Arlington, Virginia's subterranean CRYSTAL CITY retail complexes became the first Metro-adjacent shopping malls, in 1977. The next "Metro Mall" was dedicated in 1985, when the struggling ROCKVILLE MALL, in Maryland, was reinvented as ROCKVILLE METRO CENTER.
The Metro system was extended to Arlington, Virginia's BALLSTON COMMON (1986) and FASHION CENTRE AT PENTAGON CITY (1989). Subway routes soon reached Maryland's WHEATON PLAZA (1990) and PRINCE GEORGES PLAZA (1993). Other malls indicated on the diagram above were located near -but still a considerable distance from- a Metro stop.
In the 21 century, two lifestyle centers were built near Metro stations; Virginia's MARKET COMMON AT CLARENDON (2001) and Maryland's THE BOULEVARD AT THE CAPITAL CENTRE (2003). In 2014, a Metro station opened at Virginia's TYSONS CORNER CENTER.
NOTE: Over the years, several of DC's Metro Malls have been redeveloped and-or renamed. Here is a chronological listing of these properties;
*PARKINGTON CENTER (1951) / BALLSTON COMMON MALL (1986) / BALLSTON QUARTER (2018)
*PRINCE GEORGES PLAZA (1959) / MALL AT PRINCE GEORGES (2004)
*WHEATON PLAZA (1960) / WESTFIELD SHOPPINGTOWN WHEATON (1998) / WESTFIELD WHEATON (2005)
*CRYSTAL PLAZA SHOPS (1968) / CRYSTAL MALL SHOPS (1969) / CRYSTAL UNDERGROUND (1976) / CRYSTAL GATEWAY SHOPS (1980) / CRYSTAL CITY SHOPS (2001-2024)
*ROCKVILLE MALL (1972) / COMMONS AT COURTHOUSE SQUARE (1979) / ROCKVILLE METRO CENTER (1985) / ROCKVILLE CENTER (1998) / ROCKVILLE TOWN CENTER (2004) / THE SQUARE (2007)
*SPRINGFIELD MALL (1973) / SPRINGFIELD TOWN CENTER (2014)
*MARKET COMMON AT CLARENDON (2001) / THE CROSSING CLARENDON (2021)
*THE BOULEVARD AT THE CAPITAL CENTRE (2003-2017)
