Westfield Montgomery (formerly, Montgomery Mall) is a shopping mall in Bethesda, Maryland. Major tenants include Macy's, Macy's Home, and Nordstrom, as well as specialty brands such as Fabletics, Madewell, Vineyard Vines, and Untuckit.

History

The mall opened in March 1968 with three anchor stores and 58 smaller shops. It was built as a joint venture between The May Department Stores Company and Strouse, Greenberg & Co., based on the design of John Graham, Jr. and Ward and Hall. The original anchors were Hecht's, Garfinckel's, and Sears. Smaller shops included a Bond Stores outlet. The old mall logo was an owl-shaped "M". A mid-1970s expansion added a US$4.5 million, 155000 sqft Woodward & Lothrop store and 60000 sqft of additional retail space for 40 stores. On March 1. 1976, longtime fugitive William Bradford Bishop bought a ball peen hammer and gas can at the mall to allegedly kill and burn his family. A renovation completed in October 1991 replaced the floors, added brass railings and a glass elevator (the latter removed in 2013), and removed all the fountains to allow for more kiosk and seating space. The grand re-opening featured a concert by Tony Bennett. An expansion wing featured the first Nordstrom in Maryland and the third in the Washington, D.C.. metropolitan area, and Crate & Barrel. The Boulevard Cafes food court is located on the second level. After the 2005 acquisition of May Department Stores by Federated Department Stores, the Hecht’s at Montgomery was renamed Macy’s in 2006.

Expansion

A plan to expand the mall by 360000 sqft was approved by Montgomery County in September 2007. With the expansion, Westfield Montgomery has more than 1500000 sqft, the fourth-largest mall in the Washington area behind Tysons Corner Center, Westfield Wheaton, and Fair Oaks Mall. In 2014, a 16-screen Arclight Cinemas opened at the mall. It closed in April 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; in February 2022, AMC Theatres acquired the lease to the cinema and announced that it would reopen the following month.

2016 shooting

On May 6, 2016, former federal police officer Eulalio Tordil shot three people in the parking lot. One victim died. In June 2018, Westfield announced Sears would close and transform into additional stores and an open-air mixed-use center.

Anchors

Current anchors

Former anchors