general growth properties inc

• Laws and Legislation

Developers of White Marsh outlet mall face opposition campaign from rivals

Developers planning an upscale outlet mall in White Marsh hope to clear a critical hurdle this week just as owners of nearby retail centers – including White Marsh Mall – are waging campaigns to halt the likely competitor.

• Howard County

Microsoft opens specialty store at Columbia mall

The open air kiosk-style store, which is one of 93 across North America, is located in the mall's center court on the lower level, and resembles a holiday "pop up store" that operated in center court from December 2012 to February 2013.

• Baltimore City Paper

United Workers' Our Harbor Day May 1

• Howard County

Columbia Rouse Co. building for sale

• Maryland

Hampstead woman to take mediation abilities abroad

• Property

Harborplace owners move forward with plans to improve pavilions

City officials said the owners of Harborplace are moving closer to performing improvements on the signature Inner Harbor properties, which have faded since their celebrated opening more than 30 years ago into a collection of stores dominated by chain restaurants, souvenir sellers and vendors of cold desserts.

• Opinion

Online sales tax loophole hurts local communities [Letter]

Congress needs to close the online sales tax loophole.

• Howard County

Howard Hughes, county talk Merriweather upgrades

Howard Hughes Corp., Howard County in discussion about upgrades for Merriweather

• Baltimore County

Baltimore County bans cell phone kiosks

Baltimore County on Tuesday passed legislation to ban cell phone kiosks that enable users to trade in phones for cash.

• Howard County

Columbia mall murder-suicide struck the physical heart of community

People who love Columbia say the shootings inside the mall last weekend that left three people dead have cast a shadow over their town center that will pass, but not for awhile.

• Baltimore County

Kamenetz wants to ban cellphone kiosks, regulate electronics sales

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is set to unveil legislation today that he says would target the theft of cell phones and other electronic devices.

• Howard County

Howard police, mall showed training in response

Columbia mall, Howard County police had done training for emergencies

• Baltimore County

Developer eyes outlet mall along I-95 in White Marsh

A Baltimore-based developer is seeking to build an outlet mall with more than 100 stores in White Marsh off Interstate 95 — just blocks from the existing White Marsh Mall and The Avenue at White Marsh.

• Baltimore City

Mall owner removes cellphone -recycling kiosks from Towson Town Center

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• Features

Cross Keys at the crossroads

Storied shopping area in transition

• Howard County

Details of downtown Columbia arts park revealed

Symphony Woods in downtown Columbia is a patch of nondescript land used mainly as a pathway for the tens of thousands of people who attend concerts at Merriweather Post Pavilion each year.

• Howard County

At 50, vision for Columbia is still a work in progress

Ian Kennedy's short walk to lunch from his office in Columbia's Town Center takes him through shopping mall parking lots and a parking garage, or along a sidewalk where lampposts block the way. It's enough to make him feel he's in an "alien environment. ... A man on the moon, there are times you feel that way. Almost like you're trespassing."

• Lifestyle and Leisure

New shops, restaurants coming to The Mall in Columbia

New stores and restaurants coming this fall and next year to The Mall in Columbia

• Howard County

CA Board mulls changing annual charge

According to CA Chief Financial Officer Susan Krabbe, CA's annual charge makes up 53 percent of CA's annual revenue with $0.01 of the assessment rate is equivalent to approximately $503,000 of total revenue.

• Baltimore City Paper

Checking up on the developers who get city tax breaks

• Howard County

Columbia mall redevelopment begins to 'come to life'

The project, which will be opened in phases, will add 40,000 sq. ft. and redevelop the L.L. Bean into an "open-air lifestyle center and streetscape" that will include two rows of restaurants and retail divided by a courtyard walkway leading to a new mall entrance.

• Arts and Culture

Baltimore County's long-planned Metro Centre showing signs of life

The long-planned Metro Centre in Owings Mills is set to finally stir to life this month with the opening of Baltimore County's largest library.

• Baltimore County

BGE says equipment issue killed lights at Towson Town Center

Officials at Towson Town Center reported Tuesday that the mall is experiencing a power outage, closing many of the stores.

• Arts and Culture

Letter: Facts surrounding Symphony Woods plan are 'eye-opening'

Michael McCall's Inner Arbor Plan is called new: however, it is almost identical to the General Growth Properties Plan for the Columbia Association's Symphony Woods open space/parkland property that was approved by the County Council in 2010 legislation. The orientation and entry point to Symphony Woods seem to be the only major changes. Is it surprising then that the three Council members representing Columbia indicated they love this "new" plan?

• Maryland

Power outage darkened Superdome, unnerving fans, disrupting momentum

An power outage darkened the Superdome in the third quarter of the Super Bowl on Sunday night, an unnerving experience for a stadium that had been the refuge of last resort for many when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.

• Property

$100 million paid for Harborplace

The New York real estate firm that purchased Harborplace in November paid just under $100 million for the iconic Inner Harbor shopping center, according to Baltimore land records.

• Howard County

Columbia mall expansion project is officially under way

The Mall in Columbia's expansion project is underway and along with it the county took the first step in the Downtown Columbia 30-year Master Plan after an official ground breaking ceremony Tuesday.

• General Growth Properties

Work starts next week to expand The Mall in Columbia

Construction on an addition at The Mall in Columbia will get underway

• Howard County

A passionate organizer has broadened Horizons

When 15-year-old Ian Kennedy moved to Columbia from Crofton with his mother in 1992, he never could've predicted the impact he would have on his new community.

• Howard County

Columbia Association to open fitness club in Rouse Co. building

The Columbia Association announced plans to open a new upscale fitness club overlooking Lake Kittamaqundi in the former Rouse Company building in the fall of 2014.

• Howard County

Planning Board approves Mall expansion, apartment complexes

The Howard County Planning Board approved final plans Thursday for three projects — an expansion at The Mall in Columbia and apartment complexes in downtown Columbia and Elkridge.

• Howard County

Construction begins on poinsettia tree at Mall in Columbia

Construction begun on the iconic holiday poinsettia tree that stands at center court in the Mall in Columbia late Sunday night.

• Property

Ashkenazy, future owner of Harborplace, cuts bad investments loose

Baltimore's political and business leaders praised the New York-based real estate investment firm purchasing Harborplace as a potential savior for the Inner Harbor mall that has struggled to find the right mix of tenants to appeal to both tourists and locals.

• Business

In aftermath of Sandy, some stores, businesses reopen

in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, some stores and businesses planned to reopen Tuesday but others remained closed.

• Art

Monday closures and cancellations due to Hurricane Sandy

• Harborplace

Hurricane Sandy forces area malls to close

Harborplace & The Gallery closed due to Hurricane Sandy

• Howard County

L.L. Bean at Columbia mall to close in May

The L.L. Bean store in the Mall in Columbia will not be relocating to a smaller location within the mall, and will be closing its doors in May, according to an L.L. Bean spokesperson.

• Opinion

Harborplace changes hands

Sale of Harborplace could usher in a new era for Baltimore's Inner Harbor — if needed investments are made

• Opinion

Harborplace sold to New York real estate firm

Harborplace has been sold to a New York real estate investment firm that owns office and retail centers across the country, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

• Property

Harborplace sold to New York real estate firm

Harborplace has been sold to a New York real estate investment firm that owns office and retail centers across the country, according to a statement Tuesday from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

• Harford

On its 40th birthday, Harford Mall still going strong

Forty years ago today, on the site of a former racetrack, Harford Mall opened its doors to thousands of shoppers with 1970s mainstays like Montgomery Ward and Korvettes.

• Howard County

Clyde's will close in January for $4 million renovation

Clyde's of Columbia, located on the downtown lakefront since 1975, announced plans Tuesday for a $4 million renovation project that will close the popular eatery and its sister restaurant Tomato Palace for six to eight weeks beginning in January.

• Baltimore County

Apple Store at Towson Town Center set to debut expanded storefront

The Apple Store at Towson Town Center is scheduled to host a "grand reopening" of an expanded and store, Saturday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m.

• Opinion

Harborplace: Safe but boring

Inner Harbor shopping mecca has become too much like a suburban mall

• Baltimore County

Pikesville realty company wants to buy Owings Mills Mall

The head of a Pikesville-based realty company wants to buy the Owings Mills Mall, saying the site would be ideal for a discount grocer and big-box stores such as Costco and Lowe's.

• Baltimore County

Greenberg Gibbons interested in purchasing Owings Mills Mall site

The company redeveloping the former Solo Cup site in Owings Mills has made overtures to the owners of the Owings Mills Mall about purchasing that property, its CEO said Thursday.

• Howard County

Enterprise Community Partners getting new home but staying in Columbia

Enterprise Community Partners, a Columbia-based organization that helps people around the country find affordable housing, is itself getting a new home but staying in Columbia.

• Opinion

A better process for Solo Cup

The review of the proposal to bring a huge new retail complex to the Solo Cup property has fostered community distrust in the Baltimore County zoning process.

• Howard County

Howard Hughes Corp. buys former Ryland Group headquarters in Columbia

Howard Hughes Corp. buys former Ryland Group headquarters in downtown Columbia

• Howard County

Whole Foods Market seen as stimulus for more development in Columbia

The Howard Hughes Corp. of Dallas, which succeeded Rouse and General Growth Properties as the master developer of Columbia, has a $20 million plan to convert the former Rouse headquarters on Little Patuxent Parkway from a single-occupant office building to a mixed use, mufti-tenant development with Whole Foods Market as the anchor.