North College Park residents raise concerns over proposed Route 1 apartments
More than 40 people packed Davis Hall to challenge a 243-unit Route 1 project, warning it could bring more traffic than retail to North College Park.
More than 40 residents, city officials and community leaders packed Davis Hall on June 25 to question The Boulevard at 9091, a 243-unit apartment project planned for Route 1 and Cherokee Street. Traffic, too little retail and whether the long-vacant lot would add anything useful to North College Park dominated the discussion.
The City of College Park had scheduled the hybrid meeting for 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m. so neighbors could ask questions about the proposal. People used that chance to press on the project’s fit in a corridor already shaped by Route 1 traffic, nearby housing and the University of Maryland.
Prince George’s County Planning documents filed in April 2026 show the project as a mixed-use development with 45 townhomes and a five-story multifamily building with a parking garage on a 4.56-acre site at 9091 Baltimore Avenue, at the southeast quadrant of Baltimore Avenue and Cherokee Street. The amendment sought to revert the multifamily count to 243 units, matching an earlier approval under DSP-03098-06.
The site has been vacant since 2004, when Mandalay Restaurant & Cafe left. A 2014 plan approved by the Prince George’s County Planning Board called for 4,133 square feet of retail, 45 townhomes and 238 apartments, and City packet material dates the broader project to 2007. The townhouse section was completed between 2016 and 2018.
The project is aimed at working professionals, University of Maryland faculty and staff, and other renters near transit and jobs. The current proposal includes about 24 workforce and affordable housing units, or 10 percent of the project, and the number of three-bedroom units was increased from 13 to 18 after talks with the city. College Park’s mayor and council also agreed to send a letter on a proposed payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement on May 19.
The developer’s portfolio page lists The Boulevard at 9091 as a 195-unit project with 4,794 square feet of amenity space, 88,671 square feet of building area and 290 parking spaces, a description that differs from the county application’s 243 multifamily units plus 45 townhomes.
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