Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Baltimore County Executive said the Metro Centre at Owings Mills will be the new center of community life in town.
When the first building in the Metro Centre at Owings Mills opens, Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz will be there to celebrate the milestone. On Thursday, March 28, Kamenetz will lead the opening celebration for the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, which is opening in the $30 million County Campus building at the Metro Centre, according to a press release. The 54,333-square foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use—58 for adults and 12 for teens and children—according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th branch, and opens to the public on March 21. "This will be the first of many celebrations for this new center of community life in Owings Mills. …
Monday, March 11, 2013
It will be the Baltimore County Public Library’s 19th and largest branch.
The Owings Mills Branch of the Baltimore County Public Library will open its doors to the public on Thursday, March 21. The 54,333-square-foot branch will have a collection of 120,000 items and 70 computers for public use – 58 for adults and 12 for teens and children – according to a press release. It will be Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch. The library is part of transit-oriented development The Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a project that will boast 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, and hotels with up to 250 rooms upon its completion. The 120,000-square-foot building housing the library will also be home to 27 classrooms for the Community College of …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Community leaders in Owings Mills and Reisterstown support the Board of Election’s decision to nix the possibility of bringing two zoning decisions to referendum.
An effort two bring two Baltimore County zoning decision to referendum on the 2014 ballot has been stopped, for now. While they don’t think the battle is over, Owings Mills and Reisterstown officials think the Baltimore County Board of Elections made the right decision when it deemed the petitions legally deficient on Tuesday. “I think most of the people at ROG were concerned, as a lot of people were, with the nature of the name collecting,” said George Harman, president of the Reisterstown-Owings Mills-Glyndon Coordinating Council (ROG). “We thought that the process whereby people may not have been told the truth about what they were seeing brought into question the whole process.” Two groups backed by developers David S. Brown …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
On a windy winter day, construction workers were tirelessly building the first pieces of what will become The Metro Centre at Owings Mills. Between 125 and 150 workers were installing drywall and putting in plumbing and electrical systems in buildings that will house 232 apartments and 56,000 square feet of retail space on the bottom floor. “I haven’t seen anything big in Baltimore County for years,” said Steve Creger, safety director for developer David S. Brown Enterprises. When fully developed, the Metro Centre will include 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail space, 1,700 apartments, a 120,000-square foot community college and library building, and hotels with up to 250 rooms. The apartment and retail …
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Stone’s Cove Kitbar, a restaurant/bar with an open-style kitchen, will be opening in the Boulevard College Center near Stevenson University in early 2013.
A new restaurant and bar with an open-style kitchen and unique philosophy is coming to Owings Mills. Stone’s Cove Kitbar, which mixes dining with entertainment, will open its second restaurant and first Maryland location at the Boulevard Corporate Center on Owings Mills Boulevard by early 2013, according to a press release. The restaurant distinguishes itself with “ChefTenders,” bartender/chefs who make conversation with the customer as they cook and make drinks in the open-style kitchen. Appetizers like lobster cones, chicken salad lettuce wraps and mini-crab cakes compliment entrees like seared flat iron steak, chicken kabobs, tequila-glazed tilapia and more. Stone’s Cove Kitbar leased 4,000 square feet in the Boulevard Corporate Center…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
David S. Brown officials broke ground on three new buildings at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills Tuesday. Officials say the buildings will be built by spring 2013.
David S. Brown Enterprises officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for three new buildings at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills Tuesday. “I really feel like the future of this community is taking shape,” said Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. The groundbreaking ceremony marked the early construction phases of three new buildings at Metro Centre that will contain 28,000 square feet of retail space, 120 apartments and 200,000 square feet of office space. David S. Brown officials plan to finish the buildings by spring 2013. Kamenetz was joined by Dels. Adrienne Jones and Dana Stein, Councilman Ken Oliver, Councilwoman Vicki Almond as well as officials from Stevenson University and the Baltimore County Public Library. The Metro Centre…
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth Oliver is asking his colleagues to delay rezoning Solo Cup for retails as Reisterstown Road traffic studies get completed.
Councilman Kenneth Oliver asked his colleagues to delay a decision on rezoning the Solo Cup property in Owings Mills for retail development until a state traffic study is completed. Oliver said he wants to give transportation officials time to finish studying and engineering traffic improvements on “the already overwhelming traffic congestion along Reisterstown Road” in a press release Tuesday. He said it would be premature to rezone a manufacturing property prior to the completion of those processes. “When we are talking about potentially committing tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize the traffic from a developer’s proposed private project, we need to fully understand the facts and the costs,” Oliver said in the release. In …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The Owings Mills Corporate Roundtable's letter to county officials is contrary to what some developers have argued.
Owings Mills business leaders sent a letter to several county officials that contradicts the sentiment that three development projects in Owings Mills amounts to too many. The letter was prompted by recent “news articles and statements at public meetings” in which officials involved with the mall redevelopment and Metro Centre project have said they oppose redevelopment proposed for the Solo Cup plant. Patch Monday afternoon obtained a copy of the Owings Mills Roundtable's letter, which said that the group “has expressed its general support for all three projects.” The group consists of Owings Mills' largest employers and major stakeholders, such as T. Rowe Price, Stevenson University, Legg Mason and more. “Having quality nearby retail for…
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