DC Getting First Barneys Co-Op

Ian Ritter is national online editor of GlobeSt.RETAIL.

CHEVY CHASE, MD-The Washington, DC area will get its first Barneys New York Co-Op store in the fall, making it the first unit for the high-end retailer in this metro market. The store is going into the Collection at Chevy Chase, a 112,000-sf, two-level group of luxury stores set to open in October.

So far this year, Barneys has opened three new Co-Ops, one each in Atlanta, Chicago and Costa Mesa, CA. The retailer currently operates seven of the units, which are smaller than its Barneys New York flagship department stores. At 11,400 sf, the Chevy Chase unit with be the largest Barneys Co-Op.