Sprouts Farmers Market to open first Prince George's County store in Westphalia

Sprouts Farmers Market is set to become the first grocery store in Prince George’s County, anchoring the long-promised Westphalia Towne Center with an approximately 23,000-square-foot market focused on organic food and fresh produce.

Walton Global said the store will occupy space inside a planned 140,000-square-foot retail center and is expected to open in the second half of 2028, pending customary county approvals. For Westphalia, that timeline matters as much as the tenant itself: the project has been on Prince George’s County’s planning books for years, and the approved Westphalia Sector Plan dates to 2007.

County leaders cast the lease as more than a retail announcement. County Executive Aisha Braveboy said her administration worked with At-Large Councilmember Wala Blegay, District 6 Council Member Danielle Hunter and the community to bring in an elevated grocery experience with organic and locally grown produce. The county described the deal as a significant milestone in economic growth and community development, and said the store is expected to serve residents seeking fresh, healthy and high-quality food closer to home.

The food-access angle gives the project broader countywide weight. Prince George’s County’s Food Equity Council has been working since 2013 to address inequities in local food access, and a county food-system study found that unhealthy food venues make up about 55% of food retail outlets in the most urban areas inside the Capital Beltway. The USDA Economic Research Service tracks food access at the census-tract level, a reminder that grocery access is often measured neighborhood by neighborhood, not just countywide. In that context, a new full-service market in Upper Marlboro is about more than convenience. It is a signal that one of the county’s most visible planned communities may finally be turning from a map concept into a functioning shopping destination.

Westphalia Towne Center is being built as a 480-acre mixed-use community along Maryland Route 4, with county planning documents describing it as an urban town center core meant to be transit- and pedestrian-oriented, with public spaces, housing and commercial development around it. Walton said the new Sprouts lease could help set the tone for additional tenants in the larger retail center, while Blegay said the market could draw more upscale retail, restaurants and commercial investment. For a project that residents have watched for years, the new grocery anchor is the clearest sign yet that Westphalia is moving from expectation to reality.