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keyjan t1_j1qkup2 wrote

Reply to comment by joymarie21 in Mazza Gallerie shopping center permanently closes by foodude84

So do you know if any of those places are actually getting any business? I walk through there (City Ctr) about once a week on my after lunch walks, and I rarely see anyone actually in the stores.

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joymarie21 t1_j1qn2wa wrote

Yeah, I haven't done much in person shopping since the start of the pandemic but want the stores to be there when I want to shop in the future. I know, of course, that's not how things work.

I did go to the Tiffany's at Friendship Heights this year and it was dead. But it was a work day that I had off. Maybe it's busier during the weekend. I can't imagine that DC needs two Tiffany's. And a sales associate at the one in City Center told me they get a lot of tourist traffic, which is now coming back. I doubt many tourists go to Friendship Heights. I don't expect that one to last.

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queendweeb t1_j1qxcp0 wrote

There are always other people shopping in Bloomingdales when I've been in there. It's not packed, but there are in person shoppers. I suspect that one will hang on. Saks has been empty the few times I've gone in over the past year or so.

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mastershakeshack t1_j1r7e44 wrote

the bloomingdales is great and that saks is one of the worst i've ever been to. hope bloomgs can stay around

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ParadoxDC t1_j1s527i wrote

RE: city center - I shop there all the time and I know others that do as well. Some of the stores don't have much foot traffic (Vince for example) but other ones get a lot of traffic (Louis V, Dior, Kate Spade, the restaurants). The stores on the outside edges of the complex legitimately don't seem to get much traffic though so not sure how they are staying afloat.

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bridges-build-burn t1_j1t0rqx wrote

There are often people just randomly lined up outside Gucci on a Saturday, I would hope that’s a good sign.

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