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Westfield Montgomery
The Nordstrom wing, as viewed from the center of the mall in September 2011 prior to the 2013-14 renovation/expansion
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LocationBethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Address7101 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20817
Opening dateMarch 6, 1968
DeveloperMay Company and Strouse Greenberg
ManagementWestfield Group
OwnerWestfield Group
No. of stores and services200[1]
No. of anchor tenants5
Total retail floor area1,223,475 sq ft (113,664.5 m2)[1]
No. of floors3 (Sears and Macy's have 2)
Parking6,382 (Including 1 4-level deck and two 2-level decks)
Websitewww.Westfield.com

Experience Westfield Montgomery, the centerpiece of distinctive shopping in Bethesda. Enjoy a wealth of premier brands among 190 shops including: Zara, Coach, Eileen Fisher & Lush Natural Cosmetics.

Etymology

The Westfield Group purchased the mall in 1994, and added the "Westfield" prefix to the name around 1999.

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 original anchors were Hecht's, Garfinckel's, and Sears. Smaller shops included a Bond Stores outlet. The Mall was also where longtime fugitive William Bradford Bishop bought a ball peen hammer and gas can to kill and burn his entire family on March 1, 1976. 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 last renovation completed in October 1991 included new floors, brass railings, glass elevator, which was removed in 2013, and removal of all the fountains to allow for more kiosk and seating space.[7] The grand re-opening featured a concert by Tony Bennett. An expansion wing featured the first Nordstrom in Maryland[8] and the third in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, and Crate & Barrel. The Boulevard Cafes food court is located on the second level.

On November 14, 2013 David Goldberg stabbed a man and a woman in an act of road rage at the parking deck adjacent to Sears after running a stop sign.[9]

On January 28, 2014 George Hong Sik Chin was arrested after threatening a copycat crime of the murder-suicide that killed The Mall in Columbia employees Brianna Benlolo and Tyler Johnson in a shooting days earlier.[10]

Expansion

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, Westfield Wheaton, and Fair Oaks Mall.[11]

Westfield will enlarge the Macy's, move the Sears Automotive Center and add a promenade with shops, restaurants and outdoor seating.[11] The expansion will also include a new transit center, which will consolidate many of the public bus routes in the surrounding area.[12] The expansion is expected to take 18 to 24 months to complete.[11]

On May 23, 2013, a construction worker was killed and another injured when a section of the mall's parking garage collapsed. The section, which was empty of cars, was under renovation as part of the expansion.[13]

The expansion began taking shape with the opening of Bobby Flay's Bobby's Burger Palace on October 22, 2013, next to a brand new Cheesecake Factory, which moved from its previous location at White Flint Mall on December 19, 2013, joining California Pizza Kitchen.[14] In 2014, Legal Sea Foods left Montgomery Mall. A new double level Westfield Dining Terrace was completed in fall of 2014 with the opening of the first ArcLight Cinemas outside Los Angeles and San Diego, on November 7, 2014. Westfield has recently used this mall to introduce several foreign stores to the United States, including Hoamgar. The mall has updated the design of the mall with new lighting and handrails, more seating, new signs and parking indicator lights, as well as making the parking lot easier to navigate.

References

  1. ^ a b "Westfield Montgomery". Westfield Group. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  2. ^ "Westfield Montgomery Shopping Mall History - Westfield Montgomery". Westfield.com. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  3. ^ "Mall Hall Of Fame". Mall-hall-of-fame.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  4. ^ "DC Grocery - Montgomery Mall". Dcgrocery.multiply.com. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  5. ^ "Montgomery Mall Expansion Planned for Fall 1973 Opening," The Washington Post, May 2, 1971, p. 149.
  6. ^ "Store in Montgomery Mall Jammed on Opening Day," The Washington Post, Mar 26, 1976, p. D10.
  7. ^ https://www.facebook.com/groups/217785724937388/permalink/605557572826866/
  8. ^ "Annapolis Nordstrom in '93 unlikely - Baltimore Sun". Articles.baltimoresun.com. 1992-07-01. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
  9. ^ "Man Charged in Montgomery Mall Parking Garage Stabbing". NBC 4 Washington. 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-22. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Man apprehended after incident at Westfield Montgomery Mall". Washington Post. 2014-01-28. Retrieved 2014-02-06. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. ^ a b c Killian, Eric (September 21, 2007). "Montgomery Planning board approves expansion of Westfield shopping mall". Washington Business JournalTemplate:Inconsistent citations{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. ^ Pearson, Bradford (September 23, 2009). "Mixed-use project approved near Montgomery mall". Potomac GazetteTemplate:Inconsistent citations{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^ "Construction worker killed in partial collapse of Montgomery mall parking garage". The Washington Post. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2013-05-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. ^ "Cheesecake Factory opens in Bethesda, MD". Business Wire. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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