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| Location | Dulles, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 39°1′55.7″N77°25′25.8″W / 39.032139°N 77.423833°W /39.032139; -77.423833 |
| Opening date | August 12, 1999; 25 years ago (August 12, 1999) |
| Developer | Lerner Enterprises,Cigna |
| Owner | Srinivas Chavali |
| No. of stores and services | 150 |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 6 (3 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Website | shopdullestowncenter |
Dulles Town Center is a two-level enclosed shopping mall inSterling inLoudoun County, Virginia. It is located five miles (8.0 km) north ofWashington Dulles International Airport. It is part of theDulles Town Centercensus-designated place for population statistical purposes.
It encompasses 1,400,000 square feet (130,000 m2) of gross leasable area and is the sole enclosed shopping center in Loudoun County. The mall serves a wide geographic area, drawing customers from Loudoun,Fairfax,Clarke, andFrederick counties inVirginia, as well asJefferson County, West Virginia.
In December 1987, Loudoun County officials approved the jurisdiction's first regional shopping mall, to be developed in a joint venture betweenLerner Enterprises andCigna. The mall was originally planned to be named the "Windmill Regional Shopping Center" but took its present name a year later.[1]
Construction did not commence until years later, due to the nationwide recession. It was eventually scheduled to begin construction in spring 1994, with a planned opening date of 1996,[2] but this timeline never came to fruition.
Construction did ultimately begin in 1996, with a target completion date of spring 1998.
Delays further pushed the opening back to November 1998, with its first two anchor stores (Hecht's andLord & Taylor) opening November 18, 1998.JCPenney andSears opened in late Spring 1999, with the official grand-opening commencing August 12, 1999.
Another wing was added in 2002, anchored byNordstrom as well as a two-level access corridor of various stores.
Around the same anEdwards Cinema was proposed for the adjoining area. AnLA Fitness and a relocatedDick's Sporting Goods later filled this space.
An office building was attached to theSears wing during this period, but was later razed for aRegal Cinemas Multiplex.
In 2006, all Hecht's stores were renamedMacy's, after their buyout ofMay Department Stores.
The dawn of the early 2020s saw several storied traditional department store retailers update their brick-and-mortar formats after being encroached upon to a degree by several digital retailers.
On June 30, 2017, Nordstrom announced the closure of their anchor store.[3]
In August 2020, it was announced that all Lord & Taylor stores nationwide would close, as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]
On February 2, 2021, it was announced that Sears would close its anchor store.[5][6]
In November 2020, Centennial, the mall development firm, announced it was planning an expansion with new retail space, a hotel, apartments, a high-end grocery retailer, as well as the introduction of green space.[7]
In November 2022, Centennial announced nine new tenants, three of which were temporary holiday pop-up retailers.[8]
In December 2023, Srinivas Chavali, the CEO of Virginia Property Investments, purchased the mall at $46 million.[9]
The mall features a large food court in the center court upper level featuring numerous fast food restaurants. The backside of the mall property also has several pad sites featuring many national chain restaurants. The front center entrance to the mall features aCheesecake Factory.
On April 2, 2023, Tanner Cook, a social media content creator, was shot during a prank forYouTube. Cook's channel is called Classified Goons. The suspect who shot Tanner was arrested and later found not guilty.[10]
