Georgetown Park

After the demise of Washington's streetcars in 1962, the building served as the United States Defense Communications Annex E before being converted to its current use.

The project involved preserving the 100-plus year old facade on Wisconsin Avenue; building a 300-space underground parking garage into solid rock; and adding superstructure to the 10-foot (3.0 m) thick, 35-foot (11 m) high canal wall.

Upscale features of the building included wood-floored hallways, a block-long skylight with cast-iron braces, brass and glass elevators, and hand-built oak kiosks.

The Canal House opened as the first phase of the project in 1980, with a Conran's homegoods store topped by 35 condominiums.

[3] In 1998, Western sold the property to a company controlled by AEW Capital Management but retained a “right of first offer” to repurchase the mall.

[4] On September 10, 2008, Bloomingdale's announced plans to open a three-level, 82,000-square-foot (7,600 m2) anchor store at The Shops by August 2011.

With this announcement, Western believed Georgetown Park would become "the highest fashion and trend center in the whole Washington area";[5] however, the deal fell through in the summer of 2009 due to the ongoing legal dispute with EastBanc.

The new owners embarked on a major renovation[7] for a grand re-opening in the spring of 2013, adding discount retailers including DSW and T.J.