Tour of the dead Laurel Center Mall, Laurel, MD

This mall opened in 1979 with original anchors Montgomery Ward and JCPenney. Hecht's was added to the mall in 1981. The mall was successful throught the 80s and 90s but started to decline in the 2000s. One of the contributing factors was probably the newly renovated and expanded Columbia Mall in 1999 which addded both a Lord and Taylor and a Nordstrom to it's roster of stores plus a new lifestyle center that included several new restaurants and a cineplex.