Patrick Henry Mall Plans $25M Expansion

NEWPORT NEWS, VA-Patrick Henry Mall is in for a massive makeover, now that owner Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has decided to redevelop the sprawling 640,000-sf shopping center. The elaborate plan will result in the reconfiguration of store space and the addition of about 98,000 sf of new space. PREIT expects to spend $25 million to complete the project.

Developed in 1987, Patrick Henry Mall occupies a 57-acre parcel off I-64. The retail site’s anchor tenants include Hecht’s, JCPenney and two Dillard’s stores. The Dillard’s locales are targeted for big change; the doors of the 65,000-sf men’s store will be shuttered and reconfigured into 48,000 sf of space for use by small retail shops, and the second Dillard’s store will be expanded from 116,000 sf to 142,000 sf. As for new developments, a 50,000-sf Dick’s Sporting Goods store is on tap, as well as 22,000 sf of junior anchor space.