First signage installed at new Westbard Square development in Bethesda (Photos)

The first business signage to appear at the new Westbard Square development in Bethesda is now in place, and it's at a business making the transition from decades of operation at the Westwood Shopping Center to the new Giant-anchored retail building at 5400 Westbard Avenue. A logo and operating hours for the Westwood Barber Shop have been applied to the windows of their future storefront at 5360 Westbard Avenue. Judging from the progress inside, it looks like the venerable barbershop could also be the first business to open at the mixed-use Regency Centers development, which will add an apartment building with ground floor retail, a small Chesapeake & Ohio Canal-inspired retail/restaurant building, a town square, a small neighborhood park, and dozens of EYA townhomes in the next phases of construction between now and 2027.