Landmark Mall

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The Landmark Mall, or Landmark Regional Shopping Center, is located in a triangle formed by Duke Street (Virginia State Route 236), Shirley Highway (I-395), and Van Dorn Street (Virginia State Route 401) in Alexandria, Virginia.

The mall opened in 1965, and was the first mall in the Washington D.C. area to feature three anchor department stores; the Hecht Company (now Macy's) (163,000 sq ft), Sears and Roebuck (236,000 sq ft), and Woodward & Lothrop (later JCPenney, then Lord & Taylor, now vacant) (151,000 sq ft).^[1] The mall opening occurred on August 4, 1965, when then Lt. Gov. Mills E. Godwin, Jr. cut the ceremonial ribbon.^[2] The mall opened with 32 stores in the 675,000-square-foot (62,700 m²) center including Bond Clothes, Casual Corner, People's Drug Store, Raleigh Haberdasher, Thom McAn, and Waldenbooks.^[3] The center also included the second location of S&W Cafeteria in the Washington D.C. suburbs.

Originally an outdoor mall, it was enclosed about 1990.

Plans were announced in 2008 to revitalize the mall by converting it to an open-air "town center" shopping center by the owner, General Growth Properties.^[4] Those plans were put on hold with General Growth's bankruptcy filing in April 2009; the mall itself filed for bankruptcy at the same time.^[5]

Lord & Taylor announced on May 29, 2009, that it would be closing its store at the mall.^[6]

As of early 2013, whole wings of the mall stand largely unoccupied and only two anchors remain (Sears and Macy's). The old Lord & Taylor spot also remains unoccupied as does its parking garage.

Howard Hughes Corporation, the current owner of the central section (Macy's and Sears own their buildings) have plans to convert the mall to an outdoor center with retail and apartments.

References

↑ "New Area Center to Get 3 Major Stores," by S. Oliver Goodman, The Washington Post, Times Herald, Sep 22, 1963, pg. E8.
↑ "Sears, Hecht Stores Open in Alexandria Almidst Music, Bargains, Traffic Jams," by Ruth Wagner and Larry Weckley, The Washington Post, Times Herald, Aug 5, 1965, p. F1.
↑ "Sears, Hecht Open New Stores Today," The Washington Post, Times Herald, Aug 4, 1965, p. E8.
↑ "Moving a Landmark Into a New Era: Plans to Convert the Historic Mall Into an Open-Air Center Are Getting Revived," by Daniela Deane, Jan 24, 2008, P. VA12.
↑ Yian Q. Mui, "As General Growth Stumbles, Region Joins Retail Slump," The Washington Post, April 20, 2009.
↑ V. Dion Haynes, "Lord & Taylor to Leave Troubled Mall," The Washington Post, May 30, 2009.

External links

Landmark Mall website

v t e Shopping malls in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area

Washington, D.C.	Chevy Chase Pavilion Georgetown Park Mazza Gallerie Old Post Office Pavilion The Shops at National Place Union Station

Suburban Maryland	Beltway Plaza Bethesda Row The Boulevard at the Capital Centre The Centre at Forestville City Place Mall The Collection at Chevy Chase Iverson Mall Lakeforest Mall Langley Park Laurel Shopping Center The Mall at Prince Georges Marlow Heights Shopping Center St. Charles Towne Center The Shops at Wisconsin Place Westfield Montgomery Westfield Wheaton White Flint Mall

Northern Virginia	Ballston Common Mall Crystal City Shops Dulles Town Center Fair Oaks Mall Fairfax Square The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City Landmark Mall Manassas Mall Market Common Clarendon Pentagon Row Potomac Mills Reston Town Center Seven Corners Shopping Center Tysons Corner Center Tysons Galleria The Village at Shirlington

Defunct centers	Capital Plaza Mall Landover Mall Laurel Mall Rockville Mall Skyline Mall Springfield Town Center Virginia Square Shopping Center

Coordinates: 38°48′58.3″N 77°7′54.1″W / 38.816194°N 77.131694°W / 38.816194; -77.131694

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