A Walgreens pharmacy in Pentagon City has terminated its lease, leaving a notable vacancy at the Westpost shopping center.
The drug store at 1301 S. Joyce Street closed on May 5, according to storefront signage. Federal Realty Investment Trust, which owns Westpost, says it is now in touch with a “national bookseller” that is interested in leasing the 11,000-square-foot space — but doing so would require an amendment to the center’s site plan.
The Container Store in Clarendon is selling off a large portion of its merchandise in preparation for a “mashup” with Bed Bath & Beyond.
The business at 2800 Clarendon Blvd is one of 98 stores nationwide transitioning to a new “Container Store + Bed Bath & Beyond” format, integrating a wider range of home goods. Bed Bath & Beyond announced plans to acquire the other chain earlier this month.
A new Pilates studio is rolling out plans to open in Crystal City.
Signs advertising “Pilates on the Mat” have appeared on the ground floor of The Grace and Reva apartments (269 19th Court S.). A website for the upcoming business advertises “a revolutionary fitness concept providing reformer-quality Pilates classes at a fraction of the price,” in addition to “corporate wellness” classes offered at offices and apartments.
Falls Church and business leaders celebrated the reopening of a renovated police substation at the Eden Center yesterday (Wednesday).
“This really represents a recommitment,” Mayor Letty Hardi said at the ceremony. “We are really excited. Public safety works best when it is rooted in the community.”
A large commercial building previously slated for redevelopment on Columbia Pike has a new owner with a new focus on revitalizing the property.
The Elkins Building at 2801 Columbia Pike — currently home to a half-dozen businesses including Art & Framing Club, Sicilian Pizza and Urban Pets Paws — changed hands for $5.9 million on Dec. 29, property records show.
After years of delays, a major redevelopment project on Columbia Pike is returning for County Board consideration later this month — offering a path forward for an abandoned strip mall.
Toll Brothers Inc. is seeking final county authorization to replace the Fillmore Gardens Shopping Center on the 2600 block of Columbia Pike with a 6-story mixed-use property with 271 apartments and about 15,000 square feet of retail space.
A new party supply store is planning to open in a vacant Columbia Pike storefront where a family-owned rug shop closed last year.
New signs have appeared for Tysons-based Party Mania at 2330 Columbia Pike, which has been empty since the rug retailer Manoukian Brothers Oriental Rugs relocated to Langston Blvd.
Ikea is closing its Pentagon City location this fall.
The Swedish furniture store at 1201 S. Hayes Street will remain open until Nov. 30 as the company opens another “plan-and-order” store in Georgetown, the Washington Business Journal reported yesterday (Thursday).
Timberland has opened a new store at the mall in Pentagon City, joining a lineup of recent and upcoming additions at the shopping center.
The shop opened last weekend on the mall’s second level with a “a full assortment of footwear, outerwear and accessories for men, women and kids,” including the brand’s popular leather boots. The opening comes as the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City is expected to welcome several new businesses over the next few months.
The wait is over in Crystal City for Toastique, a D.C.-based “gourmet toast” eatery opening this weekend.
Grand opening festivities begin this Saturday at 244 19th Court S., on the ground floor of Reva apartments. The new cafe serves a variety of sweet and savory loaded toasts, plant-based breakfasts, smoothies and coffee.
A new yarn shop and haven for fiber arts enthusiasts opens in Falls Church this weekend.
Entangled will sell supplies and host events for knitters and crocheters at 103 Rowell Court. Kelly Schnapp, a Coast Guard veteran, federal employee and longtime knitter from Falls Church, hopes to help customers “escape from everyday stress” and connect to art.
Whole Foods seems to be getting closer to opening a new location in Crystal City, though the store has yet to announce a date.
New exterior signage is up, and public records suggest that the smaller-format store at 1550 Crystal Drive — referred to as a Whole Foods Market Daily Shop — is making progress. The supermarket, which declined to comment on the status of the new store, confirmed its Crystal City plans back in January.
