Editing Springfield, Virginia (section)

===Shopping===

[[File:Houses in Springfield, Virginia, north end.jpg|thumb|Residential area in northern Springfield, along Backlick Road near the border of Springfield and [[North Springfield, Virginia|North Springfield]]]]

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[[Springfield Mall (Virginia)|Springfield Mall]] was a large indoor [[shopping mall]] near the [[Springfield Interchange]], the intersection of Interstate highways I-95 and I-495. It contained several [[anchor store]]s and a food court. In 2001, two of the hijackers in the [[September 11 attacks]], [[Hani Hanjour]] and [[Khalid al-Mihdhar]], illegally obtained state identification at the mall's [[Department of Motor Vehicles|DMV]] office.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050514171209/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200112/ai_n9017145 "Hijackers' helper faces two years max"], Timothy P. Carney, ''[[Human Events]]'', December 24, 2001</ref> In 2005, gang members stabbed two people at the mall.<ref>[http://www.nbc4.com/news/5442768/detail.html "Police Make Arrest In Springfield Mall Stabbing Incident"], December 1, 2005</ref> and a fatal shooting occurred in December 2007.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503366.html |title=2 Indicted in Alleged Gang Killing at Springfield Mall |newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Tom | last=Jackman | date=April 26, 2008 | access-date=May 23, 2010}}</ref>

In 2005, the mall was purchased by [[Vornado Realty Trust]], which closed the structure, renovated and reopened it in 2014 as "Springfield Town Center".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.springfieldtowncenter.com/|title=Springfield Town Center|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.divaris.com/rereview/springfield06.html "Vornado Develops Town Center at Springfield Mall"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025112005/http://www.divaris.com/rereview/springfield06.html |date=2006-10-25 }}, Divaris Real Estate, Inc.</ref>