Cloverleaf Mall to close in February
Chesterfield County plans to close Cloverleaf Mall on Feb. 29.
Several businesses are closing following the 2007 holiday season, and it is no longer financially feasible for the mall to remain open, according to a Chesterfield County news release. The Chesterfield County Economic Development Authority owns Cloverleaf Mall.
Cloverleaf Mall opened in 1972 and was the largest shopping center in the Richmond-Petersburg area at that time.
Chesterfield County purchased the mall in October 2004 after the major department stores — Hecht's, J.C. Penney and Sears — moved out. The county intends to redevelop the property as a mixed-use project with retail, office and residential components. The goal of this project is to stimulate revitalization and reinvestment into the Eastern Midlothian Turnpike Corridor.
Crosland, Chesterfield County's development partner, is preparing a revised plan for the redevelopment of the mall site that would expand space for office and commercial use.
The preceding was compiled from a Chesterfield County news release. For more on this story, continue to check back with Richmond.com.
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