Meanwhile, Allure has temporarily closed, with a black curtain placed behind the security door.
Sunday, September 04, 2016
Sheepskin Gifts ready to go, Allure closed at Westfield Montgomery Mall
Meanwhile, Allure has temporarily closed, with a black curtain placed behind the security door.
I love Dyer's double standard regarding openings and closings of shops at Montgomery Mall versus bars in downtown Bethesda.
ReplyDelete5:33: What's the difference? When you're closed, you're closed.
ReplyDeleteThis section of the mall had the look and feel of Wheaton Plaza, they should just put Zumiez, Justice, Claire's, PacSun, and Bath and Bodyworks in that hallway for the teens and lower SES shoppers and be done with it.
ReplyDelete@6:54 True, but that's why it's my preferred mall entrance. Plenty of parking available outside those doors.
ReplyDelete6:57AM - Sshhh. Keep that secret. ;)
ReplyDelete@6:57, I wiill check it out next time I am there. I have my own favorite spot, which shall remain unpublished ;)
ReplyDeleteThe Sears lot always has plenty of empty spaces.
ReplyDeleteLots of empty shelves in the store. It looks like it is having a secret going-out-of-business sale.
#Moribund
At least 15% of all malls nationwide will be gone in less than 10 years.
ReplyDeletehttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/theres-terrifying-mall-blight-threatening-001729072.html
Dyer had such high hopes for this place. LOL
ReplyDeletehttp://robertdyer.blogspot.com/2014/09/allure-by-fashion-queen-opens-at.html?m=1
7:15: How does an article reporting a store has opened translate into the reporter having "high hopes"? Morons of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your Council seats and angel-investor-funded Guy Friday jobs.
ReplyDelete7:15: Considering 50% of restaurants fail in their first year, 15% is pretty damn good by comparison. Malls are making a comeback, except where their owners want to gamble and grab the residential brass ring.
ReplyDeleteGoodbye to an eyesore. Allure did not belong in a progressive mall.
ReplyDelete"50% of all restaurants fail within their first year"
ReplyDeleteRIIIIEEEEMMMEEERRRRR!!!'
A "Progressive" mall is a closed mall.
ReplyDeleteCalifornia has the most shopping malls: 6,243
ReplyDeleteWyoming has the least: 55
"Malls are making a comeback"
ReplyDeleteHilariously false.
No new malls have opened in the Washington metro area since 1999. Only two opened since 1980 - Dulles Town Center in 1999, and The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City in n 1988.
Meanwhile at least six malls have been demolished - Seven Corners Shopping Center, Rockville Mall, Capital Plaza, Landover Mall, Laurel Mall and White Flint Mall. Ballston Common closed three months ago, and Landmark Mall will close any day now.
I could create a long list of Malls that have expanded or totally renovated: Tysons, Westfield Wheaton,Westfield Montgomery, Mazza, Chevy Chase Pavilion
DeleteOf the five malls that you list, only two - Tysons I and Westfield Wheaton, have actually expanded.
DeleteRegarding "total renovation", that's what one would expect of any property that has been around for more than three decades.
9:38: Baloney. Westfield Montgomery Mall expanded bigtime. The dining terrace/ArcLight is a whole new, multistory addition. Not only is 9:29's list correct, but it also didn't include the completely renovated Ellsworth Place. Mazza and CC Pavilion indeed renovated.
ReplyDeleteMontgomery Mall started out as a two-story mall that ran from what today is Macy's to Sears. It's changed a bit since then.
ReplyDeleteI love how you omit the reason for Ellsworth Place's "renovation". It's because its predecessor City Place failed.
ReplyDeleteI love how you omit any mention of the iPic theaters in your reports on Pike & Rose.
ReplyDeleteDyer is on the money. How 'bout that Ellsworth Place? In the heart of downtown Silver Spring, an outstanding indoor mall is coming together.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for Dave & Busters to open! White Flint's loss is Silver Spring's gain!