University Town Center is getting two more tenants: a pet store and a salon. The developers behind the new Safeway being built along East-West Highway have also lined up Unleashed, a smaller neighborhood store that the Petco chain has been … Continue reading →

Skateboarders are not welcome at University Town Center. But they should be. The Hyattsville Wire noticed this sign recently at the housing-and-retail development near Prince George’s Plaza. We think it’s self-defeating. As the sport’s fans often say, “skateboarding is not … Continue reading →

A Washington, D.C.-based architecture firm is behind three major projects in Hyattsville and College Park. MV+A Architects is working on two mixed-use development projects on Route 1 alone: College Park Place and the Cafritz property at Riverdale Park. The planned College Park Place … Continue reading →

Chain stores and restaurants provide most of the free Wi-Fi networks in Hyattsville. A survey by the Hyattsville Wire of local public Internet hotspots found that most of them are provided by national chains, especially around Prince George’s Plaza. That … Continue reading →

There’s a rule of thumb that people won’t walk more than a half mile to a transit station. It’s a handy way to gauge how many people might live or work in the area around a given stop, so we … Continue reading →

Congress just gave a pretty big boost to the University Town Center. The retail, office and residential complex near the Prince George’s Plaza just signed a 15-year lease with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for $42 million. The CDC’s … Continue reading →

The new Safeway at University Town Center will also bring some more retail space. Ryan Wilner, who is marketing the space for KLNB Retail, said they are looking for new ground-floor retail tenants and either retail or “quasi-retail” tenants for … Continue reading →