What Should Replace This Vacant Business Space?
What do you think should replace the old Giant grocery store on Solomons Island Road?
Businesses come and go all the time—it's the nature of the industry.
It's never pretty to see vacant business space in your local town, but there are several unoccupied buildings throughout the Edgewater and Davidsonville areas.
As part of a Vision for Vacancies feature here on Patch, I'd like to highlight local vacancies and see what you want to see in its place.
To kick things off, here is the shopping mart-sized building on Solomons Island Road in need of a makeover. So what would you put in its stead?
The building used to be an old Giant and was even a temporary costume shop around Halloween.
What do want to replace the vacant shopping mart building on the west side of Route 2? Cast your vote in the comments!
D
7:17 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Nothing! There's too much in Edgewater as it is!!!!!!
Charles
9:05 am on Friday, May 10, 2013
How about a topless night club with a casino
Andrea McClenahan
7:25 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Would love to see a bowling alley or a bounce place for kids.
John Frenaye
7:26 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Hooters! Plenty of parking!
sean
9:53 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
An indoor sports area. Lax, soccer, basketball, it's endless. Calvert county has one in Huntingtown and from what I understand it does very well.
Christopher David
11:08 pm on Friday, June 22, 2012
Trader Joe's or Lowes.
Victoria Loucks
7:58 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Wegmans! Best grocery store EVER! And if we can't get that Harris Teeter is a close second. Both are so much better than Giant or Safeway
Lee
10:37 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Wegmans is going to be in crofton of Rt. 3 so I don't know if they'll put another one that close, but I agree Wegmans is awesome.
Loretta Hall Faulkner
8:11 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I am all for a place that we can have for the kids like indoor sports, art center or something to keep them occupied and out of trouble but affordable for the parents to send their kids to. I have always said Edgewater needs a bigger dollar store with a freezer section : ). (Like Annapolis--Did you know they sell Tilapia and eggs!!) A TJ Maxx or Marshalls would be awesome to as well as a Joanne Fabrics or a Hobby Lobby : ) I would never have to leave Edgewater ever again!!! ; )
Colleen Gleason
8:13 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Trader Joe's, Aldi's, Lowe's or Olive Garden
Florence Ingram
8:39 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I heard a Lowes was going in there
Loretta Hall Faulkner
8:46 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Olive Garden sounds good to or an Aldi's
Rochelle Drucker
10:10 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I would love to see an Olive Garden if not there then the Airport Shopping Center.
Tricia Stock
8:46 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I would love to see Ace Hardware move there. More space and more parking.
Tee Vee
8:59 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Trader Joes will always get my vote! But definitely NOT a place for teens to hang out at night. I live in Southdown. If kids can be there during decent hours and then go home? No problem.
Barbara Dicken
9:04 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Joann Fabrics! The one in Annapolis is too small!
Ken Stancliff
9:23 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Maybe Big Lots would be good ,its about the right size.
Rose Hopkins-Jerrell
9:48 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Anything as long as it's not another bank, gas/convenience station or fast food restaurant.
Anna Fox
9:56 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
YMCA would be awesome
Mary Walters Feo
10:05 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
YMCA or Recreation center of some kind for the kids, complete with day camp.Or maybe even an affordable day care center.
Lynn Scherer Swager
10:13 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
A rec center would be great. We are business owners ourselves in Edgewater and frankly, are sick and tired of kids hanging out in front of our stores...getting people to obtain them cigs illegally, biking and skateboarding up and down our sidewalks, and hanging out leaving trash everywhere and making drug deals out in the open...by the time we call the cops...they are gone...customers really don't like it. Soooooooo.....a place for them to go and possibly learn REAL social skills and to 'play' like normal kids would be nice..but then again...they are a product of their home life and the parents could care less...so ...maybe a Hobby Lobby would be awesome....I love crafts and Joann's is wayyyy too small and they don't carry lot so stuff and Michael's it too expensive!!
Janice Walls
10:17 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
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Ross TJMaxx, Marshals, Trader Joes Modell's anything would be better then the eyesore it is now. Lets get started.
JOANNE DEWILDE
10:25 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
A Home Depot or Lowes would be useful in this area.
I would not be upset to see a YMCA or a Traders Joes
in this space either.
mbfrain
10:31 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Trader joes
Carrie Piper
10:33 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
How about a Charter School? Or some sort of place where every room Has a different theme where children can try out different professions. There was a place like this in South Florida called Wannado City. It was awesome! Good space for something like this!
Dale Scoville
10:38 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
A youth center where the youth can be mentored and learn how to deal with life's pains without using weed and pills!! I'd be happy to volunteer for sure!!
David Scott
10:53 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
The Fiat dealership that required special zoning to put it further north on Rt 2 (at the old police station). Are we sriously going to re-zone land that should be residential with a viable alternative less than 1 mile away?
Kate Fox
5:13 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I commented before I saw this. I am in total agreement.
Erika
11:16 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Rollerskating Rink!!!!! Or a bowling alley! So much fun
Pamela Murray
11:17 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
How about the Christmas Tree Shop!
Faithie
11:25 am on Saturday, June 23, 2012
A 24 Hour Fitness
Jill Youngblood Scott
12:16 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
CiCi's pizza!!!
Bonnie Roberts
12:16 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I am a grandmother of 3 grandchildren, and I think something for kids of all ages would be awesome, the kids in the areas have nothing they can do indoors.
GChet
12:37 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Ice skating rink.....great revenue as so much is charged for lessons, hockey etc!,,,would be great!
Nola Meyers
6:47 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
That is exactly what we were thinking. If I could just win the lotto I would buy it myself and turn it into one :)
Mike Lofton
12:39 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Would make a nice park. Edgewater has become a souless commercial strip.
Tee Vee
10:57 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Great Idea!
Alexa Faulkner
1:54 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Would love to see an ice rink, batting cages or YMCA. How about a youth center with a public pool? We also need a good after school program for older kids (middle and high).
Lisa Volmar Logan
3:24 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Home Goods, Tuesday Morning or, World Market!
s allan
3:25 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
love to see a ywca, everyone can enjoy
Julie Anderson French
4:03 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I like the indoor sports arena idea but how about a Wal-Mart?
Erika
12:20 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Kate Fox
5:12 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I am all for a rec center there or something else for kids. If not that then why not put the Fiat dealership there, rather where they want to put it at the old Police station which is in a neighborhood.
Tee Vee
9:06 am on Tuesday, June 26, 2012
And Southdown's not a neighborhood?
Mary Landmann
6:38 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Would love a Trader Joe's here in our area.
jan Mitchell
10:29 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Steinmarts
Erin Shaw
10:58 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
Aldi would be awesome, or a small Walmart
Roberta Acuti
11:18 pm on Saturday, June 23, 2012
I like either the bowling alley or the ice skating rink or a movie theater. There are already three gyms in Edgewater, three grocery stores, a hardware store, and more restaurants than you can shake a stick at. Trader Joes already has a very popular location just about five miles over the bridge, so I doubt they would put one over here.
Suzanne Austin-Kashawlic
8:47 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012
I believe we could use an ice skating rink or indoor gym facility for kids and adults.
Susan
9:19 am on Sunday, June 24, 2012
A sports/rec center for the community. Like indoor basketball for adults and kids. Gymnasium for tumbling, yoga, dancing, Area for skateboarding, rollerblading, etc. Something affordable for everyone. I think it would be great.
Tiff
1:41 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
I would love to see an ice rink, skating rink, or indoor go-karting! Or a drive in theater with ping pong tables & arcade games inside. Or use the building for a ice rink & at night put up a screen in the parking lot for a drive in movie theater :)
Mayo Reader
2:14 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
Coastal Flats Restaurant
Jim Davis
5:51 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
How about a sporting goods store with indoor small bore rifle and pistol range.
Shari Thompson Cornell
9:32 pm on Sunday, June 24, 2012
Rec center for kids and grown ups would be wonderful! I heard a Lowe's might come...??
Eclecticism
8:06 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
I agree with the indoor sports / rec. center. That would be great... Better yet... tear it down and plant some trees. How about a dog park? Please NO MORE RETAIL... especially not another BIG BOX store (Wal Mart, Lowes, Target, etc.) or another grocery store! If it has to remain a "building", I'd prefer for it to be an American company... not an Aldi (German) or another Food Lion (French) or another GIant (Dutch)! I'll save the Wal Mart debate for another time... but before wishing for yet another Walmart dotting an overly-saturated Balt-Wash retail landscape or choosing to shop at an existing Wal Mart, please consider how many US Dollars are being sent to China via Wal Mart. I wish more people connected the dots and understood how important it really is to buy American goods and shop American companies...
Sheila Robertson
8:24 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
HOMEGOODS!!!!! or a Wegman's would be nice.
TM
10:42 am on Monday, June 25, 2012
Something for kids is desperately needed - we don't even have a decent playground in the area. Olive Garden? Seriously? Whatever it is I hope it is NOT another chain restaurant. Glad to see most of the suggestions are to help with the problem of nothing to do for our youth around the area. When my grandchildren come to visit from PA we are always scrambling to find something for them to do... Mini golf and ice cream or skating is a great idea. But at $7000/mo average to rent space around the area - good luck...
Mark Bolin
7:47 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
A new COSTCO, but is there enough space??? Maybe a Trader Joe's then.
Lisa Craig
8:00 am on Monday, July 2, 2012
No walmart, ever! And lets support environmental sustainability thru reuse of the building. Is Anne Arundel Economic Development Corp working with owner to market?