After 10 years of competition from MARLEY STATION, HARUNDALE was 65-percent vacant. The mall had never expanded and was renovated only once (in 1980). Rouse sold the historic shopping hub in May 1997. Its new owner, Columbia, Maryland's Manekin Corporation, quickly announced plans to demolish the mall and replace it with the power center depicted above.
Drawing from the Manekin Corporation  

Value City had re-inhabited a vacant Hochschild-Kohn building in 1989. This was the only section of HARUNDALE MALL left standing when the remainder was given a wrecking ball renovation, in mid-1999. One of the first new stores in HARUNDALE PLAZA, an A.J. Wright discount apparel, welcomed its first patrons in November 1999.

A (54,700 square foot) SuperFresh SuperStore opened its doors in December 1999. Grand openings at HARUNDALE PLAZA continued into the year 2000. When fully-leased, the power center encompassed around 217,000 leasable square feet and incorporated seventeen stores and services.