More Delays for Landmark Mall?

With the renovation and recent “grand re-opening” of Springfield Town Center just down the road, it’s only natural that some in Alexandria are once again wondering: What aboutLandmark Mall?

The shopping center, which first opened in 1965, was cleared for renovation six years ago but saw holdups after the previous owner General Growth Properties declared bankruptcy.

The last official word was that demolition would begin at the shopping center in late 2014, and then in January, with Sears and Macy’s staying open while renovation began to create a Mosaic District type center.

But retailers at the mall said this week that, with January just weeks away, no plans had been communicated to them.

No one at the Landmark Mall management office, owner Howard Hughes Corp. or theCity of Alexandria had any information to share this week about what’s going on with the long-awaited renovation.

Alexandria architecture firm Cooper Carry has created renderings that show what a new Landmark Mall would look like.

Renovation deadlines at the mall have seemingly come and gone, several times, over the years.

City of Alexandria spokesman Craig Fifer said Tuesday in an email that the schedule has indeed changed, but that he did not have information about a new date for beginning of demolition.

Springfield Town Center renovation began November 2012 and the reopening was held Oct. 17.

Also read:

• March 19, 2013: City Receives Landmark Mall Redevelopment Plans
• May 7, 2013: Public Meeting on Landmark Mall to be Monday
• May 7, 2013: Community Invited to Discuss Landmark Mall Redevelopment Plans
• June 17, 2013: Council Approves Landmark Mall Redevelopment Plan
• May 1, 2014: FBI to Conduct Mock Terrorist Exercise at Landmark Mall
• July 7, 2014: Landmark Mall: Setting for Deal to Sell Black Market Guns to Middle East?
• July 27, 2014: Landmark Mall May Get a New Name