Severna Park Mall

Severna Park Mall was an enclosed shopping mall located in Severna Park, Maryland, on Maryland Route 2 (Ritchie Hwy). After a demolition of the entire structure in 2000, the site has been occupied by a strip mall known as Severna Park Marketplace, which features Giant Foods, Kohl's, Office Depot, Old Navy, and several smaller stores.cite web |url=http://www.divaris.com/rereview/sevrna00.html |title=Severna Park Marketplace Holds Promising Future |accessdate=2008-01-05 |work=Divaris Real Estate]

History

Severna Park Mall opened as a small, local mall in 1975; originally, its anchor stores included Grant City and Giant Foods.Fact|date=January 2008 The Grant City store was short-lived, with Woolco taking its place after one year; after Woolco's closure in 1982, this space was occupied by Caldor.Fact|date=January 2008

However, as with most smaller regional malls, Severna Park started to decline. This was accelerated with the opening and closing of Caldor, not once but twice, finally for good in 1999. After being mainly an empty mall in the 1990s, Severna Park was largely demolished; only the former Caldor building remained, with Kohl's moving into this building shortly afterward. The rest of the mall was replaced with a strip mall known as Severna Park Marketplace, which featured a new Giant supermarket, as well as several big box tenants.cite web |url=http://www.divaris.com/rereview/severna.html |title=Severna Park, Maryland - The Growth of a Giant! |accessdate=2008-01-05 |work=Divaris Real Estate]

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