Councilmember Derrick Leon Davis (District 6) announced plans for the Hampton Park Project, which will include retail, office space and hotels in the Hampton Park area, as well as ways for small and minority businesses based in the county to get involved, on July 24.
The project, a total of 25 acres along the 214 Central Avenue Corridor, entails $250 million in development, including a $35 million building for a Health and Human Services Building. The redevelopment site plan of the Hampton Mall is expected to bring in 2,200 jobs. It includes apartment buildings,100,000 square feet of retail and dining options, office space and a 120-150-room hotel.
Construction will begin on Sept. 13, and it will take 60 months to complete it.
“A project like Hampton Park is critical,” Davis said. “This is not something that was thought of overnight. It’s gone from the paper napkin, and it’s gone from the tablecloth, it went to the little piece of paper, the crude drawings to what we’re talking about making happen today.”
Davis called District 6 the “Heart of Prince George’s County” due to not only it’s location in the middle of the county, but also its designation as a health and life sciences corridor along the Central Avenue Corridor.
With the Regional Medical Center expected to open within the next few years, the Central Avenue Corridor will be the main vein into it, Davis said. As the new Hampton Park will be located nearby, it will be a significant throughway into what is expected to be a robust Largo Town Center area.
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