Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Maryland

Laurel Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtLaurel, MD

Opened 1979. Closed 2012. Redeveloped in 2015.

Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
What it becamehousing, healthcare, retail, entertainment, otherextracted, unreviewed reported
Retrofit year2015authors' map reported
Walkability18.5 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Site profile17 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Hecht'sThis site: Hecht's wikipedia · all sites with this
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Montgomery WardThis site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/noodlesandcompany/ overture · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …https://locations.noodles.com/md/laurel/14700-baltimore-ave overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 38,085 on 1 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 22 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 7 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 70% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 18.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Policy tool
Tax increment financingThis site: …city site plan approval (zoning instrument not found) TIF figures conflict: $16M (deadmalls, 2009) versus $8.5M (Gree research-planning · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets record · all sites with this
New use
Entertainment and sportsThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Approved by Laurel Mayor and City Council. ht extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MD, Prince George’s County: Laurel Mall/Laurel Town Centre, 2015
• Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
StrategyRedevelopedauthors' map reported
New useshousing, healthcare, retail, entertainment, otherextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there nowRedevelopment: mixed use, new streetsauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2015authors' map reported
RedeveloperGeneral Growth Propertiesextracted, unreviewed reported

Planning

Zoning changecity site plan approval (zoning instrument not found)research
documented
The project secured $8.5 million in Tax Increment Financing.

deadmalls.com

Public purchase or subsidyTIF figures conflict: $16M (deadmalls, 2009) versus $8.5M (Greenberg Gibbons case study).research
documented
Renovation plans were unveiled to the public on January 30, 2007, at Laurel City Hall.

en.wikipedia.org

Entitlement year2012research reported
Planning notesApproved by Laurel Mayor and City Council. https://www.ggcommercial.com/media/v1/443/2023/07/Towne-Centre-at-Laurel-Case-Study-1-min.pdfresearch reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Laurel Mall” and “Laurel” (148 hits, first 100 sampled, 5 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2004-10-19 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2004 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (weak)Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-PWR1522007-04-13 to 2007-05-038-K 1, 8-K/A 1
CMBS trust (weak)CSFB COMMERCIAL MORT PASS THR CERTS SER 2004 C412004-10-19 to 2004-10-198-K 1
Public owner (weak)PENNSYLVANIA REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST392001-03-30 to 2009-08-108-K 19, 10-K 10, 10-Q 9, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)NEW PLAN EXCEL REALTY TRUST INC272001-08-09 to 2009-03-318-K 18, 10-K 8, 10-Q 1
Public owner (weak)CROWN AMERICAN REALTY TRUST62001-11-02 to 2003-06-1910-Q 3, 10-K 2, 8-K 1
Public owner (weak)KRAMONT REALTY TRUST52001-03-30 to 2005-03-1610-K 5

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m30: BIG TOP CLEANERS; BLEND MASTERS COLLISION CENTER; BURGER KING; CAR MATCH INC; CURRO,TOM-LINCOLN MERCURYEPA FRS
Census tract 240338001083,741 people, 10,577 per sq mi; median household income $81,026; median gross rent $1,865; 70% renters; 9.3% vacant units; 1.7% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 18.5 of 20; 218 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 89 m; land-use mix 0.84; 183,796 jobs within 45 min by car, 52,265 by transit; 4% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 7 grocers, 3 schools, 15 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 3 civic, 47 food and drink; 22 cycleway segments, 58 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Prince George County (MD), 20240 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 1,473 single-family; 2023: 1,356 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.54; socioeconomic 0.50; housing and transport 0.53; 15% below 150% of poverty; 5% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby0 within 10 km, 13 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Mapsplace Laurel Town Center (restaurant, confidence 0.80, from AllThePlaces, Overture); building footprint 17,300 m², 2.8945422172546387 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and sociallocations.noodles.com (alive) · social: , facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views43,590 since 2015; 3,092 in the last 12 months (-4% vs the prior 12); peak 2015-08 with 548Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +19% (3,143 → 3,741); median income +26% ($64,554 → $81,026); renters 75% → 70%; median home value +16% ($269,200 → $312,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)very low overall (score 3.1); expected annual loss $379,877; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)35,827 jobs in 2,261 establishments; average annual pay $43,372; employment location quotient 1.10; employment -1.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20222,116 jobs; 702 in retail trade, 628 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 24033800108)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 2.2% incarcerated at the 2010 count (456 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 10.9%; median family income $65,789; 99 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsPrince George's County Public Schools (PK-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Laurel Elementary; Laurel HighNCES EDGE
Elevation180 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025361 county-logged events: 230 thunderstorm wind, 72 flood, 42 flash flood, 16 hail; $2,967,250 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 20707, 2026-09median list price $407,500 (+0.0% on the year); 91 active listings; median 49 days on market; 17% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20232,230 establishments (+0%); 37,184 jobs (+2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $421,250 (-1% 1 yr, +7% 5 yr); typical rent $1,957/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2022293 (2000 = 100); +12.7% 1 yr, +85% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)38,085 vehicles a day on 1 (principal arterial, 5 lanes); 1,393 trucks; 32 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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  • Rockville Mall, Rockville, MD · Malls · opened 1972; same strategy: redevelop; also in MD
  • Owings Mills Mall, Owings Mills, MD · Malls · opened 1986; closed 2015; same strategy: redevelop
  • Cloverleaf Mall, Richmond, VA · Malls · opened 1972; closed 2008; same strategy: redevelop
  • Parole Plaza, Annapolis, MD · Malls · same strategy: redevelop; also in MD; 30 km away

Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Laurel Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county grew 5.4% 2018–23
  • median rent $1,761
  • housing in the record

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Now called / also known asLaurel Town Centre
Opened1979Wikidata
Closed2012extracted, unreviewed
documented
The mall closed permanently on May 1, 2012

en.wikipedia.org

Stores at peak120extracted, unreviewed reported
Original developerShopco Inc.extracted, unreviewed
documented
The Laurel Centre Mall was developed by Shopco Inc.

en.wikipedia.org

AnchorsJCPenney, Montgomery Ward, Hecht's
CountyPrince George's County
Census division5 · South Atlantic

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Laurel Mall was a shopping mall located on the west side of U.S. Route 1 in Laurel, Maryland. The mall opened on October 11, 1979 and connected two pre-existing structures – the freestanding Montgomery Ward on its south side and Laurel Shopping Center to the north. The mall closed permanently on May 1, 2012.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1969 Montgomery Ward store opened as stand-alone
  2. 1979 Opened (Wikidata)
  3. 1979 Mall opened
  4. 1981 Hecht's added as third anchor
  5. 1991 Mall received $2 million face lift and update
  6. 2001 Montgomery Ward went out of business
  7. 2002 JC Penney vacated the mall
  8. 2006 Sold to Somera Capital Management for $31 million
  9. 2007 Renovation plans unveiled to public
  10. 2011 GGC took partial ownership and began managing mall
  11. 2012 Mall closed permanently
  12. 2015 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

  • Wikipedia · supports: original developer, public subsidy, year closed
    13 quoted sentences
    The mall closed permanently on May 1, 2012
    The Laurel Centre Mall was developed by Shopco Inc.
    Renovation plans were unveiled to the public on January 30, 2007, at Laurel City Hall.
    The 167,000-square-foot (15,500 m2) Montgomery Ward store opened for business on April 16, 1969, as a stand-alone business.
  • deadmalls.com · supports: zoning change
    1 quoted sentence
    The project secured $8.5 million in Tax Increment Financing.
  • ggcommercial.com
  • Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

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