The Boulevard at the Capital Centre

Boulevard at the Capital Centre
Map
LocationLake Arbor, Maryland
Opening date2003
Closing dateNovember 2017
DeveloperCordish Company
ManagementInland Management
No. of stores and services70
No. of anchor tenants4
Total retail floor area485,276 sq ft (45,083.6 m2)[1]
No. of floors1
Public transit access Washington Metro:
at Downtown Largo
Bus transport TheBus: 21, 26, 28
Bus transport Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29
Websitewww.shopcapcentre.com (archived on October 7, 2016)
The Boulevard at the Capital Centre as seen from the parking garage of the nearby Downtown Largo Metro station.

The Boulevard at the Capital Centre was an open-air shopping center in Lake Arbor, Prince George's County, Maryland; it had a Largo postal address.[2][3] It was located on the former site of the Capital Centre, previously the home of the Washington Bullets and Washington Capitals.

Opened in 2003,[4] the Boulevard at the Capital Centre was located next to the Downtown Largo Washington Metro station (the eastern terminus of the Blue and Silver lines). The facility had more than 70 establishments. It was formerly the home of short-lived chain restaurant Gladys Knight & Ron Winans' Chicken & Waffles.

Though it was envisioned as a middle-class destination when it opened, the mall soon began to struggle.[4] Its more desirable retailers closed and were replaced with downscale offerings like T-shirt and cell phone shops; many vacancies also remained.[4] It also experienced problems with crime: five people were killed at the mall between 2005 and 2009, and there were 101 car break-ins in 2008.[4]

In November 2017, the shopping center closed to build the new University of Maryland Capital Region Medical Center. In addition there were to be new luxury apartments, restaurants, and a shopping center.

When the Boulevard closed, surviving businesses included Chick-Fil-A, TGI Friday's, Chuck E. Cheese's, Carolina Kitchen, The Magic Johnson Theater (AMC Theatres), Phoenix Salon, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Golden Corral. The area will be known as Downtown Largo once completed.

In July 2019, demolition of 290,000 square feet (27,000 m2) of retail space commenced to make way for Carillon, a new lifestyle-oriented mixed-use development on the same site.[5] The University of Maryland Capital Region Health was completed and opened on June 8, 2021.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Leasing information". Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. ^ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Lake Arbor CDP, MD." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on September 1, 2018. Pages: 1 and 2.
  3. ^ Contact Us." The Boulevard at the Capital Centre. Retrieved on September 9, 2018. "Boulevard at the Capital Centre 900 Capital Centre Boulevard Largo, MD 20774"
  4. ^ a b c d Ovetta Wiggins - Washington Post, Staff Writer. (2009, Mar 29). Violence, vacancies trouble md. mall; boulevard struggles with image issues. The Washington Post ProQuest 410271893
  5. ^ "It's on: Demolition begins at Boulevard at Capital Centre in Largo". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  6. ^ "'We have to get it right': Inside UM Capital's soon-to-open Largo hospital — and what comes next". Washington Business Journal. June 3, 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-22.

Further reading

  • Williams, K. (2002, Oct 24). Work begins on site of capital centre mall: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post ProQuest 409339954
  • Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2002. More retail tenants sign up for capital centre complex: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Jun 11, 2002.ProQuest 409275959
  • Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2002. Cap center may be razed soon in redevelopment: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Apr 19, 2002. ProQuest 409266455
  • Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2002. New lease on life for proposed mall; deals with retailers recharge project: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Apr 25, 2002. ProQuest 409268767
  • Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2001. Capital centre builders plan online presence; web site to connect shoppers to venues: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Mar 22, 2001. ProQuest 409112742
  • Cohn, Meredith. 2002. Developers break ground for capital centre project; 40 retail tenants commit to $80 million center on former sports arena site: [FINAL edition]. The Sun, Oct 22, 2002. ProQuest 406518409
  • Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2001. Turn of events shrinks grand project: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Aug 09, 2001. ProQuest 409141900
  • Officials, residents sold on retail center: [FINAL edition]. 2003. The Washington Post, Nov 20, 2003. ProQuest 409530140
  • Ovetta Wiggins - Washington Post, Staff Writer. 2008. Pr. george's mall to ban unsupervised teens at night. The Washington Post, May 3, 2008. ProQuest 410250338

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