VISION | TIMELINE
2006
Macerich begins plans to redevelop Tysons Corner Center into an urban, pedestrian-oriented work-live-shop destination with new metrorail line service. Approvals have already been obtained to build an additional 3.5 million square feet of office, residential and hotel space. Beautifully landscaped plazas, parks and walkways surrounding first-class shopping, office and residential development will create a vibrant, enticing setting to attract workers, residents and visitors alike. Full build out of this transit-oriented community is expected to take between 10 and 15 years.
2005
Macerich buys Wilmorite, assuming a 50 percent interest in the shopping center. Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation maintains a half interest in the center. That same year, the center unveils a large-scale $130 million renovation that reconfigures the former JCPenney into specialty retail space and adds another 300,000-square-foot building, which now houses a 16-screen movie theater, a Barnes & Noble bookstore, 5 sit-down restaurants and a 10-unit food court. Anchored by Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, Lord & Taylor and Macy's, the shopping center today totals 2.25 million square feet, making it the largest in the Washington, D.C., area.
2003
JCPenney closes its doors, making way for a three-level east wing expansion.
2002
Wilmorite buys L&B Group (formerly The Lehndorff Group).
2000
L.L.Bean opens its first full-line store outside its Freeport, Maine, headquarters at Tysons Corner Center.
1995
Woodward & Lothrop is converted into a JCPenney.
1986-90
New owners Dallas-based The Lehndorff Group completely re-invent the space by converting the mall's lower truck tunnel and storage area into prime retail space. In 1988, the center unveils 800,000 square feet of new retail space, filled by 100 additional stores. Interior renovations outfitted the center with new skylights, marble floors and landscaping. Four parking terraces are added as well. Nordstrom opens with the revitalized center; Lord and Taylor follows closely with a 1990 opening — two important additions to the center.
1976
Bloomingdales opens in the Lansburgh's former location, with First Lady Betty Ford cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony.
1975
A second cinema — the Roth 8 Multiplex — opens at Tysons Corner Center.
1968
Washington, D.C.-based Lerner Enterprises opens Tysons Corner Center on July 25, 1968. The 1.2 million-square-foot center is one of the first super regional shopping centers to open in the country, becoming a model for enclosed, climate-controlled shopping centers. Department stores Hecht's, Lansburgh's and Woodward & Lothrop, local ladies' apparel purveyor Garfinkel's, F.W. Woolworth 5 and 10, Tysons Twin Theater and 100 specialty stores launched the new Tysons Corner Center, offering a diverse mix of retail.
1964
The beltway around the nation's capital is completed in 1964, creating an ideally located triangle of space bounded by the new beltway, Interstate 66 and Virginia 267.