The City of Gaithersburg, in partnership with The Peterson Companies and rio, will host the 24th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade at rio, located at Rio Boulevard and Grand Corner Avenue. The parade will step off at 10am along Grand Corner Avenue, with free parking available in three garages along Washingtonian Boulevard on Saturday, March 14th.
Fine Wine (Finewine.com) at 20 Grand Corner Ave., Suite A in Gaithersburg has closed. (more…)
Shoppers at Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda will notice large “Entire Store 30 to 60 percent off” and “Store Closing” signs posted outside Francesca’s, as the women’s boutique begins liquidating inventory ahead of its permanent closure.
Gap Factory is preparing to open a location at 1667 Rockville Pike in Congressional Plaza (h/t @Pike.and.Rozay), taking over the former site of Lands’ End, which permanently closed in January. (more…)
After more than a decade, the Bluemercury location at Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg has closed its doors permanently. The store originally opened in September 2015. The space has been listed as available in leasing documents for several months. (more…)
Ace Hardware officially opened its new Rockville location this morning, Thursday, February 19, marking the latest addition to the Cool Hardware Company’s growing regional footprint.
Staples at 5557 Urbana Pike in Frederick’s Riverview Plaza is set to close permanently on March 6, according to a report by Frederick City Media that was later confirmed to us by an employee on Wednesday evening.
A 19-year-old Clarksburg man has been arrested in connection with multiple incidents in which women were allegedly recorded while changing inside fitting rooms at a Banana Republic store in the 22000 block of Clarksburg Road. (more…)
The former Amazon Fresh grocery store in Friendship Heights removed its permanent exterior signage from the building on Monday, following Amazon’s nationwide shutdown of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go grocery stores earlier this month.
Several notable changes and updates have unfolded across Olney and immediately surrounding areas in recent months, ranging from long-awaited reopenings to new restaurants preparing to move in.
Updated with current rankings
Maryland is home to some of the largest shopping destinations in the Mid-Atlantic. Based on gross leasable area, these are the five biggest malls in the state as of 2026, ranked from fifth largest to largest.