Panera’s former location in Carytown. (BizSense file by Mike Platania)
The Panera Bread at Stony Point Fashion Park has closed its doors for good.
The restaurant, like the rest of the mall, temporarily closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But now as the rest of the mall has reopened, a call to the Panera store leads to a prerecorded message stating it is permanently closed.
It’s unclear what led to Panera’s closure.
Requests for comment made to the mall’s management office and Panera were not answered.
Panera is a fast-casual chain of eateries based in Missouri, counting 2,300 locations in the United States and Canada. The restaurants serve soups, sandwiches and salads. There are 17 locations in the Richmond area, according to the company’s website. The chain is privately held by JAB Holding Co., which is based in Luxembourg.
Panera is among the latest tenants to leave Stony Point. H&M, the Swedish clothing retail brand, recently closed its 20,000-square-foot location at the mall.
Life Time, a chain of gyms with locations in the United States and Canada, recently confirmed it had dropped consideration of Stony Point as it weighs where it will enter the Richmond market.
Stony Point, which reopened June 8, recently came under the management of The Woodmont Co. after former owner Starwood Retail Partners fell behind on loan payments and lost ownership of the mall to a special servicer.
Stony Point Fashion Park. (BizSense file photo)
Panera’s former location in Carytown. (BizSense file by Mike Platania)
The Panera Bread at Stony Point Fashion Park has closed its doors for good.
The restaurant, like the rest of the mall, temporarily closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But now as the rest of the mall has reopened, a call to the Panera store leads to a prerecorded message stating it is permanently closed.
It’s unclear what led to Panera’s closure.
Requests for comment made to the mall’s management office and Panera were not answered.
Panera is a fast-casual chain of eateries based in Missouri, counting 2,300 locations in the United States and Canada. The restaurants serve soups, sandwiches and salads. There are 17 locations in the Richmond area, according to the company’s website. The chain is privately held by JAB Holding Co., which is based in Luxembourg.
Panera is among the latest tenants to leave Stony Point. H&M, the Swedish clothing retail brand, recently closed its 20,000-square-foot location at the mall.
Life Time, a chain of gyms with locations in the United States and Canada, recently confirmed it had dropped consideration of Stony Point as it weighs where it will enter the Richmond market.
Stony Point, which reopened June 8, recently came under the management of The Woodmont Co. after former owner Starwood Retail Partners fell behind on loan payments and lost ownership of the mall to a special servicer.
Stony Point Fashion Park. (BizSense file photo)
Another one bites the dust…
Outlet mall? Flea market?
Maybe a farmers market or giant dog park. Seasonal area for a county fair?
Lord this place is circling the drain. Still waiting for the $50mil in “improvements”
Panera also closed it’s Carytown location. About 2 1/2 weeks ago.
The company, Panera Bread, knew they would be closing this location permanently once the lockdown orders were placed in March. Yet they chose not to notify any of their non-salaried staff until the beginning of this month, right before this news broke. Disappointing to see one of my favorite companies treat their workers this way, people deserve transparency from their employer – especially during these times of uncertainty.
At this point I just hope CineBistro and PF Chang can survive.
Pre Covid 19 CineBistro seemed t be doing well, you had to book seats well in advance. However all movie chains in general took a huge hit with Corona.
Im not a commercial real estate guru, but I have to think Stonypoint is going to need a complete reboot.
I thought cinebistro filed chapter 11. Anyone have news if the Richmond location is just going to get shuttered?
Yes, Cinebistro filed for bankruptcy in April- their future is unstable at this point.
Welp… All my hope is lost
I still think this mall would have been doing better if they had integrated the surrounding multi-family residential into the mall itself instead of gating it on the outside of the ring road. Might not help some store like Restoration Hardware, but I am thinking there would have been a lot more foot traffic for places like Starbucks and Panera if they had done that.
I’m going to miss this Panera Bread as I ordered from and dined there frequently for lunch. I work in Stony Point so it was a convenient location. A colleague and I would visit and sit outdoors when not too hot. The next closest Panera location is at Midlothian Tpk & Courthouse Rd which I avoid due to the parking situation and less clean dining area. I’ll be ordering a lot less from Panera in the future. I hate to see the decline at the Stony Point Fashion Park.