NOVA Aquatics makes a splash with $10M expansion in former Regency Macy's building

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A local swimming club has just finished the second and final phase of its six-year transformation of a former mall department store into a large-scale aquatic center.

The NOVA Aquatics Center-Regency this month capped off its $10.3 million second-floor expansion project at the former Macy’s South building in Regency mall in western Henrico.

Located at 100 Nova Way, the 29,000-square-foot expansion includes 1,000 second-floor spectator seats around three sides of the facility pool, doubling its seating capacity, as well as an expanded swim shop and a new 180-person capacity community room for events and gatherings.

The completion comes after NOVA originally opened in the building in 2021, turning the first level of the former Macy’s into a 50-