Planning and Launch of the Mall
By the late 1990s, Henrico County sought a large upscale shopping project, and Queensland Investment Corporation stepped in to take the lead on development plans.
Short Pump Town Center was designed as an open-air mall with four anchors and more than 140 stores arranged across two levels.
Construction finished along West Broad Street, and on September 4, 2003, the mall opened with Dillard’s, Hecht’s, Nordstrom, and Dick’s Sporting Goods as anchors…