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1939

James W. Rouse and Hunter Moss start the Moss-Rouse Co., a small mortgage banking firm.

1954

Rouse parts with Moss and forms James W. Rouse & Co.

1955

Rouse builds Mondawmin Mall in Baltimore.

1957

James Rouse forms Community Research & Development Corp. to develop shopping centers; company goes public.

1958

Rouse builds Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie, the nation's second enclosed shopping mall.

1963

Howard Research & Development Corp., a joint venture between CRD and Connecticut General Life Insurance, created to acquire and develop Columbia, a new city of 14,100 acres in Howard County.

1966

The Rouse Co. formed by merger of James W. Rouse & Co. and CRD.

1967

The first residents begin moving to Columbia.

1973

Rouse begins work on Faneuil Hall in Boston.

1976

First phase of Faneuil Hall opens.

1979

James Rouse retires from active management, remains as chairman. Mathias J. DeVito becomes chief executive officer.

1980

Harborplace, the centerpiece of the Inner Harbor renaissance, opens.

1983

South Street Seaport opens in Manhattan.

1987

Gallery at Harborplace, including 28-story Legg Mason Tower and 622-room Stouffer hotel, opens on Pratt Street.

1995

DeVito retires; Anthony Deering becomes chief executive officer.