More Housing Complete in Owings Mills
The first phase of an apartment complex near Soldiers Delight is now complete.
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Owings Mills has experienced a population boom in the last decade, and commercial development is undergoing its own boom right now.
Meanwhile, new housing just keeps on coming.
The first phase of a new luxury apartment complex dubbed The View at Mill Run is finished, a joint statement from developers said. The complex sits off Dolfield Boulevard near Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area.
With a mixture of two-bedroom and single apartments, monthly rent ranges from $1,250 to $1,800. Apartments are between 762-square feet and 1,525-sqaure feet.
Part of phase one also included a two-story, 10,000-square foot community area with fitness space, televisions and an attached outdoor pool.
The complex will ultimately consist of 10 four-floor apartment buildings surrounding a central garage, the statement from Sidney Emmer LLC and The Dolben Company, Inc., said.
Owings Mills has increased its population by more than one-third since 2000, according to the 2010 U.S. Census. In 2000, just 20,193 people called the area home. By 2010, that number had risen to 30,622.
The new, $55 million development should be substantially completed by summer 2012 and may ultimately grow to include restaurants and other retail, the statement said.
Gary L Heit
10:34 am on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
We absolutely do not need anymore housing. This are is rapidly becoming overcrowded and the building continues. It's a planned community, but was it planned to be over populated?
Meghan
11:44 am on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
NO! Existing homes are sitting unsold. Why do they keep building when no one's buying!? I've heard the The Red Brook Condominium building has been sitting at <50% occupancy for years.
Jay
12:01 pm on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Yes, by all means build more. then house values can continue to slide, more "upscale" people will move in and Owings Mills will be the "place to live"...grand idea...hopefully uou can sense the sarcasm bt never know on these type of boards
Alisa Bralove-Scherr
1:17 pm on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
My understanding is that this particular project was approved at least a decade ago, but they just didn't start building until this past year. The county originally approved 424 condo units and 90,200 sq. ft. of commercial space, to include a restaurant and a bank.
Taneka Street
7:41 pm on Tuesday, November 29, 2011
We need more affordable housing not $1,000 a month condo's. People cant afford to live as it is!
Buck Harmon
2:50 pm on Monday, December 5, 2011
Over the last 20+ years most new homes have been built to minimum standards.. the lowest standards allowable by law. This has allowed greed driven developers to prosper at the expense of the un-educated consumer. Most folks buying new homes did so based on nice looking models with well trained hard core marketing strategies being used. People assume that they got a fair dollar value for their lifes largest investment but the reality is that they got over priced homes built to low standards. Many of these plastic shack homes are falling apart half way through the mortgage term. Now more money must be pumped into them in repair and maintenance. Homes are not worth the price paid. Unless a better, more efficient and cost effective home can be offered the building of more greed driven plastic shack style homes would only add insult to injury. Better homes that work for families can be built today for less than the previous example that lead to disaster in many cases. These small communities are either followers or leaders.... apathy works well with greed..
Buck Harmon
2:54 pm on Monday, December 5, 2011
Consumers ~ taxpayers pay for both good and bad planning... good plans withstand the test of time.... we are dealing with repeated bad plans at this point.