As per Sean’s mention of Tysons Corner, that Bloomingdales seems to be doing very well (it’s crowded whenever I go in there), as does the entire Tysons Corner Center (the Galleria as well). Tysons just completed an expansion (an indoor lifestyle expansion, Barnes and Noble, AMC movie theatre and more restaurants) to attract even more people to the mall and more traffic to that area…when the Metro’s Silver Line is actually completed, you will defintely see more people go there. Bloomie’s in Tysons (along with pretty much every anchor over there) is there to stay.

The mall limps along, but does seem to have a stable if odd roster–H&M and Pottery Barn. A post office and a funny collection of offices and service businesses and Bloomies.The mall is close to the Metro, but a little awward to access from the train. It’s a little far from the Beltway, and it anchors the southern end of the Rockville Pike mall zone (lots of strip malls), which is a horrible bottle neck on weekends. It’s much smaller than Montgomery Mall and less well placed for an upscale clientele. I could see it eventually turning into a lifestyle center, complementing the off-price complex next door.

As for Atlanta–they probably would have done better if they’d gone for the showy quality and designers that Bloomie’s used to be known for. At Lenox Square, they’re in the least desirable part of the mall and don’t have a really good entrance–they’re more off to the side and the have the least used section of parking. Federated probably has a reasonable long-term lease. Unless Simon moves one of the Phipps Plaza anchors in, Dillard is probably the only likely candidate if Bloomie’s were to leave and they would add nothing to the mall. Phipps has cut its vacancies, but lost a lot of its identity in the process, so I doubt Simon would want to make significant changes.