Owings Valley Town Development

In the 1984 Baltimore County Master Plan two large developments were created based off of the creation of Interstate 795 and 95. One development, White Marsh, is located on the eastern side of the county and the other Owings Mills, is located in the northwestern section. Both of these developments were similar and were located near the highways and public transit systems but slightly different because luxury tenants were occupying the Owings Mills Mall. The Owings Mills and White Marsh commercial areas were originally developed to give incentives for private development with hopes of growth and prosperity in those areas of the County. The Owings Mills area was specifically targeted as potentially prosperous because its location was by a major highway and a metro station and two local private schools were within 15 minutes, which gave incentive for future development. The goals for the Owings Mills development were to slightly under develop in order to save surrounding land and attract people to the area with upscale industry, with a mall including …show more content…
In order to redevelop this area, developers have looked to other successful developments within the County for inspiration, specifically the outdoor shopping area at the Hunt Valley Town Center. The Hunt Valley Center offers an outdoor shopping area composed of mixed-use buildings. Brining an outdoor, mixed use setting to the Owings Mills Mall will create an area that will fill in the vacant space of the almost abandoned Mall and also create an astatically pleasing area that will increase prosperity. The design of this new center should include a mix of residential, office, retail, and restaurants that will be further utilized with the enhancement of the metro station in order to create a sustainable “live, work, play”