The Truth About Wegman's

We feel pretty silly right now. In all our starry-eyed wonder about the possibility of this great grocer heading into Abingdon, we must have overlooked the dream of David Craig to make every millimeter in Abingdon a commercial, tax-paying base that will pay for the great schools in the other part of the county. Otherwise we're sure we would have noticed that the center will include:
Over 450,000 sf of premium retail space
50,000 sf of restaurants
"Main Street" feel showcasing an eclectic mix of value and specialty retailers
An 88,000 sf multi-level office building
When complete, center will contain up to 700,000 sf of gross leasable area and over 3,500 parking spaces

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Christopher Matthews to Relocate

Fans of Christopher Matthews will be happy to learn that in February the store will be moving to a new location at 2239 Old Emmorton Rd, just a block away from Festival. We are huge fans of its card selection and unique gifts.
We've got to wonder what the owners of Festival are thinking. It's another empty storefront, in the last few years it's lost:
Bombay;
Mattress Giant (or Mr. Mattress, a matress store nonetheless)
Card Factory
Moxleys,
Carpet store
Cheeburger Cheeburger

We'd like to see something new in there that's NOT a Halloween store or temporary cheap bookstore.