LAUREL, MD — Wilder, the retail real estate leasing, management, and development firm, is expanding its presence down the East Coast with its recently awarded contract for Towne Centre at Laurel in Laurel. The leasing and management contract was awarded by the U.S. real estate business of UBS Asset Management. Towne Centre at Laurel, with its Main Street-like environment, features 400,000 s/f of retail, restaurants, and entertainment, including Harris Teeter, Burlington, Old Navy, Ulta, Mission BBQ, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Panera Bread. It also features a 12-screen Regal Cinema and 350 apartments. Opened in 2014, the development has become a community anchor with its pedestrian friendly streetscape, community gathering spaces, and easy, shop-front parking. It has a long, successful history as a retail location, having been built on the site of the former Laurel Mall.