Joint Venture Demolishes Landmark Mall Outside Washington, D.C. for 4 Million-Square-Foot Mixed-Use Project

Alexandria, Va. — Foulger-Pratt, The Howard Hughes Corp. and Seritage Progress Properties have damaged floor on the 4 million-square-foot WestEnd Alexandria mission with the demolition of Landmark Mall. The event is positioned roughly eight miles exterior Washington, D.C., in Alexandria.

In-built 1965 as an open-air buying heart, the 715,520-square-foot Landmark was transformed to an enclosed shopping center in 1990. The mall formally closed its doorways in 2017 following Howard Hughes Corp.’s buy of the previous Macy’s retailer, however the Sears division retailer remained open till 2020. 

Final yr the Sears proprietor, the Metropolis of Alexandria, signed Inova Well being to a 99-year floor lease on the web site the place the well being system is constructing a $1 billion hospital campus that may span 11 acres. 

At full buildout, WestEnd Alexandria will span 52 acres and comprise 2,500 residences, together with 200 inexpensive housing models; parks and open house; roughly 125,000 sq. toes of medical workplace buildings; almost 235,000 sq. toes of retail and restaurant makes use of; and a brand new facility for Alexandria Hearth-EMS Station 208. 

Foulger-Pratt, Howard Hughes and Seritage plan to start Part I of WestEnd Alexandria in 2023 with the primary residential buildings delivering in 2025.