LEXINGTON PARK, Md. – According to a Facebook post made by Brandon Russell, a Community Organizer in St. Mary’s County, Millison Plaza reportedly has some major potential upgrades coming its way!
Upon completion, the shopping center will be renamed Pax River Village Center, including new streetscapes, parking, and businesses in revamped buildings.
According to Russell, the plans call for the demolition of the existing hotel and office building, with the addition of a 19,000-square-foot supermarket that will include a 1,300-square-foot small retail space and a new 9,400-square-foot mixed-use retail building.
The supermarket will be off the back corner of the building where Southern Tire is currently located. The mixed-use retail space will replace the office building.
According to Russell, the supermarket has been reportedly proposed as an Aldi’s, while the mixed-use retail space includes a proposed Starbucks and a restaurant/fast food takeout location.
The Bank of America will also be demolished and will be replaced by a drive-thru ATM.
“Draft renderings of the finished shopping center show Ollie’s replacing Big Lots, while Harbor Freight and Sherman-Williams take the old Rite Aid Pharmacy space. With Harbor Freight already open in the Laurel Glen Shopping Center, it’s likely the space shown on the renderings will become something else,” Russell stated in the post. “The walkway between Big Lots and Rite Aid will convert to a driveable lane with parking on either side. Multiple refurbished tenant spaces will be accessible through this area. There is no official word yet on which businesses in the current shopping complex will remain after renovations are completed.”
Russell also noted that there were rumors of apartments also being included in the redevelopment, but planning documents have not shown that.
Plans for the redevelopment have not yet gone through the Planning Commission for approval.
What are your thoughts on these plans? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
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Great Mills will still be Great Mills. It’s like putting lipstip on a ghetto.
This is in Lexington Park, not Great Mills.
https://thebaynet.com/suspect-sought-in-big-lots-robbery/
No matter what you put there. It will still get robbed.
Great! I mean this was already reported last year when the property was purchased with nothing ever happening. When will it start? 5 years from now? Definitely needs some updating for sure.
Any upgrade to million plaza isn’t going to matter. People will continue to shop elsewhere. It is the ghetto and people do not shop here
We do need some variety and refurbishment. However, I hope they won’t get rid of the Chinese restaurant as they always provide great food and customer service. 😊
They are wonderful and always busy!
It will be a wonderful place to loot
NO! NO! NO to any apartments! That’s the last thing Lexington Park needs. Just look at what the other “apartments” have brought to Lexington Park.
I agree.
Can’t believe they would get rid of Bank Of America. The nearest one is too far!
It kept getting robbed, they literally had to hire a armed guard to be there during business hours at all times
Good Ole Sherman-Williams! For folks that can’t quite afford Sherwin-Williams paint!
Sherman-Williams….
You have got to be joking. That area has been the crime ridden slums for decades. Renovations have previously been promised. Nothing changes. Until the denizens are cleared out nothing will change and that will not happen. We refuse to patronize the area.
I hope they add healthier food options like a Chicken Rico or Peruvian Chicken. No more fast food places. Also perhaps a space for indoor parks and recreation sports and activities.
Like the Willows Center? I love how all the transplants want to make it their own version of how they think it should be without researching what’s already available to them. If you want it to be like Waldorf, move to Waldorf. Please.
Good ole Sherman-Williams
Such researched individuals making decisions!!!
What about Southern Tire? They’re gonna put an Aldi there. If ST has to move I hope they stay in the county somewhere but in a better area.
If you put a liquor store here, they will come! lol!