Westbard Square property owner Regency Centers is preparing for demolition of the 1959 Westwood Shopping Center strip mall in Bethesda. One of the preliminary steps is removal of asbestos from the building. That project has just gotten underway, according to a notice posted on the window of the former Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor/Anglo Dutch Pools & Toys space at 5460 Westbard Avenue.
The remediation project is anticipated to be completed by February 9, 2024. Giant, the last tenant in the structure, is scheduled to move out at the close of business tomorrow night. It will reopen Friday in its brand-new space atop the adjacent Westbard Square building. The strip mall will be replaced with an apartment building with retail and restaurant space on the ground floor, which is expected to open by 2027.
It has been there since 1959.
ReplyDeleteIt just dawned of the to remove the Asbestos?