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OWINGS MILLS EMBRACES CMILLENNIAL-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
ommercial and residential office space, 300,000 square feet of retail Homesense, Marshalls, Burlington and Five development in Owings Mills is space, 700 residential units and a 225-room Below. Several restaurants and an AMC moving ahead at a record pace, hotel. Construction is already complete on theater are already open. The $108 million
with three recently completed or emerging projects attracting high-profile tenants.
All three projects show Owings Mills embracing key trends in economic development championed by millennials: a preference for developments oriented around public transit and for outdoor shopping centers as opposed to traditional indoor malls.
Metro Centre — which, as the name suggests, is centered around Owings Mills’ Metro SubwayLink station — is a $550 million mixed-use development that will feature 1.2 million square feet of commercial
a 120,000-square-foot building that will house Baltimore County’s largest branch library and an Owings Mills campus of the Community College of Baltimore County.
Retail tenants that have already moved into Metro Centre include Fractured Prune Doughnuts, Subway, World of Beer, Eggspectation and Metro Wine & Spirits.
At the former Owings Mills Mall site, outdoor shopping center Mill Station
is under construction, with completion estimated for early 2019. The development will be anchored by Costco and Lowe’s, with other announced retail tenants including
investment in Mill Station adds to the more than $1 billion of recent private investment in the Owings Mills area, and the project’s construction phase alone is expected to generate 250 jobs, according to Fox 45 News.
Another new outdoor retail destination, Foundry Row, features 356,000 square feet of retail space and 48,000 feet of office space, with tenants including a Wegmans grocery store, Panera Bread, Nally Fresh, Zoës Kitchen, Smashburger, Muse Paint Bar and more. During the summer months, Foundry Row’s Twilight Thursdays Summer Concert Series attracts some of the area’s top bands.
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“I have been a member of the Baltimore County Chamber going on
10 years in October. I live in Baltimore County, so that is why I am a member — so I can find out about what's going on in my community. I have networked with many members to help each other out and find new business. I have met great members that have become friends. Sometimes, they may not be a customer, but it's who they may be working with or who they know. It takes time to network with members. You have to attend every meeting or networking event you can, so people will recognize your face. I also like to shop with the member businesses to use their products and services. It’s a social event.”
Shirley Helinski
Regional Account Manager Fast Park & Relax
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