The Giant logo on the old Westwood Shopping Center entrance sign has been blacked out on Westbard Avenue. Giant has relocated into the new retail building directly adjacent to the old Giant store. Vehicular access to the new grocery store is now made from the garage entrance further up the block across from the Citgo gas station.
Perhaps Regency Centers is trying to avoid confusion for drivers, as access to the soon-to-be-demolished strip mall has been fenced off. However, I think they would be smart to keep and modify this tall sign. Such a sign could not be erected today, but this one is grandfathered in as already-standing, making it quite valuable. Spiffed up, it could advertise the new Westbard Square development, Giant, or anything else Regency Centers wanted to post on it.
It is difficult to navigate how to get into this new store as was mentioned. There is an open-air lot but it's not intuitive how to get to it. A commenter bemoaned this new store suggesting the regulars suffer and 2 million townhouses are rewarded. That entire area has been mostly light industrial, car repair shops, etc, etc for years. Redoing that entire center will be awesome. They need to continue to give that part of Bethesda a much needed facelift.
ReplyDelete"2 million townhouses are rewarded.' WTF? Must be a case of the mind bends brought on by gorging on Ledos' pizza.
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