Old Town Ann Taylor Store to Close

The Anne Taylor store in the 100 block of N. Washington Street in Old Town will close when its lease ends at the end of January, according to the Washington Business Journal.

The building, which is being marketed by Melissa Webb of Rappaport Co., has 4,854 square feet on the ground floor and 4,000 square feet below with a 400-square-foot mezzanine.

No word on whether Ann Taylor plans to relocate within Alexandria.

In July, Douglas Development Corp. purchased a 22,000-square-foot space nearby on S. Washington Street that was formerly a parish hall for Washington Street Methodist Church.

Douglas is known for sitting on vacant property for as long as it takes to secure retailers that can transform an area. The company already owns a number of properties in the King Street-Washington Street area. In July, H&M opened a store in a Douglas property at 615 King St.   

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