the region's first Nordstrom department store anchor. MacArthur Center was originally compared to other downtown malls, such as Baltimore's Harborplace
Harborplace
Harborplace is a festival marketplace in Baltimore, Maryland, that opened in 1980 as a centerpiece of the revival of downtown Baltimore. As its name suggests, it is located on the Inner Harbor....

, Indianapolis' Circle Centre
Circle Centre
Circle Centre is a large indoor shopping mall located in downtown Indianapolis. Plans for a downtown Indianapolis mall had been in development by the Simon Property Group since 1979. Circle Centre was opened to the public on September 8, 1995, adjoining Simon corporate headquarters, and...

 Mall, Atlanta's Phipps Plaza
Phipps Plaza
Phipps Plaza, owned by Simon Property Group, is an upscale regional mall in Atlanta, Georgia anchored by Belk, Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue. Located adjacent to its sister-mall Lenox Square, in the Buckhead district, Phipps has more than 100 specialty shops, five full-service restaurants, a food...

 Mall and most comparably to The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, also known as Pentagon City Mall, is an upscale shopping mall in Arlington, Virginia. It is situated in the Pentagon City neighborhood on the lower levels of the Washington Tower office building, former home of MCI's Consumer Markets headquarters, near...

 near Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, in Arlington, Virginia
Arlington County, Virginia
Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The land that became Arlington was originally donated by Virginia to the United States government to form part of the new federal capital district. On February 27, 1801, the United States Congress organized the area as a subdivision of...

. Taubman's Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Cherry Creek Shopping Center
Cherry Creek Shopping Center, also known as Cherry Creek Mall, is an upscale shopping mall about three and half miles southeast of downtown Denver, Colorado in the Cherry Creek Neighborhood. It is situated along East First Avenue on the banks of Cherry Creek.Cherry Creek Shopping Center is one of...

, which opened nine years earlier in 1990, has similar skylights and in-mall architecture.

MacArthur on Ice

Every winter since 2005, MacArthur Center has operated a 7200 square feet (668.9 m²) ice skating
Ice skating
Ice skating is moving on ice by using ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and...

 rink on the property.

Parental Policy

Since October 19, 2009, MacArthur Center is one of the few malls in Virginia and the one of three in the Taubman Company to implement a Parental Escort Policy that will ban teens under 18 without a 21+ year old escort daily after 5 p.m. This was met with a protesting opposition just before the rule went into effect.

Food Court Closures

In March 2011, eight of the ten eateries at the mall's Terrace Food Court will close due to their franchisee, HMS Host not renewing leases to the mall. The eight closing stores are:
  • Burger King
    Burger King
    Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain...

  • Nathan's Famous
    Nathan's Famous
    Nathan's Famous is a company that operates a chain of U.S.-based fast food restaurants specializing in hot dogs. The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.-History:Nathan's began as...

    /Arthur Treacher's
    Arthur Treacher's
    Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips is a fast food seafood restaurant chain., there were 45 stores in 8 northern states of the United States which serve fish and chips. Its main competitors are Long John Silver's and Captain D's...

     (same spot)
  • Kelly's Cajun Grill
  • Yeung's Lotus Express
  • Cheesecake Factory Bakery Cafe
  • Starbucks Coffee (food court & 2nd floor locations)
  • Hershey's Ice Cream

Sbarro
Sbarro
Sbarro is a bankrupt chain of pizza restaurants that specializes in traditional Italian cuisine, including its most popular menu item "pizza by the slice." Its headquarters is located in Melville, Huntington, New York.- History :...

 and Charley's, which are not part of HMS Host, will stay open as the only food court eateries until at least summer 2011 when Panda Express
Panda Express
Panda Express is a fast casual restaurant chain serving American Chinese cuisine. It operates mainly inside the United States, in casinos, shopping malls, supermarkets, airports, train stations, strip plazas, theme parks, stadiums, college campuses and The Pentagon...

 and Sakura Elite plans to open then.

Anchors

  • Dillard's
    Dillard's
    Dillard's, Inc. is a department store chain in the United States, with 330 stores in 29 states. Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Dillard's locations are concentrated in Texas and Florida; with a major presence in other states including Arizona, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Missouri,...

     (260000 square feet (24,154.8 m²)) - East Coast flagship
  • Nordstrom
    Nordstrom
    Nordstrom, Inc. is an upscale department store chain in the United States, founded by John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Initially a shoe retailer, the company today also sells clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances, and in some locations, home furnishings...

    (166000 square feet (15,421.9 m²))

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