Thursday, March 28, 2013
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz was joined by a variety of local officials in a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Owings Mills library.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz said he remembers the idea of a transit-oriented development popping up when he was a councilman – in 1998. Needless to say, he was glowing with excitement at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday for the new Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, the anchor of transit-oriented development at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills. “This is really just the beginning,” Kamenetz said. The library, which opened on Thursday, March 21, is Baltimore County’s 19th and largest library branch, boasting a collection of more than 142,000 items. The LEED Silver certified library is housed in the County Campus building, which will be home to a new Community College of Baltimore County Extension …
Friday, March 22, 2013
With the first tenant -- the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library -- open at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, construction keeps moving.
As the Owings Mills library opened its doors on Thursday, the area outside of Baltimore County's largest public library was buzzing with activity. Construction workers were laying brick in the plaza outside the building, finishing up windows in buildings that will house apartments and retail and moving dirt to make way for a parking garage. When fully developed, the Metro Centre at Owings Mills 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. Read more on the Metro Centre:
Thursday, March 21, 2013
The Community College of Baltimore County may move into its new Owings Mills facility in time for its second summer session.
The Metro Centre at Owings Mills saw its first tenant, the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, open its doors Thursday morning. The Community College of Baltimore County hopes to follow soon. “We are hoping to be here for our second summer session, which starts in July,” said Marc Ershler, interim director of CCBC Owings Mills. The 27 classrooms will offer students the opportunity to earn a complete degree at the Owings Mills extension center, something the current facility on Painters Mill Road doesn’t offer. The extension center, which will be housed in the County Campus building with the new library, will have 12 computer labs and a science lab. The current location has four computer labs and no science lab. The …
Baltimore County opened its 19th and largest public library in Owings Mills Thursday.
“It’s just beautiful.” Councilwoman Vicki Almond was glowing with excitement as she walked around the Owings Mills branch of the Baltimore County Public Library Thursday. She and her senior aide, Jonathan Schwartz, were treated to a tour at the library, which opened Thursday morning, by library system director Jim Fish. “Think about what this is going to look like in a few months,” Fish said, as he and Almond looked out on buildings and a parking garage still under construction. The library, Baltimore County’s 19th and largest branch, is the first tenant to open its doors at the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a 1.2 million square-foot transit-oriented development at the Owings Mills Metro station. The library will share its building the …
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The county's largest public library opens its doors at 9 a.m. Thursday.
The Metro Centre at Owings Mills will see the opening of its first tenant on Thursday as the Baltimore County Public Library's new Owings Mills branch opens its doors. At 9 a.m. Thursday, area residents will be able to patronize Baltimore County's largest public library, a 54,333-square-foot branch with 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. The 19th Baltimore County Public Library branch is part of 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 County …
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, March 7, 2013
The road was opened on March 1, developer David S. Brown Enterprises announced.
Grand Central Avenue, the main road running through the Metro Centre at Owings Mills, is open and operational. The road, which extends from the Interstate 795 metro exit to Painters Mill Road, can also be reached from the metro garage, according to a press release from David S. Brown Enterprises. The road allows access to two five-story buildings set to house 56,000 square feet of ground-level retail and 232 apartments as well as the six-story building that will house the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library and a new location for the Community College of Baltimore County. All buildings are schedule to open in March and April. When fully developed, the Metro Centre will include 1.2 million square feet of office space, 300,…
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 …
Ken
10:55 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
CAM Construction deserves a lot of credit -quality work on display in this library! I think that the project turned out great, and the local community will really enjoy all of the great new resources it provides. more ›