Dozens of community members gathered Thursday in the Discovery District to announce the development of Aviation Landing – a housing, retail and research hub near the College Park Airport.
Aviation Landing seeks to extend university research into College Park’s Discovery District, which already houses businesses such as IonQ. The new project will create jobs, attract companies and create a community connecting students in science, technology, engineering and math fields with local professionals, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks said. The groundbreaking could take place in the next two years, with the first phase of the development opening in four years.
The project also hopes to keep students in the county and promote innovation and will have a focus on research in aerospace engineering, which stems from College Park’s history in aviation.
“This is the airport where the first woman passenger flew across the country … the first army aviation school was founded … the first U.S. postal air mail service flew from this location,” Prince George’s County council member Dannielle Glaros said.
