 Polestar opened one of its first U.S. showrooms in downtown D.C. last year. JCPenney is closing four D.C. area stores as part of its bankruptcy restructuring. It is keeping its Fair Oaks mall store, but the Washington Business Journal says it's giving back a large chunk of the two-level lease to the mall's owner, leaving a smaller JCPenney there. Real estate agents work long hours, but they apparently like it.