On May 7, 2020, Nordstrom announced it would be closing 16 stores nationwide. All Nordstrom locations had been closed since March 17, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Annapolis location was the only Maryland store on the list and the company stated the closing stores would not ever reopen to the public and was permanently closed as of July 15, 2020. This left JCPenney and Macy's as the only anchors left. Macy's was to lay off about 100 employees from its Annapolis store soon after reopening in June 2020. On March 5, 2021, The Container Store announced they will be opening a location in part of the former Lord & Taylor space on May 22.