The 8-acre Staples Mill Shopping Center sits near the intersection of Glenside Drive and Staples Mill Road. (Kieran McQuilkin)
Vacant since the early 1990s, a former grocery store space in a Henrico County shopping center is finally finding new life.
O’Reilly Auto Parts is set to move into about 18,000 square feet of space that was once part of a Safeway store at the 8-acre, 87,000-square-foot Staples Mill Shopping Center near the intersection of Glenside Drive and Staples Mill Road.
The auto parts store occupies about 15,000 square feet elsewhere in the shopping center, said Jim Ashby, a broker with Richmond-based Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer who’s overseeing the center’s leasing with Alex Wotring.
O’Reilly’s move is part of an effort to rejuvenate the aging retail center and add new tenants.
Ashby said Ashland-based M.L. Bell Construction is subdividing the Safeway, which has been empty since 1993, into two retail units in hope of landing an additional retailer to fill the remaining 17,898-square-foot spot. That’s in addition to searching for a tenant to take over the O’Reilly’s existing location, which it will vacate in five to six months.
Staples Mill Shopping Center is home to a number of national and regional retail tenants, including SunTrust Bank, Dollar Tree, Virginia ABC Store and Subway.
O’Reilly Auto Parts will move into about 18,000 square feet in the renovated building. (Kieran McQuilkin)
There are eight units available for lease in Staples Mill Shopping Center, according to a Thalhimer brochure, ranging from around 18,000 square feet to 527 square feet.
Meanwhile, interest in the largely vacant Dumbarton Square Shopping Center across the street appears to be growing.
Ashby said his camp has a letter of intent from a tenant interested in filling the former Martin’s space, which anchored the shopping center until it vacated in July 2015.
He said another user is looking to fill 10,000 square feet next to the now-closed Martin’s grocery store.
Ashby wouldn’t comment on specifics of the prospective tenants.
There are 11 storefronts available for lease in Dumbarton Square, according to Thalhimer’s brochure, ranging from 31,000 square feet to about 975 square feet. An outparcel restaurant building recently vacated by Shoney’s also is available.
Dumbarton Square and Staples Mill Shopping Center have been owned for years by the same family, which recently shuffled ownership of the properties.
The 8-acre Staples Mill Shopping Center sits near the intersection of Glenside Drive and Staples Mill Road. (Kieran McQuilkin)
Vacant since the early 1990s, a former grocery store space in a Henrico County shopping center is finally finding new life.
O’Reilly Auto Parts is set to move into about 18,000 square feet of space that was once part of a Safeway store at the 8-acre, 87,000-square-foot Staples Mill Shopping Center near the intersection of Glenside Drive and Staples Mill Road.
The auto parts store occupies about 15,000 square feet elsewhere in the shopping center, said Jim Ashby, a broker with Richmond-based Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer who’s overseeing the center’s leasing with Alex Wotring.
O’Reilly’s move is part of an effort to rejuvenate the aging retail center and add new tenants.
Ashby said Ashland-based M.L. Bell Construction is subdividing the Safeway, which has been empty since 1993, into two retail units in hope of landing an additional retailer to fill the remaining 17,898-square-foot spot. That’s in addition to searching for a tenant to take over the O’Reilly’s existing location, which it will vacate in five to six months.
Staples Mill Shopping Center is home to a number of national and regional retail tenants, including SunTrust Bank, Dollar Tree, Virginia ABC Store and Subway.
O’Reilly Auto Parts will move into about 18,000 square feet in the renovated building. (Kieran McQuilkin)
There are eight units available for lease in Staples Mill Shopping Center, according to a Thalhimer brochure, ranging from around 18,000 square feet to 527 square feet.
Meanwhile, interest in the largely vacant Dumbarton Square Shopping Center across the street appears to be growing.
Ashby said his camp has a letter of intent from a tenant interested in filling the former Martin’s space, which anchored the shopping center until it vacated in July 2015.
He said another user is looking to fill 10,000 square feet next to the now-closed Martin’s grocery store.
Ashby wouldn’t comment on specifics of the prospective tenants.
There are 11 storefronts available for lease in Dumbarton Square, according to Thalhimer’s brochure, ranging from 31,000 square feet to about 975 square feet. An outparcel restaurant building recently vacated by Shoney’s also is available.
Dumbarton Square and Staples Mill Shopping Center have been owned for years by the same family, which recently shuffled ownership of the properties.