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Lakeforest Mall

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On October 20, 2022, WRS Inc. announced that Lakeforest Mall would be demolished by 2024, with a more specific date being announced later in 2023. Unfinalized redevelopment proposal plans include relocating the Lakeforest Transit Center and Park and Ride from alongside Lost Knife Rd. to Russell Ave.,
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In 2013, Five Mile Capital Partners hired real estate developer Hines to "map out a long-term plan for Lakeforest". A brand new children's play area opened on the ground floor infront of the then JCPenney on July 30, 2013, with the original children's play area called Professor Frog's Courtyard and
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On January 17, 2023, at the hearing on the Lakeforest Mall redevelopment plan in City Hall in Gaithersburg, MD, Kevin Rogers of WRS Inc. announced that Lakeforest Mall in its entirety would close on March 31, 2023 at 7:00 PM after 45 years of serving the nearby community. The mayor of Gaithersburg
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On January 4, 2023, it was announced that Macy's would be closed as part of a plan to close 4 stores nationwide, all inside underperforming indoor shopping malls. This left the mall with no anchors left, which basically turned it into a dead mall. The store closed on March 18, 2023 via
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As of August 2017, the mall's general manager is Paul DeMarco. The Annapolis-based Petrie Richardson Ventures has Lakeforest under contract, which would not include the anchor stores in a potential purchase, but as of February 2018 the deal has not been closed.
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On August 22, 2017, Lakeforest Mall was sold at auction for $ 19.1 million, a fraction of the $ 100 million price tag from 2012, spurring rumors of possible closure in the future. The auction came after the mall's owner, Five Mile Capital, went into foreclosure.
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In November 2000, a food court called Cafes in the Forest was introduced where the Cineplex Odeon Lakeforest 5 movie theater once was and started out with nine food businesses, with roughly half a dozen food eateries already in the mall prior to the food court.
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tweeted that Lord & Taylor was planning to close. The store closed on September 15, 2019 as scheduled. This would leave Macy's and Sears as the only anchor stores remaining in the way of redevelopment considered by the Gaithersburg municipal government.
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On August 31, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing its location at Lakeforest Mall as part of a plan to close 92 stores across the U.S.; the store closed on December 1, 2019, leaving Macy's as the last and only anchor.
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remained as the mall's final remaining anchor store until 2023, with the rest of the mall closing shortly after. Following its closure, the mall is set to be demolished the following year at the soonest.
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On August 20, 1998, Taubman Centers sold the property to GM Pension Trust. Circa September 1998, some parking lot space was devoted to become the Lakeforest Transit Center with a Park and Ride.
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on the lower level, in the "H section", along with being the biggest indoor shopping mall in the county at the time of grand opening. The rink was replaced, first by a multi theater
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approved the plan of demolition, which is scheduled to begin in 2024. The land where Lakeforest currently stands will become a mixture of residential, retail, and commercial space.
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townhouses, office buildings, a parking garage near the center of brand new stores, a movie theater, cleaning up the three ponds to have a boardwalk built on top, and among others.
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On February 28, 2019, it was announced that JCPenney would be closing as part of a plan to close 27 stores in the U.S.; the store closed on July 5, 2019.
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Ceremonies at the grand opening of the mall in 1978; the depressed carpeted amphitheater area in the foreground was filled in and paved over in 2013.
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Several full service restaurants operated in the mall over the years, including Chi-Chi's, Ruby Tuesday, Red Robin, and Silver Diner.
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The playground on the first floor of the mall in March 2023, on its last day of operation. It fronts an arcade that formerly was an
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In 1995, the Woodward & Lothrop at the mall closed and was replaced by Lord & Taylor in 1996. Lakeforest was host to a
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Lakeforest Mall first opened on September 12, 1978, as Lakeforest Regional Mall. At that time, the mall's anchor stores were
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Lakeforest Mall's Center Court in 2010; the depressed carpeted amphitheater area was removed in 2013 and paved over.
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In 1984, the ice rink was replaced by a NTI Theaters movie theater, later renamed Cineplex Odeon Lakeforest 5.
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An outdated directory sign on the second floor of the mall in March 2023, on its last day of operation.
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On May 28, 2006, Macy's replaced Hecht's, which had been acquired by Macy's parent company nationwide.
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In 2011, the mall was home to a miniature train ride that drove around the mall's upper floor.
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nearby fountain in the center court were removed and tiled over in August 2013.
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The new children's playground opened in July 2013 infront of the then JCPenney.
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In January 2000, the Cineplex Odeon Lakeforest 5 movie theater closed.
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In 2019, WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments purchased the mall from
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2 (restricted "Penthouse" 3rd floor in former Lord & Taylor)
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at the center. Following the closure of three of its four
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since 2007, when it purchased former owner and manager
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In 2012, the mall took in $ 14,680,000 in net income.
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In 2016, the mall took in $ 6,180,000 in net income.
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Circa 1994, the general manager was Barbara Kreuser.
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Lakeforest
Lakeforest Mall logo

Gaithersburg, Maryland
Coordinates
39°09′13″N 77°12′15″W / 39.153524°N 77.204221°W / 39.153524; -77.204221
Taubman Centers
WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments
anchor tenants
Total retail floor area
Ride On
lakeforestredevelopment.com
abandoned
shopping mall
Gaithersburg, Maryland
food court
play area
anchor stores
JCPenney
Lord & Taylor
Sears
Macy's
JCPenney
Sears
Woodward & Lothrop
Hecht's
ice skating rink
movie complex
Friendly's
Long John Silver's

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