New Grand Mart to reopen former Shoppers in Capitol Heights

A long-vacant grocery box in Capitol Heights came back to life when New Grand Mart opened in the former Shoppers location on Marlboro Pike, restoring a full-service supermarket after months when many residents had to travel outside the neighborhood for basics. In a town of about 4,020 people, the return of a nearby grocery store carried outsized weight, especially for households that had been making longer trips for fresh food.

The store reopened in the former Shoppers anchor at the Coral Hills Shopping Center, identified in brokerage listings as 4783 Marlboro Pike. New Grand Mart filed its trade name in Maryland on February 24, 2026, listing a principal office address at 4801 Marlboro Pike in Capitol Heights. For residents living just down the hill, the difference was immediate: one said the new store was about a five-minute trip from home, a sharp contrast with the longer rides many had been making to other parts of Prince George’s County or to Washington, D.C.

The reopening also changes the neighborhood’s retail mix. New Grand Mart is expected to carry fresh seafood, produce, specialty items and international foods, giving Capitol Heights a broader set of shopping options than the community had after Shoppers closed. Store leaders also said they had been trying to hire locally, and some employees from the closed Shoppers store were among those being considered or hired, tying the reopening to both food access and job recovery.

That matters because the Shoppers closure had left a real hole. The Capitol Heights store shut down on November 8, 2025, part of a four-store Maryland closure announcement that also affected locations in Laurel, College Park and New Carrollton. Prince George’s County leaders warned at the time that the shutdowns could deepen food-desert conditions, and the county has since kept leaning on policy tools such as its grocery store tax credit for designated food desert areas. Maryland’s Fresh Food Financing Initiative is another tool aimed at drawing grocers into underserved communities.

Capitol Heights is not the only place in the county where officials have tried to fill food gaps. In June 2026, a free grocery market opened inside the Fairmount Heights Branch Library, underscoring how widespread the access problem remains. Still, the return of a supermarket to Marlboro Pike marks a concrete step for a commercial corridor that had been sitting with a major vacancy, and it gives nearby residents a daily necessity back within easy reach.