Its portfolio of brands includes Areej, Missha, Bobbi Brown, Korres, Gap, Banana Republic, Mamas & Papas, @home, Penhaligon's, Caron, L'artisan, Diptyque, MORE Café, Cosi, Caffè Nero, Crate and Barrel and Galler.

Key retailers include Apple, Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Bath & Body Works, Crate & Barrel, Century Theatre, J. Crew, Pottery Barn, Talbots, Vera Bradley and Victoria's Secret.

The stores, which may include Crate & Barrel, H & M and the Container Store, would replicate the diversity of goods once offered in department stores.

Tenants that have already signed on for Blue Back include Crate & Barrel, REI, Barnes & Noble, the Cheesecake Factory, Fleming's Steakhouse and the National Jean Company.

Pioneers have included Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel and J. C. Penney, which have all used catalogs and Web sites to entice children and their caretakers.

Current tenants include Crate & Barrel, Bank of America, Capital One Bank (formerly Chevy Chase Bank), Starbucks Coffee, Sutton Place Gourmet, Le Pain Quotidien, Bagel City Cafe, and Speedway Locksmith.

In the UK these include Ampeg, Crate and Alvarez.

Legacy Village: stores include Crate and Barrel, Apple Store, Restoration Hardware, Nordstrom Rack, The Cheesecake Factory.

Bridgeport Village has about 90 shops and restaurants, which include Coldwater Creek, McCormick & Schmick's, Crate & Barrel, Talbots, Saks Fifth Avenue OFF FIFTH, California Pizza Kitchen, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, and Romano's Macaroni Grill among others.

Major retailers near Tysons Corner Center include Crate and Barrel, Tiffany & Co., Hermes Paris, Louis Vuitton, and Gucci, some of which are located in Fairfax Square.