There are new questions regarding whether the store will actually occupy the full bookstore space. The existing escalators have been removed, and property owner Federal Realty appears to be offering an upper space for lease. I inquired with Anthropologie to ask how many actual floors the store will take up, but they have so far declined to respond. Many are also wondering how the outdoor Terrain Cafe seating will impact the plaza in front of the old bookstore space. You can see the fountain is outside of the construction barriers erected this weekend.
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ReplyDelete"I inquired with Anthropologie to ask how many actual floors the store will take up, but they have so far declined to respond."
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I'll bet they already talked to BB.
@ 6:16 AM - The former Barnes & Noble occupied 37,500 square feet.[1]
ReplyDeleteSo it looks like they have an extra 13,500 square feet to lease. I guess that's the second floor which will be combined with the adjacent former Kinko's/Make Meaning site.
[1] Bethesda Beat
The state's effort to diversify the medical marijuana industry has fallen flat with me.
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"The local media didn't give me any coverage while giving my opponents limitless coverage. The incumbents were well funded with cartel money, have 6 taxpayer-funded TV stations and 1 Spanish AM radio station pumping out propaganda, and benefitted from rampant voter fraud, as revealed by Judicial Watch.
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Blogger Robert Dyer @ 8:42 PM said...
"You're still on the "self-proclaimed recording artist" talking point you used in 2014? Sorry, dumbass, having professional recordings released for purchase, even on a small independent label, makes you a recording artist."
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"Every article about Hogan has negative attacks from his opponents - so should every article about the Council in an election year.
"The Post is currently functioning as the PR arm of the MoCo cartel."
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A Reader @ 7:50 PM said...
"What Judicial Watch actually claimed, was that the number of registered voters as of November 2016 was equal to 103% of the County's adult citizens over the age of 18 per the US Census Bureau's 2015 estimate. That's approximately 23,000 alleged excess registered voters.
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Blogger Robert Dyer @ 10:08 PM said...
"Illegally using the name of a deceased or absent voter is not the only way to commit voter fraud. Other tactics include poll watchers monitoring voter names who haven't come in to vote as Election Night winds down, tampering with voting machines/hacking results, excluding Republicans from debates, media voter suppression by claiming Republicans have no chance of winning, and blacking out coverage of Republican candidates.
"Combined with the anomalies found in 2010 and 2014 precinct voting results, the Judicial Watch findings reveal clear evidence of voter fraud."
A Reader @ 5:44 PM said...
"Judicial Watch threatened legal action "within 90 days" if Montgomery County took no action regarding their claims. That was last summer. What happened?"
Blogger Robert Dyer @ 10:24 PM said...
"Maybe they were threatened by the MoCo cartel.
I can't imagine that this new store needs the same square footage as the Barnes and Noble. I also think that just occupying the first floor is too much space for this retailer. I would be surprised if this store lasts more than a couple of years. By 2020, I would guess a new tenant would be moving in.
ReplyDelete@8:27 What may help them is they'll have a big restaurant also, so that may keep revenues up. How is Pottery Barn doing across the street? Seems like they sell similar stuff right? (Never been to Anthro before)
ReplyDelete@8:50: Anthropologie sells women's clothing; Pottery Barn is a home furnishings store.
ReplyDelete@9:41 Ok in that case, I agree -- they'll be gone by 2020.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteI don't know that they'll be out by 2020. They do fine in Chevy Chase, with merchandise jammed into a small space.
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