Landover Mall
Total retail floor area | 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) | |
No. of floors | 2 (3 in Sears) |
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Landover Mall was a large shopping mall located in
Architecture
The mall had three fountains, one adjacent to Hecht's, Sears, and in center court. According to an article in The Washington Post published the day of the mall's grand opening, "The water display consists of seven 3" geysers that are programmed in continuously changing programs of water height (3' to 15') for the perimeter nozzles, and the center nozzle can push the water to a height of 30' if desirable. All splash will be contained in the perimeter six geysers." The main fountain in the mall contained three circular platforms, each representing a loop within the
History
Prime and downfall
In its prime, Landover Mall had three local department store anchors:
Washington DC Business Journal described Landover Mall in 1998 as " dogged since the mid-1980s by perceptions -- real and imagined -- of crime, drugs and violence in nearby communities, like Palmer Park and Seat Pleasant". The article also noted that competition from White Flint Mall and inability to replace vacated stores were factors in its poor reception.[6]
Closure and demolition
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After the closure of the main anchors to the mall, Ted Lerner decided to shut the mall down completely. The mall's doors were sealed shut with cinder blocks, although the Sears store remained open.
Demolition began in 2006, and was completed in early 2007. The entire mall was demolished, and its debris was recycled. Sears was the only store that remained open after the mall's closure because it owned the land on which the building stood. However, its former entrances to the mall were sealed shut on both its levels. Sears subsequently sold the land underneath the store to Lerner. In January 2014, Sears announced that it would not renew its lease with Lerner and closed its store in March 2014.
Demolition aftermath
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Sears was tentatively planning on relocating to the Ritchie Station Marketplace shopping center on Ritchie Road near Capitol Heights, Maryland.[7] The area of the former mall and parking lot was fenced off and barricaded with cement blocks. The mall's main entrance sign was modified to eliminate its stylized cloverleaf logo shape with the remaining part of the sign and pedestal refurbished to read "Home to Future Development".[8][9]
Today
In 2014, the
Anchors
- Hecht's - closed 2002
- Garfinckel's - closed 1990
- Woodies - closed 1995 and became JCPenney in 1998 which closed in 2001
- Sears - closed 2014
References
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- ^ Moore, Marcus (2006-06-08). "Officials focusing on Landover Mall". The Gazette. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ a b O'Connell, Jonathan (2014-01-06). "Sears to close Landover store in March". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2014-01-07.
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- ^ "Landover Mall: falling behind - 1998-02-16 - Washington Business Journal". Archived from the original on 2000-10-02.
- Washington Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved 2006-11-01.
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- ^ Hernández, Arelis (2017-07-14). "In Prince George's County, canceled FBI deal means back to the drawing board". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ Lawton, Joanne (2018-10-30). "Lerner puts former FBI HQ short-list site up for sale". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Sernovitz, Daniel (2019-01-24). "Lerner offering up pieces of its Germantown mixed-use project". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ Goncalves, Delia (2022-09-22). "'This was not a transparent process': Virginia leader slams Metro for favoritism in fight for new FBI Headquarters". WUSA (TV). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
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