Farrow & Ball, a U.K.-based paint and wallpaper brand, will open a showroom at Bethesda Row this December, property owner Federal Realty announced this morning. It will be located at 7118 Bethesda Lane, next to Simon Pearce and The Shade Store. Like those neighbors, and several other recent additions to the development, Farrow & Ball will provide yet another option for those seeking to update their home design and decor.
The showroom will offer sales, color consultations, and decorating inspiration and advice. Operating in Dorset, England since 1946, Farrow & Ball has developed an international reputation for wall coverings of rich color and the highest-quality materials. This will be their second location in the area; Farrow & Ball currently has a showroom in Friendship Heights.
Photos courtesy Farrow & Ball
14 comments:
At least it isn't another moribund retail bank branch.
Instead of a bookstore Bethesda gets a new paint store. Great.
Lol seriously. Companies are using space here essentially as advertising space. We should not allow that.
Two blocks down and across the street from the Mazza Gallerie deadmall.
Two blocks down from the Chevy Chase Pavilion deadmall and the about-to-be redeveloped Friendship Center.
One block down from the failed Chadwick's/Chatter's/Chad's and Rosa Mexicano.
On the same block as the failed Sur La Table, and Paul's Liquors, with a delightful view of the Western Bus Garage.
One block up from the vacant former Fox 5/20 offices/studios, stolen by the MoCoCartel to Bethesda.
Something tells me that the DC location won't remain open.
6:23: The flight of the rich from Montgomery County has affected businesses on both sides of the border in Friendship Heights. That was the audience that made it a booming area in past decades. Until we admit the real problem and start to address the County's anti-business policies and excessive taxation, businesses will continue to fail in Friendship Heights.
@5:45 AM: Every store is effectively an advertisement. Not sure what you're getting at.
@6:54 AM: Robert, you've been spot-on about this for years. Going to Friendship Heights and seeing what it's become is actually pretty depressing.
@12:27 PM: It's not all bad news. I'm sure they'll have some brochures or coffee table books/magazines to read.
So, DC has no agency over its side of Friendship Heights? Everything is "MoCo's fault", even though the losses have been far greater south of Western Avenue?
Including the moves of several businesses from the DC side to the Maryland side of Friendship Heights or to Bethesda?
10:02: There's a limit to what DC can do to keep a business open that has lost its MoCo clientele to NoVA. Little to nothing has moved to the Maryland side in Friendship Heights from DC. Virtually all of the DC businesses that have moved to Bethesda are doing so because the NW DC buildings they are in now are being demolished, and they have some target audience in the Edgemoor/downtown luxury condo segment, which is a bit different from the old money, ultra-rich Chevy Chase/Potomac demo that has hit the exits. I don't think the Vanderbilts went shopping for paint and wallpaper.
@11:08 AM: Well said Robert.
Don't forget that the Democrats came up Wisconsin Ave and smashed the windows right there in Friendship Heights - I have pictures. That has to unnerve potential shoppers. One thing I'd like to say - Farrow and Ball paint is absolutely way overpriced crap. I paid $130 a gallon for a client pre-covid, it has to be $160+ now. And it is very hard to work with.
Trashed my brand new Purdy brush.
Robert Dyer @ 11:08 AM: Do you have any kind of proof for your theory that the loss of businesses in the District of Columbia is caused by "the old money, ultra-rich Chevy Chase/Potomac demo that has hit the exits". And can you actually document the latter, as well? How many have left Chevy Chase and Potomac? This sounds a lot like the Republican "trickle-down" myth.
All of the businesses that remain open after moving from Mazza Gallerie are on the MARYLAND side. Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pampillonia Jewelers and Schwartz & Son Jewellers, to name just a few. And the Saks Fifth Avenue Men's store consolidated in the main store, also on the Maryland side.
who cares? if they find enough customers - good for them, if not, LOL, fire the planners
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