Bowie Town Center

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Bowie Town Center
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Bowie Town Center
Location Bowie, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates 38°56′38″N76°44′07″W / 38.94389°N 76.73528°W / 38.94389; -76.73528
Address15606 Emerald Way
Opening dateNovember 2001
Owner Washington Prime Group
No. of stores and services79
No. of anchor tenants 5 (3 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area 755,000 sq ft (70,100 m2) [1]
No. of floors1
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg Metrobus: P72
Aiga bus trans.svg TheBus: P71
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Bowie Town Center is an outdoor shopping mall located in Bowie, Maryland that opened in November 2001. [3] The mall is located on Emerald Way near the interchange of US Route 301 and US Route 50. Bowie Town Center has 79 stores including Macy's, Safeway, and LA Fitness. [2]

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History

The town center opened in 2001 with anchors Sears, Hecht's, Barnes & Noble, Old Navy, and Bed Bath & Beyond with Safeway and Best Buy soon to open. [4] Safeway opened in early 2002, with a 65,000 sq ft store that included an in-store Starbucks, a prepared foods department, and a dry cleaners in addition to a redesigned store layout. [5] Hecht's closed on September 9, 2006, and was converted into Macy's. Bed Bath & Beyond closed its doors on September 7, 2012. [6] LA Fitness opened its doors at the former Bed Bath & Beyond space on November 15, 2013. [7] In 2015, Sears Holdings spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Bowie Town Center, into Seritage Growth Properties. [8] On October 15, 2018, it was announced the Sears store would be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide as a result of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Sears store closed January 6, 2019. Best Buy closed on Sept. 21, 2023. [9]

Current tenants

Former tenants

References

  1. ↑ Noble, Andrea (May 21, 2009). "Bowie approves Route 301 commercial development". The Gazette . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "About Bowie Town Center - A Shopping Center in Bowie, MD - A Simon Property". Bowie Town Mall. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "More Stores to Open at Bowie Town Center". Gazette.net-Maryland Community News Online. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cohn, Meredith (November 9, 2001). "86-store shopping center opening today in Bowie". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ Mirabella, Lorraine (January 30, 2002). "Safeway to open store of the future in Bowie today". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  6. ↑ Pompi, Jenni (September 7, 2012). "Bed Bath & Beyond Officially Closed in Bowie Town Center". Patch. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ Pompi, Jenni (November 4, 2013). "LA Fitness Now Open in Bowie Town Center". Patch. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  8. ↑ "At Bowie Town Center". seritage.com (Map). Seritage. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ Elliott, Richard D. (September 6, 2023). "Bowie Best Buy to Close On Sept. 21". washingtoninformer.com. Washington Informer. Retrieved December 12, 2023.


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