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Westfield Montgomery 
Nordstrom wing, viewed from the center of the mallLocation Bethesda, Maryland, USA Address 7101 Democracy Boulevard Opening date March 1968 Management Westfield Group Owner Westfield Group No. of stores and services 200 [1] No. of anchor tenants 5 Total retail floor area 1,223,475 sq ft (113,664.5 m2)[1] Parking 6,382 (Including 1 4-level deck and two 2-level decks) No. of floors 2 (Nordstrom has 3) Website Westfield Montgomery Westfield Montgomery (formerly Montgomery Mall) is an upscale shopping complex in Bethesda, Maryland, on Democracy Boulevard near Interstate 270 and the Capital Beltway (I-495).
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History
The mall opened in March 1968, with three anchor stores and 58 smaller shops. It was built by May Company and the Strouse Greenberg Company, and designed by John Graham, Jr. and Ward and Hall.[2][3] The mall included a "Georgetown Row" in which a number of shops featured colonial facades. The original anchors were Hecht's, Garfinckel's, and Sears. Smaller shops included a Bond Stores outlet. The old mall logo was an owl-shaped "M".[4] A mid-1970s expansion included a $4.5 million, 155,000-square-foot (14,400 m2) Woodward & Lothrop store and 60,000 square feet (5,600 m2) of additional retail space for 40 stores.[5][6] The most recent renovation, including the addition of the first Nordstrom in Maryland[7] and the third in the DC metro region, and Crate & Barrel, was completed in October 1991. The large center fountain had been replaced with small water sculpture, which has also been replaced, leaving the mall with no water features.[citation needed]
The Westfield Group purchased the mall in 1994, and added the "Westfield" prefix to the name around 1999.
Expansion plans
A plan to expand the mall by 360,000 square feet (33,000 m2) was approved by Montgomery County in September 2007. With the expansion, Westfield Montgomery will have more than 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2), the fourth largest mall in the Washington area behind Tysons Corner Center, Springfield Mall and Fair Oaks Mall.[8]
Westfield will enlarge the Macy's, move the Sears Automotive Center and add a promenade with shops, restaurants and outdoor seating.[8] The expansion will also include a new transit center, which will consolidate many of the public bus routes in the surrounding area.[9]
The mall's expansion is on hold until at least 2011.[9] Once the developer breaks ground, the expansion is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Westfield Montgomery". Westfield Group. http://westfield.com/corporate/property-portfolio/united-states/montgomery.html. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
- ^ "Westfield Montgomery Shopping Mall History - Westfield Montgomery". Westfield.com. 2009-04-21. http://westfield.com/montgomery/centre-information/history/. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "Mall Hall Of Fame". Mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com. http://mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-03-22T08%3A30%3A00-05%3A00. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "DC Grocery - Montgomery Mall". Dcgrocery.multiply.com. http://dcgrocery.multiply.com/journal/item/357/Montgomery_Mall. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ "Montgomery Mall Expansion Planned for Fall 1973 Opening," The Washington Post, May 2, 1971, p. 149.
- ^ "Store in Montgomery Mall Jammed on Opening Day," The Washington Post, Mar 26, 1976, p. D10.
- ^ "Annapolis Nordstrom in '93 unlikely - Baltimore Sun". Articles.baltimoresun.com. 1992-07-01. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-07-01/business/1992183197_1_nordstrom-annapolis-maryland-store. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ a b c Killian, Eric (September 21), "Montgomery Planning board approves expansion of Westfield shopping mall", Washington Business Journal, http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/09/17/daily51.html
- ^ a b Pearson, Bradford (September 23), "Mixed-use project approved near Montgomery mall", Potomac Gazette, http://gazette.net/stories/09232009/potonew192906_32534.shtml
External links
- Westfield Montgomery
- Westfield Montgomery Leasing Information, The Westfield Group
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