# Owings Mills Mall

Owings Mills, MD · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-0c14d726bd` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/owings-mills-owings-mills-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-0c14d726bd.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-0c14d726bd.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-0c14d726bd

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Mill Station | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1986 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2015 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2019 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 155 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | The Rouse Company | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | General Growth Properties and Kimco Realty Corporation | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Zoning change | not found | reported · research |
| Public subsidy | No TIF amount found. | reported · research |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “In late September 2015, the interior of the mall was quietly closed, leaving only Macy's, JCPenney, out-parcel restaurants and the adjacent movie theater in operation.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall
- **original_developer**: “The Rouse Company planned to develop the mall and surrounding area as Owings Mills Town Center, similar to its town center project in Columbia, Maryland.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall
- **after_notes**: “On December 5, 2017, it was announced that the property would be redeveloped as a lifestyle shopping center called Mill Station.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall
- **status**: “The mall was completely demolished in 2017, and redeveloped in 2019 as Mill Station.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall
- **strategy**: “On December 5, 2017, it was announced that the property would be redeveloped as a lifestyle shopping center called Mill Station.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall

## Anchors

Macy's, JCPenney, Sears, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, Boscov's, Bambergers, Hecht's

## Parties

- General Growth Properties — owner (from text) (2004–2015)
- Kimco Realty — owner (Wikidata, undated)
- The Rouse Company — owner (from text) (1986–2004)
- Kimco Realty Corporation — owner (from text) (2011–2017)

## Timeline

- 1986: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1986: Grand opening as Owings Mills Fashion Mall
- 1992: Christina Brown murder
- 1995: Saks Fifth Avenue begins liquidation sales, later replaced by JCPenney
- 2004: Rouse assets acquired by General Growth Properties
- 2011: GGP and Kimco form 50/50 joint venture to redevelop mall
- 2015: Interior of mall quietly closed
- 2016: JCPenney closes
- 2016: Demolition commences
- 2017: Demolition completed
- 2017: Announced redevelopment as Mill Station

## Deals and debt

- 2015 sale: 11500000.0 Kimco Realty Corporation ← General Growth Properties  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall
- 2004 sale:  General Growth Properties ← The Rouse Company  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Owings Mills Mall was a regional mall in Owings Mills, Maryland, United States, that hosted 155 stores and eateries, in the Baltimore County, Maryland, community of Owings Mills. The mall was owned and managed by General Growth Properties (GGP) and Kimco Realty Corporation. While its main entrance was off Red Run Boulevard between Painters Mill Road and Owings Mills Boulevard, the mall was also accessible from the exit ramps of I-795.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owings_Mills_Mall
- Planning research source — https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/owings-mills-town-center-in-heaps-smaller-outdoor-shopping-center-to-replace-it020817

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Owings Mills Mall, Owings Mills, MD." Record m-0c14d726bd, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/owings-mills-owings-mills-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_owingsmillsowingsmillsmall,
  title = {Owings Mills Mall, Owings Mills, MD},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/md/owings-mills-owings-mills-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-0c14d726bd, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.