Outdoor retailer finds third home in Virginia

When the new L.L. Bean store opened at Lynnhaven Mall this summer, it did so to lines wrapped around the building as shoppers waited to see the state of Virginia’s third store for the outdoor retailer.



The 17,138-sq.-ft. store in Virginia Beach joins outposts in Richmond and Tysons Corner; it was designed by Cuhaci & Peterson in a former Lord & Taylor space which was renovated by KBE Building Corp.



The rehab involved tenant improvements and a full façade upgrade in a mall that has seen a lot of redevelopment work. The 35-year-old, 1.2-million-sq.-ft. super-regional center, owned by GGP, is one of the largest malls on the East Coast. It features an open-air pedestrian plaza called The Inlet, anchored by an 18-screen AMC Theatres complex.



The Lynnhaven Mall store is the third store KBE has built for L.L. Bean. Other projects include renovations to the L.L. Bean location at Tyson’s Corner Mall in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, and tenant fit-out for the store at The Shops at Evergreen Walk in South Windsor, Connecticut.