When was annapolis mall built

Most of the malls in the eastern suburbs of D. Furthermore, none of them are upscale-oriented like Annapolis.

The expansion at Annapolis brought in many more upscale stores, and thus provides a different type of shopping experience than Arundel Mills. In short, the two can probably co-exist due to low overlap. The addition of almost solely upscale stores in the expansion leads us to another analysis for the latent dominance of Annapolis as regional retail heavyweight.

Annapolis is wealthy, and so too are many of the enclaves nearby. In addition, wealthy people from both the eastern suburbs of D. Also, Annapolis Mall has weathered the recent economic meltdown extremely well. This expansion has also inspired synergy, resulting from the neighboring retail areas around Annapolis Mall working with it instead of competing against it.

The expansion at Annapolis Mall came just one year prior to the total redevelopment of a failed outdoor mall, Parole Plaza, located just a few blocks away. Parole Plaza was a decades-old outdoor mall, anchored by D. Most of it died in the late s and was torn down in , to make way for an upscale lifestyle center called Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole.

Featuring New Urbanist features like forced density, different styles of housing, grocery, and upscale shops and restaurants, this new development is working in tandem with Annapolis Mall to acquire and keep upscale shoppers busy in the area. Developers of the new lifestyle center realize that working with Annapolis Mall, while at the same time keeping the same upscale theme, will help them rather than hurt them, as Annapolis Mall delivered crushing blows to Parole Plaza a decade earlier.

Annapolis Mall and its environs are also convenient vacation stops for many D. We visited Annapolis Mall in Summer and took the pictures featured here. As usual, feel free to leave your own comments, experiences, historical facts and any other clarifications. I apologize in advance for the quality of the photos. My digital camera broke in the middle of this trip so I had to use my iPhone. Steven Swain July 19th, at am.

SEAN July 19th, at am. Prange Way Reply: July 19th, at pm. This mall is at a very good location with great highway visiblity! Nice to see the expansion has been successful…have not been since the expansion was completed.

How many more fountains are there than the one pictured? Is it me, or does that look somewhat like Paramus Park already on this blog. Actually, the renovation looks like a more modern rendition of Garden State Plaza. It maybe a Westfield thing, after all some design features are company specific. I agree with your observations. After seeing these pics, I am very impressed what Annapolis Mall has done and I think a sidetrip is in order on my next DC trip. Even down to the fact that both are urban vurticle malls designed by Greenwich CT based Gordon Group.

The big expansion that added the 2nd floor was done by Lerner, but I think the expansion was done by Macerich. And since then, Macerich has been putting some of their touches in Tysons like the soft seating areas, and sadly, they ripped out the fountains. Are they building direct access from the Tysons station to both malls?

I did read in the Washington Post a few weeks ago that Fairfax County, approved the build out around the Metro Stations in the Tysons area. However the plans were cut from a year to a year planning horizon. SEAN, Last I heard, they are, as it would be mighty difficult to cross Chain Bridge Road, considering the station will be located on that piece of land across , next to the Galleria.

I was down there in May and they are starting to build the tracks. Russ September 18th, at am. This mall is at a visible location off US 50 and is close to both the exits for Downtown Annapolis and the intersection with I, which leads up to Baltimore. Restaurants have become as importtent to a malls bottom line in a way we have never sene before. There is also a large movie theater at the mall.

There are your basic chains in the immediate area of the mall and in Downtown Annapolis, there are many great restaurants, both formal and casual. There is another theatre with 9-screens at Anapolis Harbor Center. SEAN, I could totally see that. Was impressed with National Harbor on this DC visit reminds me of a larger Pier Village , and it will grow, but it needs to be on the Metro!

Even now there have been discussions by some VA polititions of withdrawing from Metro, but most of it is political bluster. I know it semes obvious, but some reason it puzzles me. Also consider that most DC area malls are also Metrorail accessable.

The Dukkes extension was built with money from the Airport Authority not from Metro funds. The Baltimore has Dead Malls, because of population shifts, lack of growth and a large number of malls going up in the 80s Marley, Owings Mills, White Marsh that killed off existing centers. This pattern began even before then with Security Square, which eclipsed Westview. The pattern has continued with Columbia usurping Ownings Mills and Annapolis surviving better than Marley.

The DC area has had much less in the way of Dead Malls. These were dedicated May 16, Britts, a division of J. Britts' grand opening was accompanied by the dedications of Sherwin Williams Paints and a freestanding Annapolis Federal Bank. By , the full roster of twenty-six stores and services was in operation. The building was expanded with a second level in , then encompassing , square feet. The mall now housed approximately , leasable square feet. Britts was shuttered in January , with Kmart leasing its space.

This complex, dedicated in , was expanded in , , and Following its expansion, it was Maryland's largest shopping mall. The center gradually took on a dilapidated appearance, as more and more stores closed their doors and were not replaced.

The first major defection was done by Kmart, who pulled their proverbial plug in May This store closing was followed by the demise of Magruder's supermarket who had leased the Pantry Pride space after that store was shuttered, on August 15, Although a redevelopment plan had been on the drawing board since , no progress had been made.

The open-air mall continued to deteriorate while county officials were embroiled in disagreements over a redevelopment plan. Developers came and went. The tide finally turned in May They announced plans for a million dollar lifestyle-type, mixed-use complex. The groundbreaking for the new lifestyle center took place in December of the same year. The first group of tenants opened October 12, Chang's China Bistro and Great Gatherings.