Fashion Centre at Pentagon City

Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, originally the Pentagon City Mall, is an enclosed regional shopping mall in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, near Interstate 395 and Hayes Street. Its Metro level is directly connected to the Pentagon City station on the Blue and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro. The mall features Macy's and Nordstrom, and also houses the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City hotel.

Completed in October 1989, the Fashion Centre is the largest enclosed shopping mall in Arlington, housing 164 retailers and restaurants. The Washington Tower office building, formerly leased by MCI, is part of the mall property;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> its lower levels are part of the mall.

History

The mall was developed by Melvin Simon & Associates with real-estate investment firm Rose Associates as part of the 1976 Pentagon City Phased-Development Site Plan.<ref name=Arlington>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It opened in fall 1989 with 860,000 sq. ft. of space<ref name=stake>Template:Cite news</ref> on 25 acres, with Macy's and Nordstrom as anchor stores (original plans were for Bambergers)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and approximately 150 other stores, and a 4,524-capacity parking garage; the office tower part of the complex opened a little later,<ref name=front>Template:Cite news</ref> and the 345-room hotel the following year.<ref name=inner>Template:Cite news</ref> The interior featured a white color scheme and skylit atria extending in two wings from the central courtyard.<ref name=inner/> The mall theater, Loews Pentagon City 6, closed on January 1, 2003, and was replaced by a clothing store.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Expansion of the mall, including outward-facing stores on Hayes Street, was approved by the county board in 2013,<ref name=Arlington/> at which time it had more than 170 stores.<ref name=PR>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It was completed in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:As of, the mall had Template:Convert of space.<ref name=pretty>Template:Cite news</ref>

On March 23, 2023, it was announced that IKEA will be opening a 5,000 sqft "Plan and Order" specialty format, the first in the Washington, D.C. region. It will feature interior design planning among IKEA specialists with any ordered furniture then delivered to a customer's residence.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Tenants

As of 2025:<ref name=icsc2025>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

• Macy's, Template:Cvt
• Nordstrom, Template:Cvt
• Zara, Template:Cvt
• Matchbox restaurant, Template:Cvt
• Apple Store, Template:Cvt
• The Gap/Gap Kids, Template:Cvt
• Banana Republic, Template:Cvt
• The North Face, Template:Cvt
• J Crew, Template:Cvt
• Microsoft Store, Template:Cvt

Awards

The center was a finalist for the 2018 International Council of Shopping Centers 2018 US Design & Development and Retailer Awards.<ref name=icsc2018>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ownership

In late 1990, Melvin Simon & Associates sold 50% of its interest in the mall to Lehndorff Group, a real estate management firm;<ref name=stake/> during 1991 it sold another 25% to other institutional investors, retaining a quarter interest and management of the center. Simon Property Group, the successor to the Simon shopping mall interests, subsequently raised its stake; Template:As of it jointly owned the mall with Institutional Mall Investors, a joint venture of Miller Capital Advisory and CalPERS;<ref name=PR/> Template:As of, it had a 42.5% interest.<ref name=annual/> The Ritz-Carlton hotel is separately owned, by Xenia Hotels & Resorts.<ref name=annual/><ref name=pretty/>

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  Interior seen from the 4th floor, January 2013
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  Interior in 1990

External links

• Official site