One way to understand how Prince George’s County is changing, beyond looking at the billion-dollar developments it is attracting, is to look at the retail coming to the county. That will be one topic of conversation at Bisnow’s 6th annual Future Of Prince George’s County on July 19.
This fall, the county will open its first Whole Foods in Riverdale Park, as well as its second Harris Teeter in Bowie. Later this year, the county’s first Nordstrom Rack will open at Woodmore Town Center, where the county’s first Wegmans debuted in 2010.
County executive Rushern Baker—who returns to our event this year (we snapped him at last year’s shindig)—says he had to change a lot of perceptions to create the environments where these retailers would want to open, and he sees their openings as a signal to others that Prince George’s County is on the rise.
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