The Mall That Knew Everyone
Landmark Mall opened with a ribbon cut by the lieutenant governor and a promise of three full anchors: Hecht’s, Sears, and Woodward & Lothrop.
That format worked for decades. However, retail faded, stores emptied, and in 2017, the last tenants shut their doors. Alexandria didn’t leave it behind. They pulled it apart, block by block.
Now, that same 52-acre site is being rebuilt as WestEnd, a medical and residential core designed for density, transit, and civic investment. What stood for shopping now stands for something else entirely…