[1] At opening, the 15-store center included a Giant supermarket, Peoples Drug, Fanny Farmer candy store, L. Frank Co. women's apparel, Jonas men's apparel, the Bo Peep Shop, Mary Baynes Gift Shop,[2] and an F. W. Woolworth Company variety store.
Following the 1975 closure of the Kann's-Virginia and Kimel's Furniture Store, the center entered into a period of decline.
[3] In March 1986, Mary Baynes Gift Shop closed its doors.
[4] Redevelopment of the Center commenced in Summer 1988, when the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation demolished the old center and erected a new satellite office and other buildings on the site.
[5][6][7] The Virginia Square–GMU station on the Washington Metro is named after the shopping center.