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The village centers have evolved over time.

The Oakland Mills Village Center had a traditional Village Center layout — stores located off a central corridor — until its demolition in the late 1990s.

It has since been replaced with a more traditional strip mall.

The Kings Contrivance Village Center underwent major construction in 2007 and 2008 when a new Harris Teeter supermarket was added to the center, but maintained the original character of stores around a central corridor and plaza.