Harrisonburg Crossing is an outdoor shopping center in Harrisonburg

Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, United States. It was built on the site of an old factory, Dunham-Bush. Containing stores such as Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

, Bed Bath & Beyond

Bed Bath & Beyond

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. was formed in 1971 and today operates a chain of domestic merchandise retail stores across United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. They feature mostly medium-ranged, but also a limited selection of high quality, domestic merchandise: items for the bedroom, bathroom, kitchen,...

 and Home Depot it has become a major point of commercial traffic, as well as a shortcut from Reservoir St. to U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33

U.S. Route 33 is a United States federal highway that runs northwest-southeast for 709 miles from northern Indiana to Richmond, Virginia, passing through Ohio and West Virginia en route. Although most odd-numbered U.S...

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Ross Sternheimer, vice president of A&N, called Harrisonburg Crossing "...the best location in Harrisonburg in terms of regional shopping" at the time A&N moved from downtown Harrisonburg to the center.

Pre-Christmas shopping period

As is typical with shopping malls in the United States, the busiest time of the year for Harrisonburg Crossing is between Thanksgiving and Christmas, with the day after Thanksgiving being particularly busy.

Security

A Harrisonburg police officer is assigned to Harrisonburg Crossing and another local shopping center, Valley Mall

Valley Mall (Harrisonburg)

Valley Mall is a shopping mall in Harrisonburg, Virginia, owned by Simon Property Group and serving the Central Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. It currently features more than 50 stores, with JCPenney, Belk, and Target serving as anchor stores....

. In addition, the mall and some individual stores have their own security personnel.