Fair oaks Mall

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Anonymous wrote:Fair Oaks Mall was my favorite mall back in the day. It was the place to go in the late 80’s through the 90’s. It had good stores, restaurants, and was always busy.

It had Laura Ashley. 😊

Wow. That was a trip down memory lane!

Adored their fabrics. I bought a bunch when they were shutting down the store. My first home had balloon curtains we carefully put together. The Laura Ashley fabric really lent itself to the cottage look of my balloon curtains.

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Anonymous wrote:It is too close to Tysons so it can’t attract stores. It doesn’t have a Nordstrom. Dulles also has a Nordstrom and those two malls suck off all the better stores. Meanwhile upscale stores and designers are more likely to go to the Galleria, Bethesda or downtown. Our population can’t support so many shopping destinations.

Dulles hasn't had a Nordstrom since 2017 where have you been?

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Anonymous wrote:Tear it down.

That's just wasteful. I am just wondering why so many stores left in droves? I get the covid thing but did the mall drive them out by having too high leasing fees? Tysons is far and too much traffic. Fairfax corner leaves a lot to be desired. Not much going on there.

Most of the stores that left were companies not doing good. Forever 21: Bankrupt. Gap/BR: Closed 500+ locations, Aveda: Closing stores, Hollister: Closed hundreds of stores before recent revitalization

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tear it down.

That's just wasteful. I am just wondering why so many stores left in droves? I get the covid thing but did the mall drive them out by having too high leasing fees? Tysons is far and too much traffic. Fairfax corner leaves a lot to be desired. Not much going on there.

Most of the stores that left were companies not doing good. Forever 21: Bankrupt. Gap/BR: Closed 500+ locations, Aveda: Closing stores, Hollister: Closed hundreds of stores before recent revitalization

Sorry meant to say Abercrombie not Hollister. The major chains that are still there are doing quite well.

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Many don't know this but the site the mall sits on was a major battlefield during the civil war.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tear it down.

That's just wasteful. I am just wondering why so many stores left in droves? I get the covid thing but did the mall drive them out by having too high leasing fees? Tysons is far and too much traffic. Fairfax corner leaves a lot to be desired. Not much going on there.

Most of the stores that left were companies not doing good. Forever 21: Bankrupt. Gap/BR: Closed 500+ locations, Aveda: Closing stores, Hollister: Closed hundreds of stores before recent revitalization

Sorry meant to say Abercrombie not Hollister. The major chains that are still there are doing quite well.

That's not totally true. Apple and CFA also left. I think Starbucks too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tear it down.

That's just wasteful. I am just wondering why so many stores left in droves? I get the covid thing but did the mall drive them out by having too high leasing fees? Tysons is far and too much traffic. Fairfax corner leaves a lot to be desired. Not much going on there.

Most of the stores that left were companies not doing good. Forever 21: Bankrupt. Gap/BR: Closed 500+ locations, Aveda: Closing stores, Hollister: Closed hundreds of stores before recent revitalization

Sorry meant to say Abercrombie not Hollister. The major chains that are still there are doing quite well.

That's not totally true. Apple and CFA also left. I think Starbucks too.

I heard the Chick Fil A one was because CFA wasn't permitting franchise locations anymore and the Fair Oaks one wasn't corporate owned. Starbucks moved to the parking lot so it could have a drive thru.

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Anonymous wrote:Many don't know this but the site the mall sits on was a major battlefield during the civil war.

Wan't there a lot of controversy when it was in the works, and the development on the other side of Rt. 50?

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I used to love Todai!

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All malls blow chunks of dead chicken through a straw these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many don't know this but the site the mall sits on was a major battlefield during the civil war.

Wan't there a lot of controversy when it was in the works, and the development on the other side of Rt. 50?

I bought and later sold one of those townhomes nearby that was built on the battleground. I didn't know the full story until later. Never did see any ghosts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tear it down.

That's just wasteful. I am just wondering why so many stores left in droves? I get the covid thing but did the mall drive them out by having too high leasing fees? Tysons is far and too much traffic. Fairfax corner leaves a lot to be desired. Not much going on there.

Fairfax Corner is busy as hell- have you been in the past year? Tons of stores and restaurants, new condo building- and I avoid because parking is atrocious.

There are restaurants and a movie theater, apple and rei. That's about it. Not much shopping. Definitely not a one stop shopping destination. I got excited for the IKEA then saw it was just a tiny room where you can look at their stuff online and plan a kitchen. Parking is atrocious.

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Back when Fairfax corner opened there was a great container store type store that I enjoyed but it closed. Arhaus build a brand new showroom, I think the old one is still vacant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tear it down.

That's just wasteful. I am just wondering why so many stores left in droves? I get the covid thing but did the mall drive them out by having too high leasing fees? Tysons is far and too much traffic. Fairfax corner leaves a lot to be desired. Not much going on there.

Fairfax Corner is busy as hell- have you been in the past year? Tons of stores and restaurants, new condo building- and I avoid because parking is atrocious.

There are restaurants and a movie theater, apple and rei. That's about it. Not much shopping. Definitely not a one stop shopping destination. I got excited for the IKEA then saw it was just a tiny room where you can look at their stuff online and plan a kitchen. Parking is atrocious.

Fairfax Corner is NOT a mall so obviously not a one stop shop- but I guess you overlooked the other stores like Arhaus, blue mercury, chicos, creative collection, j mclaughlin, king authur, loft, monkees, PR running, rowan, good feet store, the nest egg and warby parker?

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Go to Dulles Town Center if you want to see a crappy mall.