Golf courses · Maryland
Village of Cross Keys
Golf course retrofitted to housing/office/retail in 1963; no active redevelopment needed, county population declined, housing already present. · summary, model-written
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Site profile9 elements · what this site is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 8 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 54,143 on 83 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisCounty lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -13% census-cbp · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: 83 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -6.1% census-acs · all sites with thisRedeveloped
This site: …high-rise residential and commercial. It includes The Shops at Cross Keys, a mini-mall also known as Village Shops, and The Quad, an office building. record · all sites with thisHousing
This site: …high-rise residential and commercial. It includes The Shops at Cross Keys, a mini newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisOffice
This site: , a mini-mall also known as Village Shops, and The Quad, an office building. newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Retrofit builtnewtypes-extraction reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | RedevelopedWikipedia no source |
| New uses | housing, office, retailWikipedia no source |
| What is there now | high-rise residential and commercial. It includes The Shops at Cross Keys, a mini-mall also known as Village Shops, and The Quad, an office building.newtypes-extraction reported |
| Retrofit year | 1963newtypes-extraction reported |
Links out
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Official records (4)
government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record
- 10-K property table · General Growth Properties 2010from sec.gov
- Baltimore city (24510) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
- FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
- EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov
Reference (3)
encyclopedic and research references
- Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
- Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
- Baltimore on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org
Place (8)
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- Street Viewfrom google.com
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- OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
- Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
- Transitland mapfrom transit.land
- USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov
Market (1)
listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow
- LoopNet: for sale in Baltimore, MD (search)from city search
News (2)
news searches and archived pages
- Google News: “Village of Cross Keys” (search)from name search
- Bing News: “Village of Cross Keys” (search)from name search
History and original facts
| Opened | 1963newtypes-extraction reported |
|---|---|
| County | Baltimore city |
| Census division | 5 · South Atlantic |
| Notes | Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore was a 1963 conversion of a golf course to a planned community with high-rise residential and commercial uses. |
Not yet recorded: acres, GLA, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Planning
| No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site. |
Securitised debt and public filers
As reported by the owner
Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.
| Year end | Filer | Name in filing | GLA sq ft | Occupancy | Years | Share | Sales psf | Anchors listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | General Growth Properties 10-K, 2010-03-01 | The Village of Cross Keys Baltimore, MD match: exact | 74,172 in-line 74,172 |
Site context
| Housing permits, Baltimore (Independent City) (MD), 2024 | 1,104 units in 5+ unit buildings, 4 in 2–4, 165 single-family; 2023: 1,749 in 5+Census BPS |
|---|---|
| Other atlas sites nearby | 8 within 10 km, 22 within 25 km: The Brokerage (0.3 km); The Fishmarket (0.4 km); Brown's Arcade (0.5 km); The Gallery at Harborplace (0.6 km); Old Town Mall (0.8 km)computed |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 13,104 jobs in 1,601 establishments; average annual pay $42,095; employment location quotient 0.38; employment -2.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 50,490 jobs; 944 in retail trade, 2,068 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 24510040100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 36th income percentile as adults; 2.8% incarcerated at the 2010 count (63 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 19.8%; median family income $71,392; 121 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Baltimore City Public Schools (PK-12); 11 public schools within 1 mile: City Springs Elementary/Middle; Federal Hill Preparatory Academy; Johnston Square Elementary; Paul Laurence Dunbar HighNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 22 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 64 county-logged events: 34 thunderstorm wind, 13 flash flood, 6 flood, 6 hail; $6,692,000 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 21202, 2026-09 | median list price $236,250 (-8.2% on the year); 105 active listings; median 63 days on market; 21% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 1,598 establishments (-13%); 23,927 jobs (+39%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $181,356 (-4% 1 yr, +6% 5 yr); typical rent $1,764/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 54,143 vehicles a day on 83 (Interstate, 6 lanes); 899 trucks; 31 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Village of Cross Keys opened as a golf course in 1963 and was retrofitted the same year to include housing, office, and retail uses. The retrofit is complete, with current components including The Shops at Cross Keys (a mini-mall) and The Quad (an office building).
Why. The retrofit was completed in 1963, so no active redevelopment is needed. County population declined by 6.1% between 2018–2023. Housing is already present in the development.
Where it stands. The site is fully built and operational. Nearby peers include Rotunda Mall (5 km away, also redeveloped) and other closed/operating retail sites within 10 km. Housing market data shows a ZHVI of $181,356 (2026-09) with a 3.9% annual decline.
For a planner
- No active redevelopment required
- County population decline noted
- Housing component confirmed
For a developer
- Existing housing/retail mix confirmed
- No new construction needed
- County population trend may affect demand
What we do not know yet
- No current vacancy rates or tenant details provided
- Exact housing unit count not specified
- No data on retail tenant performance
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- Rotunda Mall, Baltimore, MD · Malls · same strategy: redevelop; also in MD; 5 km away
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county shrank -6.1% 2018–23
- housing in the record
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
Timeline
- 1963 Opened
- 1963 Retrofit: redevelop
Sources
- The Rouse Company · CC BY-SA 4.0
1 quoted sentence
The Village of Cross Keys
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