Region's First TargetExpress Caters to Students, Urban Dwellers

Stocked with beauty items, groceries and health and wellness products, the region’s first TargetExpress store – a streamlined offering in urban areas – opens this week in College Park.

The new construction is on the ground floor of Landmark, an off-campus apartment building for University of Maryland students at 7150 Baltimore Ave., says The Diamondback.

The smaller stores will run about 20,000 square feet and cater to affluent customers living in city centers, says Fortune.

The College Park store is about 15,000 square feet. Besides the basic food items and housewares, the Washington Business Journal says

TargetExpress contains a full-service pharmacy that will offer flu shots and accepts the insurance offered to university faculty and staff.

The Minnesota-based retailer opened its first TargetExpress last year in a Minneapolis university neighborhood, which helped hone its brand offerings, and focuses on stocking electronics and related gear from cell phones to iPads and power cords.

The company plans to open a half-dozen TargetExpress stores this year in Chicago, San Diego and St. Paul, MN, along with the College Park site.

The College Park store’s hours will be 7 a.m. to midnight Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to midnight on Saturday and 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday.

Full-size Target stores in the area can be found at:

• 4600 Mitchellville Rd, Bowie
• 10401 Martin Luther King Jr Hwy, Lanham
• 2384 Brandermill Blvd., Gambrills
• 10500 Campus Way S, Upper Marlboro
• 3500 East West Hwy., Ste. 1200, Hyattsville
• 6100 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt