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title: Grocery Shopping Gets ‘Greater’ as Trader Joe’s Opens
date: 2022-10-27T16:24:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
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# Grocery Shopping Gets ‘Greater’ as Trader Joe’s Opens

*October 27, 2022* — by [Annie Krakower](/author/annie-krakower)


> Much-Anticipated Store Among Recent Retail, Housing Projects Reshaping College Park

*Trader Joes Opening 10272022 SC 6675 1920x1080 — Aleena Illahi ’26, left, and Shafa Alam ’26 take a selfie in front of one of the murals in College Park’s new Trader Joe’s, which opened today. The store is the most recent highlight of the Greater College Park initiative, a $2 billion public-private partnership striving to place the community among the nation’s best college towns.*

Finish up those grocery lists and grab a cart, because the latest—and much-anticipated—College Park supermarket is ready for business.

The first Trader Joe’s in Prince George’s County opened its doors today, bringing to Baltimore Avenue the national chain’s moderately priced, private-label branded foods, from peanut butter pretzel nuggets to pumpkin pancake mix. Terps, families and other community members perused the bustling 11,000-square-foot store—complete with murals depicting University of Maryland buildings, turtles with grocery carts and a flower-filled “TJ’s” modeled after campus’ landmark M.

The store is the most recent highlight of the [Greater College Park](https://greatercollegepark.umd.edu/) initiative, a $2 billion public-private partnership striving to place the community among the nation’s best college towns.

\[[*How We Picture Greatness: See Greater College Park’s Transformation in Before-and-After Photos*](https://terp.umd.edu/how-we-picture-greatness)\]


*Aster interior — Aster College Park (Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle)*



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*Shop Made in Maryland pop-up shop outside City Hall — (Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle)*



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**[Tempo](https://tempocollegepark.com/)** Open this semester, this eight-story, 299-unit student housing, parking and retail complex created by Gilbane Development Company replaced the former Baltimore Avenue Burger King, boasting amenities like a makerspace, podcast/video studio and multisport simulator. Right behind the building, an extension of Paint Branch Trail, complete with benches and lighting, makes walking and biking to class a scenic breeze.



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**[The Standard at College Park](https://www.thestandardcollegepark.com/)** Located at the former site of the Hartwick Building, this 951-bed apartment building is set to open in Fall 2023, with leasing available now. The Landmark Properties and Dwell Design Studio housing development will feature an academic lounge and computer lab, a yoga studio, three courtyards and even a dog-wash station for Terps to rinse off their canine companions.



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**[Hub College Park](https://huboncampus.com/college-park/)** A Core Spaces development, this 465-bed complex on Knox Road will offer students a rooftop pool and hot tub, a fitness center and sauna, outdoor study areas, and a co-working lounge and coffee bar. The project—along with [**Aspen Heights-College Park**](https://www.donohoe.com/construction/projects/knox-road/), another Knox Road student housing development, being constructed by Donohoe—should be delivered in time for the next academic year, Ulman said.



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**[Atworth](https://atworthcollegepark.com/)** Construction is under way and wood framing is going up for this Gilbane project, which is partnering with the Amazon Housing Equity Fund to bring retail and 451 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments to the area adjacent to the College Park Metro Station in Spring 2024. Also at that train stop, the new bus loop, which Terps can use to catch a Shuttle-UM ride to campus, is complete after relocating to prepare for the upcoming Purple Line light rail.



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*Crane with "Go Terps" flag — (Photo by John T. Consoli)*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Food](https://today.umd.edu/topic/food)


**Units:** [Division of Administration](https://today.umd.edu/topic/division-administration)