
Department store chain Macy’s has announced plans to shutter its location at Southpark Mall. (Jack Jacobs photo)
The greater Richmond region will soon be down to just two Macy’s stores.
The department store chain announced last week its intention to close its 100,000-square-foot location at Southpark Mall in Colonial Heights, which is one of three Macy’s in the region. The company said the closure is part of a larger reduction in its brick-and-mortar footprint.
It wasn’t clear exactly when the Southpark Mall location, which was still operating as of Friday, was slated to close. That store is among 66 locations across multiple states that Macy’s said it would shutter, and the company expected most of the affected stores would go dark during the first quarter of 2025.
Macy’s has operated at Southpark Mall since 1989. The company sold its two-story anchor building, which is at the mall’s south end, for $4.7 million last summer to an entity tied to Destination Church of Prince George.
Southpark Mall is owned by Tennessee-based CBL Properties. Other anchors at the mall include Dick’s Sporting Goods, JCPenney and Regal Cinemas.
Macy’s, which is based in New York, in early 2024 announced a so-called Bold New Chapter strategy that involves shutting down around 150 underperforming stores over a three-year period and investing in 350 locations that would continue to operate, per a company news release.
“We are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go-forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service,” Macy’s CEO Tony Spring said in a prepared statement.
The Southpark Mall location was the only store in Virginia included in last week’s list of store closings.
The remaining local Macy’s stores are at Short Pump Town Center in western Henrico and Chesterfield Towne Center in Midlothian.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Macy’s owns its building at South Park Mall. The story has been updated with the new owner information.

Department store chain Macy’s has announced plans to shutter its location at Southpark Mall. (Jack Jacobs photo)
The greater Richmond region will soon be down to just two Macy’s stores.
The department store chain announced last week its intention to close its 100,000-square-foot location at Southpark Mall in Colonial Heights, which is one of three Macy’s in the region. The company said the closure is part of a larger reduction in its brick-and-mortar footprint.
It wasn’t clear exactly when the Southpark Mall location, which was still operating as of Friday, was slated to close. That store is among 66 locations across multiple states that Macy’s said it would shutter, and the company expected most of the affected stores would go dark during the first quarter of 2025.
Macy’s has operated at Southpark Mall since 1989. The company sold its two-story anchor building, which is at the mall’s south end, for $4.7 million last summer to an entity tied to Destination Church of Prince George.
Southpark Mall is owned by Tennessee-based CBL Properties. Other anchors at the mall include Dick’s Sporting Goods, JCPenney and Regal Cinemas.
Macy’s, which is based in New York, in early 2024 announced a so-called Bold New Chapter strategy that involves shutting down around 150 underperforming stores over a three-year period and investing in 350 locations that would continue to operate, per a company news release.
“We are closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go-forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service,” Macy’s CEO Tony Spring said in a prepared statement.
The Southpark Mall location was the only store in Virginia included in last week’s list of store closings.
The remaining local Macy’s stores are at Short Pump Town Center in western Henrico and Chesterfield Towne Center in Midlothian.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that Macy’s owns its building at South Park Mall. The story has been updated with the new owner information.
I honestly thought this one was closed already. Sad.
So the church will be leaving the Crossing Shopping Center anchor location for a spot at the mall?