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The Gallery at Military Circle, formerly Military Circle Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall in Norfolk, Virginia. Opened in 1970, it features Macy's and Ross Dress for Less, and a Cinemark multiplex movie theater.〔(Store Directory for Mall )〕 The mall has been managed by Thor Equities since 2002. ==History== Military Circle Mall opened in 1970, developed by Harvey Lindsay Jr.〔http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F5E14F95B77F512&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM〕 Original tenants included J.B. Hunter (later Thalhimers), JCPenney, Smith & Welton, and Leggett (a division of Belk), a Sheraton hotel,〔(TheMallManac.com )〕 and a 6-screen AMC Theatres multiplex.〔 Thalhimer's became Hecht's in 1992,〔http://articles.dailypress.com/1991-11-13/news/9111130351_1_hampton-roads-hecht-thalhimers-stores〕 and Macy's in 2006. Smith & Welton closed in 1990.〔http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF34B6FA21543&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM〕 Renovations in 1996 included the addition of skylights in the concourses, new entrances and a 600-seat food court.〔http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF9E78B4CBEEC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM〕 AMC Theaters, located in the middle of the mall, closed in the mid-90s; a Cinemark multiplex opened a few years later in a different section of the mall.〔(AMC Theaters at CinemaTreasures.org )〕 In 1998, Belk vacated the former Leggett building. A year later, then-owner Urban Retail began a renovation of the center, which included the addition of a Sears in the former Smith & Welton space, returning Sears to Norfolk after its previous store in the city closed in 1993.〔 In 2000, an 18-screen Cinemark movie theater also opened on the site of the former Leggett/Belk.〔(Cinemark 18 at Cinematreasures.org )〕〔http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFFB4A694ECC4B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM〕 Thor Equities bought the mall in 2002〔http://hamptonroads.com/2010/10/cloudy-forecast-gallery-military-circle〕 and renamed it The Gallery at Military Circle while continuing mall-wide renovation.〔 Ross Dress for Less opened in 2004, taking space previously occupied by a McCrory dime store.〔http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=101DE621606BE14A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM〕 A DoubleTree hotel, which had taken the former space of the Sheraton, closed about 2009 and has not reopened.〔(Closed DoubleTree Hotel in Norfolk is Purchased, the Virginian-Pilot, Aug. 19, 2010 )〕 KB Toys filed for bankruptcy and closed in 2009, followed soon by the closing of Suncoast, and Waldenbooks stores.〔(Military Circle Mall History at MallHistory.com )〕 Sears closed its Military Circle store in March 2012 as part of a nationwide series of closings.〔http://hamptonroads.com/2012/01/sears-closing-raises-concern-vitality-military-circle〕 The JCPenney store at Military Circle was named as one of 33 stores JCPenney announced on January 15, 2014 would close later in the year.〔http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/01/15/heres-the-list-of-the-33-stores-j-c-penney-is-closing/?mod=yahoo_hs〕 The Norfolk Economic Development Authority then bought the vacated anchor that December so the city would have a strategic say in the future of the mall property. On April 16, 2015; it was announced that the entire Gallery at Military Circle property was placed under foreclosure.〔http://wavy.com/2015/04/17/military-circle-mall-shoppers-merchants-wonder-whats-next/〕 On July 15, 2015, the entire mall property was put up for public auction in the Norfolk court. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Gallery at Military Circle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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