This mall keeps getting better and is very conveni...

This mall keeps getting better and is very convenient. Ten years ago it was kind of a dump and showing its age. However, as the population and income level in the surrounding area has grown so has the quality of this mall. It is 10X more convenient than Tysons Corner which I will never go to because of the traffic. Fair Oaks has plenty of parking, all the major stores including *Macy's, Sears, Lord & Taylor, etc. It also has most of the smaller stores you would expect to find in most other malls. It has a large Starbucks right in the middle of the mall next to an Apple Store. It also has a mega Cheesecake Factory.

One downside is although they have a large number of restaurants most of them are sit down style and scattered throughout the mall. It would be nice if they had a centralized fast food court.

Another thing that would improve Fair Oaks would be to get rid of one of the Macy's and the JC Penney and bring in two new anchors like Nordstrom or Nieman Marcus. JC Penney is such a dead brand and the store is lame. (There are two Macy's because one was a Hecht's which Macy's bought out and they were locked into a long term lease. Once the lease is up they will close one of them.)