# Capital Plaza Mall

Landover Hills, MD · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-6cd1a572ed` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/landover-hills-capital-plaza-mall/  
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## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Part of the grounds are now occupied by a Walmart store. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1963 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2005 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2007 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 45 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Wal-Mart | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “This continued until the mall's closure in 2005, and ultimately its demolition in 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Plaza_Mall
- **after_notes**: “Part of the grounds are now occupied by a Walmart store.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Plaza_Mall
- **status**: “This continued until the mall's closure in 2005, and ultimately its demolition in 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Plaza_Mall
- **strategy**: “The site was leased by Wal-Mart, which demolished the mall to build the first (and only, until December 4, 2013, when two Wal-Marts opened in Washington, D.C.) Wal-Mart store inside the Capital Beltway.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Plaza_Mall
- **jobs_after**: “featured over 11,000 applicants for 330 jobs.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “ultimately its demolition in 2007.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Montgomery Ward, Bradlees

## Parties

- Nellis Corporation — owner (from text) (–2005)

## Timeline

- 1963: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1963: Opening day festivities
- 2005: Mall closure
- 2007: Demolition of Capital Plaza Mall
- 2007: Walmart store opens
- 2015: Former Hot Shoppes building demolished
- 2020: Royal Farms gas station opens
- 2023: Chick-fil-A opens
- 2023: Chipotle Mexican Grill opens

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Capital Plaza Mall was a shopping mall located at the intersection of Annapolis Road and the Baltimore–Washington Parkway in Landover Hills, Maryland. It was built between 1961 and 1963, as a regional shopping center to serve the Bladensburg and Landover area of suburban Washington, D.C. The mall was a major attraction in Prince George's County, until its slow decline that began in the 1970s. This continued until the mall's closure in 2005, and ultimately its demolition in 2007. Part of the grounds are now occupied by a Walmart store.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Plaza_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_Plaza_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Capital Plaza Mall, Landover Hills, MD." Record m-6cd1a572ed, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/landover-hills-capital-plaza-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_landoverhillscapitalplazamall,
  title = {Capital Plaza Mall, Landover Hills, MD},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/landover-hills-capital-plaza-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-6cd1a572ed, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.