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| Location | Bowie, Maryland, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 38°56′38″N 76°44′07″W / 38.94389°N 76.73528°W |
| Address | 15606 Emerald Way |
| Opening date | November 2001 |
| Owner | Washington Prime Group |
| No. of stores and services | 79 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 (3 open, 2 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 755,000 sq ft (70,100 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Public transit access | |
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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]
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]