The Boulevard at the Capital Centre explained

Boulevard at the Capital Centre
Location:	Lake Arbor, Maryland
Opening Date:	2003
Closing Date:	November 2017
Manager:	Inland Management
Developer:	Cordish Company
Number Of Stores:	70
Number Of Anchors:	4
Floor Area:	485276square feet^[1]
Publictransit:	Washington Metro: at TheBus: 21, 26, 28 Metrobus: C21, C22, C26, C27, C29
Floors:	1
Website:	www.shopcapcentre.com

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 Largo Town Center 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. Its more desirable retailers closed and were replaced with downscale offerings like T-shirt and cell phone shops; many vacancies also remained. 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.

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 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]

Further reading

• Williams, K. (2002, Oct 24). Work begins on site of capital centre mall: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post
• Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2002. More retail tenants sign up for capital centre complex: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Jun 11, 2002.
• Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2002. Cap center may be razed soon in redevelopment: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Apr 19, 2002.
• Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2002. New lease on life for proposed mall; deals with retailers recharge project: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Apr 25, 2002.
• 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.
• 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.
• Goo, Sara Kehaulani. 2001. Turn of events shrinks grand project: [FINAL edition]. The Washington Post, Aug 09, 2001.
• Officials, residents sold on retail center: [FINAL edition]. 2003. The Washington Post, Nov 20, 2003.
• Ovetta Wiggins - Washington Post, Staff Writer. 2008. Pr. george's mall to ban unsupervised teens at night. The Washington Post, May 3, 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Leasing information. Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust Inc.. 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20071113001653/http://www.shopcapcentre.com:80/Contact/ContactUs/Index.htm Contact Us
4. Ovetta Wiggins - Washington Post, Staff Writer. (2009, Mar 29). Violence, vacancies trouble md. mall; boulevard struggles with image issues. The Washington Post
5. Web site: It's on: Demolition begins at Boulevard at Capital Centre in Largo. Washington Business Journal . 2019-08-04 .
6. Web site: 'We have to get it right': Inside UM Capital's soon-to-open Largo hospital — and what comes next. Washington Business Journal . 2022-06-22 . June 3, 2021.