Planning board to review Nordstrom trailer storage expansion in Upper Marlboro
Nordstrom’s Upper Marlboro distribution center is back before planners June 18 with a trailer-storage expansion that could change activity on Commerce Drive.
A trailer-storage expansion at Nordstrom’s Upper Marlboro distribution center is headed to the Prince George’s County Planning Board, putting a busy industrial site near Prince Georges Boulevard back in front of county reviewers. The June 18 evidentiary hearing will examine SDP-2026-0013, a 27.85-acre application on the west side of Commerce Drive about 1,000 feet northwest of Prince Georges Boulevard.
The project sits in Planning Area 74A and Council District 04, inside the county’s Established Communities growth policy area. County records list the site’s zoning history as E-I-A prior zoning and IH current zoning, underscoring that the property has long been tied to industrial use rather than residential development.
The application was accepted April 13, and the June 18 agenda names Nordstrom Inc. as the applicant. That is a change from a May 28 planning agenda, which described the same file as a Nordstrom Distribution Center parking expansion at 839 Commerce Drive and listed Jonathan Arevalo as the applicant. The shift in labeling suggests the company is still refining how it wants to use the property, even as the location remains tied to the same active distribution hub.
That matters in Upper Marlboro, the county seat of Prince George’s County since 1721, where industrial land use along Commerce Drive has direct implications for nearby roads and businesses. Nordstrom job listings for the site, including facilities and supply-chain positions, show the distribution center remains operational at 839 Commerce Drive. Any trailer-storage expansion would affect how much of the site is devoted to trucks and support activity, and how that traffic is managed around the corridor.
The county planning department says development applications are still being accepted electronically while its Largo headquarters remains closed for in-person visits during building construction. For residents and commuters near Commerce Drive, the June 18 hearing will be the next chance to see how planners weigh an expanding warehouse footprint against the road network and industrial character of this part of Upper Marlboro.
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