Westfield Wheaton

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Westfield Wheaton
Facts and statistics
Opening date	1959
Owner	Westfield Group
No. of stores and services	152
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	1,262,500 sq ft (117,290 m²)
Parking	5,649
No. of floors	2
Website	Westfield Wheaton

Westfield Wheaton (originally Wheaton Plaza) is a two-level enclosed shopping mall in Wheaton, Maryland. It is owned by The Westfield Group.

[edit] History

Wheaton Plaza opened in 1959 as a single-level, open-air mall, with Woodward & Lothrop and Montgomery Ward as anchors. It was considered to be the first regional mall in the Washington, D.C., area. The mall was enclosed in the mid-1980s, and the Hecht's wing was built in 1987. In 2005, the service tunnel beneath the mall was converted to retail space, and Macy's opened a new store, shortly before Macy's owner Federated Department Stores purchased Hecht's owner May Department Stores. The Hecht's store was closed after the May-Federated merger. Temporary anchor IFL Furniture took over the Hecht's location in 2006; it closed in March 2008. The Montgomery Cinema 'N' Drafthouse, Steve and Barry's and DSW Shoe Warehouse will open in 2008.^[1]

[edit] Anchors

• J.C. Penney
• Target
• Macy's
• Giant Food (outparcel)
• Office Depot (outparcel)
• Circuit City (outparcel)
• Montgomery Cinema 'N' Drafthouse (opening summer 2008)

[edit] Former anchors

• Woodward & Lothrop
• Montgomery Ward
• Hecht's
• IFL Furniture
• Giant Food (moved to outparcel location)

[edit] References

• "It's Wheaton's Turn Now; 40 Years Past Its Prime, Downtown Is Set to Catch Up With Silver Spring," The Washington Post, May 24, 2003
• Westfield Wheaton, The Westfield Group, accessed January 22, 2008

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Wesfield Wheaton