Fair Oaks Mall – breaking ground and opening in 1980
The first Fair Oaks Mall signs went up in the summer of 1980, when Fairfax was still filling in with new subdivisions and chain restaurants. For months, the site looked half-built, a maze of concrete and scaffolding waiting for glass.
When Fair Oaks Mall finally opened on July 31, 1980, the mall stretched over 1.4 million square feet, a size that seemed oversized for the early traffic that reached it.
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