St. Charles Towne Center Waldorf

Anchored by JCPenney, Macy’s, Macy’s Home Store, Kohl’s, and Dick’s Sporting Goods, the roughly 980,000 square foot St. Charles Towne Center in Waldorf, Maryland (at US-301 and Smallwood Drive southwest of Washington DC) serves as a comparison-shopping platform for the Waldorf, La Plata, and Charles County household. Sears, an original 1990 opening-day anchor, closed in April 2020 as part of that chain’s 31-store national closure round; the Charles County government purchased the vacant 8-acre building for $7.5 million in July 2024 and announced plans to convert it into a roughly $100 million Sports and Wellness Complex featuring a 50-meter competitive swimming pool, with the project still in the feasibility and funding stage and an opening date still to be determined. The property’s independent operator floor, unusually dense for a traditional regional mall format, reflects the Waldorf community’s commercial culture: DTLR serves the urban athletic and streetwear floor; Against All Odds serves the urban fashion category; Waikiki, Al-Abrar Boutique, and UV Men in Fashion give the property a multicultural fashion identity that the Charles County African-American and immigrant household sustains at a commercial density higher than comparable suburban Maryland regional malls in majority-Anglo catchment areas.

Shawarma Guys, El Rinconcito, and Maccaro Bubble Tea and Smoothie Bar give the property a multicultural dining identity that the Waldorf community’s growing Hispanic, Middle Eastern, and Southeast Asian populations access. Sephora serves the prestige beauty category. Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, and Finish Line give the property a comprehensive licensed athletics and athletic footwear floor. Bath and Body Works serves the accessible beauty and home fragrance category. Build-A-Bear Workshop serves the children’s entertainment category. Kay Jewelers, Pandora, Zales, and Banter by Piercing Pagoda serve the jewelry and gifting floor.

Faith Christian Stores gives the property a religious books and gifts identity specific to the Southern Maryland evangelical Christian community. H&M, Express, Lane Bryant, Hot Topic, and Aeropostale cover the accessible fashion floor. The property’s commercial position is the Southern Maryland regional mall at the Waldorf US-301 corridor: a JCPenney-Macy’s-Dick’s comparison-shopping platform whose independent operator density, multicultural dining identity, and DTLR-Against All Odds urban fashion floor serve the Charles County household as the primary enclosed retail destination for Southern Maryland’s most populous suburban community.