Central Park (shopping complex)

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Central Park is a shopping complex in

State Route 3. Many national big-box stores, restaurants, and smaller local businesses occupy the Central Park complex. The complex has 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m2) of leased retail space. The complex's developer, the Silver Companies, describes Central Park as "The East Coast's Largest Power Retail Center".[1] In the 2004 rankings from the American Studies Department at Eastern Connecticut State University, Central Park was ranked as the largest unenclosed mall (and the second largest mall) on the East Coast, and as the seventh largest mall in the United States.[2]

Tenants

The many retail anchors of Central Park include

Toys R Us and Sports Authority
.

Central Park also includes a

mini golf, while the indoor area offers an array of activities, to include laser tag, mini bowling games, a rollercoaster simulator and hundreds of arcade games
and small children's rides. Fun Land also hosts children's birthday parties, and group rates for corporate, church or sporting event gatherings, with private event rooms to accommodate. A large megachurch, Lifepoint, is also has its main campus located across from Fun Land.

History

Central Park was developed by the Silver Companies. (Carl D. Silver Parkway, the primary road through Central Park, is named after the founder and owner of the Silver Companies.) Before the complex was developed, the site was occupied by a Sheraton Hotel and a golf course. The complex was begun in 1995, and is still expanding and growing. Central Park is now a 310-acre (1.3 km2) power center.[1] It serves as the retail shopping and primary dining component of the 2,400-acre (10 km2) mega-development Celebrate Virginia, which uses the slogan "North America's Largest Retail Resort" and spans Stafford County, the Rappahannock River, and the City of Fredericksburg. Across Route 3 from Central Park is the older Spotsylvania Mall, which has undergone extensive renovation to become the Spotsylvania Towne Centre.

In June 2020, Chuck E. Cheese announced that this location will be permanently closed as a part of a plan to close 34 locations nationwide due to bankruptcy. However in July 2021, it reopened.[3]

On January 10, 2023, it was announced that buybuyBABY would be closing as part of a plan to close 62 stores nationwide from its parent company,

Bed Bath & Beyond.[4]

Criticism

Many area residents complain that the developers did not make adequate allowances for the increase in traffic caused by the complex.[5] Residents and travelers in the area are often frustrated by the congestion along the Route 3 corridor near the Interstate 95 interchange.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Silver Companies - Central Park at Celebrate Virginia". www.silvercompanies.com. Silver Companies. Archived from the original on 2007-05-04. Retrieved 2006-08-23.
  2. ^ Largest Shopping Malls in the United States (2004), accessed August 24, 2006 Archived August 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Bomey, Nathan. "Chuck E. Cheese parent company to close 34 locations permanently: Is your location on the store closings list?". USA Today.
  4. ^ "Bed Bath & Beyond to close additional stores, here's where". 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. ^ Ugincius, Leila Marija (October 1997). "FREDERICKSBURG". Virginia Business Magazine. Retrieved 2006-08-09.[dead link]
  6. ^ Amrhine, Richard (2003-05-18). "Traffic woes will take toll". The Free Lance—Star. Archived from the original on 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2006-08-09.

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