Suitland Redevelopment

The Suitland Manor initiative is a complete acquisition, demolition, and relocation redevelopment project, with a price tag exceeding $80 million. The goals of the project are to improve Suitland by establishing a distinctive, positive identity for the community; sparking other redevelopment and renovation projects; and creating new homeownership and economic development opportunities.

Approximately $5.5 million of federal, state, county and private funds have been spent on façade enhancements to the commercial district, road infrastructure improvements including lighting on Silver Hill Road and Suitland Road, and a new wrought-iron fence along the perimeter of the Suitland Federal Center site. In addition, the Prince George’s County Department of Housing and Community Development has spearheaded two housing projects - the renovation of Parkway Terrace and the construction of Windsor Crossing residential community in the Suitland Redevelopment Area.

The Suitland Manor Redevelopment project is a 33-acre site once comprised of 200 buildings with more than 700 units and 13 commercial properties, many with different property owners. This redevelopment site is located across from the Suitland Federal Center, which employs approximately 7,000 federal employees.

Objective

Transform Suitland by developing a mixed-use project that will improve primary education, create jobs, increase home values, and provide high-quality for-sale and rental housing.

Strategy

• Acquire distressed properties for comprehensive community revitalization; demolish existing structures.
• Grant land to the Board of Education for construction of the new Suitland Elementary School.
• Dispose of former Manchester Square Apartments site for development of Windsor Crossing with for-sale condos, elderly rental housing, and family rental housing.
• Enter into a development agreement with a Suitland Manor Master Developer to guide development of a mixed-use Town Center project on the 22-acre site.

  Old Suitland Manor building after demolition	Suitland Elementary School - Completed 2003
  Suitland Shopping Center	Obsolete Suitland Manor apartment building

Accomplishments

Developer Selection should be completed in 2008
Demolition is to be completed in 2008
Suitland Elementary School - Completed 2003
Windsor Crossing - Completed 2003
Demolition of Structures on Main Site - 607 Completed 2007
Selection of Master Developer - Completed 2007

Link to Suitland Manor, a New Town Center