# Tower Mall

Portsmouth, VA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-9c11f7c85b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/va/portsmouth-tower-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-9c11f7c85b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-9c11f7c85b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-9c11f7c85b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Victory Crossing shopping center | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1973 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 53.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The shopping mall opened in 1973.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing
- **acres**: “The mall was 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) on a 53 acres (21 ha) site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing
- **after_notes**: “Victory Crossing shopping center currently occupies the site of the former Tower Mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing
- **status**: “The building was demolished in 2001, to make way for a big-box shopping center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing
- **strategy**: “The building was demolished in 2001, to make way for a big-box shopping center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing

## Anchors

Montgomery Ward, Bradlees

## Timeline

- 1973: Opened
- 2001: Demolished

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Victory Crossing, formerly Tower Mall, was a shopping mall located in Portsmouth, Virginia. The shopping mall opened in 1973. The mall's original primary anchors were Bradlees and Montgomery Ward. It also had some of the most popular mall chains of the 1970s and 1980s including Orange Bowl and Merry Go Round. Primary anchors left the mall vacant by the mid-1990s. The mall was 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m2) on a 53 acres (21 ha) site. The building was demolished in 2001, to make way for a big-box shopping center. Victory Crossing shopping center currently occupies the site of the former Tower Mall.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Crossing

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Tower Mall, Portsmouth, VA." Record m-9c11f7c85b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/va/portsmouth-tower-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_portsmouthtowermall,
  title = {Tower Mall, Portsmouth, VA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/va/portsmouth-tower-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-9c11f7c85b, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.