# Former Montgomery Ward Tire & Auto building at River Ridge Mall

Lynchburg, VA · other · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-453b4b3c1b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/other/va/lynchburg-former-montgomery-ward-tire-auto-building-at-river-ridge-mal/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-453b4b3c1b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-453b4b3c1b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-453b4b3c1b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | none |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | hotel | none |
| What is there now | Residence Inn by Marriott | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2016 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Marriott | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **enclosed**: “River Ridge Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Lynchburg, Virginia.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Parties

- Marriott — developer (2016–)

## Timeline

- 2016: Retrofit: redevelop

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

River Ridge Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Lynchburg, Virginia. Opened in 1980, the mall features JCPenney, Belk, Dick's Sporting Goods, TJ Maxx, and Regal Cinemas as its primary anchors, with HomeGoods, and Planet Fitness serving as secondary anchors. Three restaurant outparcels include Red Lobster, Taco Bell, and a local restaurant named Shakers, with a fourth outparcel being developed as a 7 Brew that will open in 2025.   A Residence Inn by Marriott is the mall's first on-site hotel.
The mall is owned by Liberty University and is managed by the Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) group.


== History ==
River Ridge Mall opened in 1980 with Miller & Rhoads and Thalhimers.

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

## Sources

- River Ridge Mall — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Ridge_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Former Montgomery Ward Tire & Auto building at River Ridge Mall, Lynchburg, VA." Record n-453b4b3c1b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/va/lynchburg-former-montgomery-ward-tire-auto-building-at-river-ridge-mal/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_lynchburgformermontgomerywardtireautobui,
  title = {Former Montgomery Ward Tire & Auto building at River Ridge Mall, Lynchburg, VA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/other/va/lynchburg-former-montgomery-ward-tire-auto-building-at-river-ridge-mal/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-453b4b3c1b, 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.