Earlier this month, I reported that the newest CVS Pharmacy in downtown Bethesda would close in March, but the corporate office had not yet announced a closing date. Customers having prescriptions filled at the 7235 Wisconsin Avenue store this week report that they have been informed this location will permanently close on March 19, 2025. The store opened in the former Riggs/PNC Bank building in December 2022. It recently closed temporarily due to a water main break in January.
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That building was never ideally suited for a CVS
I went in there one day. Building was too old and too small on the inside to work for CVS.
A good spot, but there were already two other CVSs within blocks when this location opened (and those branches are still open). I liked when this branch of the pharmacy was inside the Target.
An old bank in Takoma Park is being turned into a distillery. Would be a huge upgrade if something interesting like that happened in Bethesda.
Pain in the butt. No self checkout
Yeah, it was always an odd location with the Target location two blocks south and the Cheltenham location four blocks north. Who was their target market?
That was eliminated to stop you from stealing.
@2:28 PM Great idea ... and the style of the building might suit a distillery, too :-)
I spoke to CVS management about it the other day. They said it has actually been a pretty profitable location but the building itself never fully recovered from the WSSC flood in January and has left much of the storage space unusable so they can't operate as efficiently.
It's unfortunate, as that became my preferred CVS, particularly for pharmacy needs, and the staff were consistently so nice. While it wasn't a large CVS, it managed to carry a good variety of inventory.
Too bad indeed. That was my preferred for pharmacy as well. Yes, very nice staff and so much less hectic than the one at Cheltenham. Great loss.
Agree. That’s a beautiful building.
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