Dunkin Donuts Open in Leonardtown

Dunkin had its ribbon cutting yesterday and it's open for business.  The new Dunkin Donuts is located on 22845 Washington Street in Leonardtown, MD.

Proposed Waldorf Walmart Super Center Pulled

Walmart has pulled their proposal to build a new super center on the former Embassy Dairy land behind Sonic in Pinefield.  There was a lot of opposition against it moving forward due to concerns for the Mattawoman creek as well as opposition from local unions and residents.  Similar to what happened in La Plata.  We will have to see how this will affect the Western Parkway being completed.  It is unknown at this time if they will move to another location or out of the county completely.  The land owners still have a meeting scheduled on 7/26 to apply for a large box user that the public can attend.  Check the county website for correct time and date.

UPDATE:  county meeting has now been been cancelled.

UPDATE 10-28-16: The land has been sold to another developer for a different transit oriented mixed use.

Hobby Lobby Coming to California, MD

Hobby Lobby will be taking over the former K-Mart location in California, MD.  I am waiting on confirmation from my source but they should open later this year in time for the holiday season.
Hobby Lobby owns 700 stores in 47 states.  They also offer one of the highest wage rates in the industry with full-time employees earning $15.35 an hour and part-time employees receiving $10.23 an hour.  Not to bad.  They are still looking for a spot in Waldorf and we have given them a few places to look at.  So we will see what happens.

UPDATE 11/17/16:  Landlord has started construction on the facade work of the building.  Opening wont be until early 2017.

UPDATE 3/1/17:  Grand Opening date is April 17, 2017

Weis Market Taking Over Food Lions

Weis Markets, Inc. is purchasing 38 Food Lion markets operating in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia. 21 of them are in Maryland wich include stores in La Plata, Prince Frederick, Lexington Park, Lusby, and California.

1356	15789 Livingston Road	Accokeek	MD
784	45315 Alton Lane	California	MD
2515	20995 Point Lookout Road	Callaway	MD
2598	5896 Robert Oliver Place	Columbia	MD
1549	15300 Mcmullen Hwy SW	Cumberland	MD
1289	219 Marlboro Avenue	Easton	MD
1315	3261 Solomons Island Road	Edgewater	MD
1324	6375 Monroe Avenue	Eldersburg	MD
1529	6551 Waterloo Road	Elkridge	MD
1187	17600 Old National Sq Pike	Frostburg	MD
1345	16567 South Frederick Road	Gaithersburg	MD
1477	883 Russell Avenue	Gaithersburg	MD
1168	100 Drury Drive	La Plata	MD
1210	19 St. Mary's Square	Lexington Park	MD
2606	210 H G Trueman Road	Lusby	MD
1387	12100 Central Avenue	Mitchellville	MD
2535	9251 Lakeside Boulevard	Owings Mills	MD
1526	750 Prince Frederick Blvd	Prince Frederick	MD
786	10 Village Center Road	Reisterstown	MD
1443	13300 H G Trueman Road	Solomons	MD
1535	5715 Crain Highway	Upper Marlboro	MD

You should see all of the listed Food Lions change over to the Weiss brand by October 2016.  

Weis currently operates 162 stores in five states.

According to a Union facebook page the Giant Stores are not selling so they will not close.