The Town of Culpeper has 850,000 square feet of retail shopping space. Of that, just 33,400 square feet remains empty, according to town Planner John Lasider. Still, many interviewed for this article say Warrenton's retail situation looks fine. You go through cycles. They all eventually find somebody to go in there . . . .
Local retailers downplay the vacancies.
Yet, they have some concerns. The shopping center owners divided the old Jamesway into several smaller spaces. Retailers occupy all of Oak Springs' main section. Two vacancies remain in the smaller, eight-unit section fronting Lee Highway. Mrs. Winslow-Chadwick has run her business in Warrenton Center for 21 years.