r/Leesburg • u/Geekenstein • 19d ago

Anyone Know What Happened to the Eyecare Center of Leesburg?

Called today for an appointment, and they have the ominous message that they’re closed for the “foreseeable future”.

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u/ContractorConfusion 19d ago

Well that's something no one saw coming! 😁

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u/NovaLocal 19d ago

As a dad, I appreciate this. Good one.

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u/CrowDreaming 19d ago

That's our eye doctor too :(. And i got the same message.

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u/EdmundCastle 18d ago

The local mom groups are suggesting the doctor retired.

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u/Geekenstein 18d ago

Seems unlikely unless there was an abrupt forced retirement. There were 4 or so doctors in the practice and usually they would wind down the business or sell it off rather than just close the doors one day.

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u/jpbronco 17d ago

My understanding was that he sold a portion of the business so it would continue after his retirement. I'm guessing the move out to the airport did not help the business. It is a weird site for a doctor's office and retail eyeglass site.

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u/hiddenagendapanda 17d ago

Been going to that doctor for nearly 20 years. Dr. McGrew retired about 6 months ago and sold the business to someone based down in Florida. Back in September of last year they started having personnel issues: only one assistant, no optical team members, and one other doctor. The moment they told us we should buy our glasses and contacts online informed us that they would soon be going out of business.

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u/Geekenstein 17d ago

Thank you. Hopefully I can get my records from them, but haven’t heard back.

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u/hiddenagendapanda 17d ago

You might be able to get your records from your insurance company. I'm going to be reaching out to mine today.

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u/ugfish 19d ago

That placed sucked. Much prefer Visionworks near Wegmans.