Maryland's First F21 Red To Open Saturday at Ellsworth Place

SILVER SPRING, MD — The first F21 Red store in Maryland, part of the Forever 21 fashion chain, will open its doors Saturday in Ellsworth Place, offering the latest in women’s, men’s and kids clothing and accessories, according to the shopping mall's operators.

F21 Red is a new concept store launched in 2014 by Forever 21, a najor retail chain based in Los Angeles. The new store in Ellsworth Place occupies 13,224 square feet on Level Three.

Ellsworth Place’s anchor tenants include Burlington Coat Factory, Dave & Buster’s, Guitar Center, Marshalls, Michaels, Ross and T.J. Maxx. Other tenants opening their doors soon at Ellsworth Place include Kung Fu Tea and Rue21. The shopping mall is in downtown Silver Spring.

The arrival of F21 Red bolsters the findings of a nationwide survey recently commissioned by Petrie Richardson Ventures (PRV), one of the mall's two developers.

The survey "underscored that consumers choose to shop in-store over online stores when there is a wide variety of stores and products – with 84 percent of respondents citing it as a primary motivator. Additionally, 85 percent of respondents cited the physical experience – holding or trying on clothes – as a motivator for shopping at shopping malls or retail centers," PRV said in a statement.

Petrie Richardson Ventures acquired ownership and management of the former City Place Mall in 2012 in a joint venture with Rockwood Capital, and renovated the exterior and interior.

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