the site was leased by wal-mart, which demolished the mall to build the first and only (until december 4, 2013, when two wal-marts opened in washington, d.c.) wal-mart store inside the capital beltway. the new wal-mart opened in march 2007 and featured over 11,000 applicants for 330 jobs. as of october 2018, both signs that advertised the mall are still standing: the one located at the entrance which had the features of the mall listed and the one located off of md 450 that has been renovated to promote the area's new name of simply capital plaza. the universoul circus, an attraction that begun when the mall was standing, still rents out the location to host its events. unlike before when it rented the parking lot across the mall, it now rents the area that is fenced where the west wing of the mall once stood. still standing near the wal-mart is the mcdonald's, capital one bank (formerly chevy chase bank), and an international supermarket (formerly safeway) that were in business during the capital plaza mall tenure. the former hot shoppes building, long vacant, was demolished on august 10, 2015.