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The consultants hired to study Columbia's economy have developed a series of site-specific recommendations that proposes a slew of retail options, including coffee shops, apparel boutiques, office space, specialty stores, a live performance venue and a variety of restaurants, for eight of the community's nine village shopping centers.

The consultants hired to study the economic status and possibilities of key locations in Columbia, including most of the village centers, presented final recommendations from their report on Thursday evening.

The initial results of an economic study of eight of Columbia's village centers identified adding more restaurants as the best future use for the centers, some of which have seen a decline in recent years.

The document, which was approved by the Board on Jan. 9, lists a mission statement, five values and five goals for the organization. The two-page document is a departure from CA's previous strategic plan, which was 44-pages long. According to CA Board Chair Andy Stack, the plan will serve as a guiding document for the organization for the next five years.

The study, which is also being sponsored by the Howard County Economic Development Authority and the county's Department of Planning and Zoning, will recommend future economic uses for eight of Columbia's village centers. It will also evaluate at the Snowden River Parkway and Dobbin Road corridor, which is home to a number of restaurants, grocers and other retail outlets.

The castle at the Enchanted Forest shopping center in Ellicott City will soon get a new next-door neighbor. Construction crews have broken ground behind the castle, a remnant of the site's days as a beloved fairy tale theme park, to make space for a new building on the site.

Friends and family of slain blogger Dennis Lane will gather in a public memorial service at Merriweather Post Pavilion this week.

The long awaited ground breaking for the redevelopment of the Wilde Lake Village Center finally came and went Wednesday morning, to the delight of the 80 or so who attended the ceremony.

The Columbia Bank branch inside the Wilde Lake Village Center will close in June, according to a bank spokesperson.

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.

If Kimco is even remotely interested in creating a complete grocery store experience for the community, they will make sure that Today's Catch is as easily accessible to David's as it was to Giant and will do everything within their power to make sure that this store succeeds in their new Village Center.

In addition to the five-story 250-unit apartment complex, the complete overhaul of the center includes the demolition of the Giant building, the renovation of the remaining village center buildings, and the construction of a CVS pharmacy, which could replace the Crown gas station as early as Fall 2014.

Camp Bow Wow holds its fifth annual adopt-a-thon Saturday, Feb. 9 in Ellicott City.

Joyce Ardo, chairperson of Wilde Lake's Village Board, said last week the community is "very supportive and very excited" to see plans moving forward for the redevelopment of the village center.

On paper, the plan for a car maintenance shop and a few stores on Snowden River Parkway in Columbia hardly seems worth fighting about. The business people opposing it, however, see it as an illegal first step toward drastic changes for the worse along some major roads, and a potential threat to businesses in Columbia's nine village centers. 

Two Baltimore County councilwomen say prominent developers have targeted their districts with referendum drives challenging recent zoning votes because they are unhappy with their decisions..

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.

Office of Transportation administrator John Powell outlined to the County Council at its monthly meeting Monday several projects his office is spearheading. Those projects include ...

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.

The Baltimore County Council on Tuesday voted to allow retail at the former Solo Cup plant in Owings Mills, but opponents of a planned shopping center there say they will not give up their fight.

The battle over the redevelopment of the Solo Cup property in Owings Mills is coming down to the wire, with opponents making last-minute allegations against Baltimore County Council Chairwoman Vicki Almond and announcing a drive to bring zoning maps to referendum.

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.

Project will bring jobs, commerce and amenities that residents want

An Owings Mills-based real estate investment and development group has purchased the New Town Village Shopping Center for $22.5 million, the buyer announced Wednesday.

A plan to raze the former Carrollton Bank building and replace it with a gas station was presented to Baltimore County's Development Review Committee.

Councilman David Marks announced Thursday that Weis Markets will move into the former Superfresh location at the Towson Place shopping center.

Just as plans to redevelop Wilde Lake Village Center, the oldest in Columbia, have evolved over the past four years, so too have residents' opinions.

Zoning for the Owings Mills Wegmans is a matter of countywide concern.

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As competition heats up between Owings Mills developers, the company that plans to build an upscale shopping center featuring Wegmans at the former Solo Cup site is touting the jobs and tax revenue it says its project would create.

The Owings Mills market can't handle major retail development at the former Solo Cup property and other sites along the Reisterstown Road corridor, according to studies commissioned by a mall developer.

The mall event was one of three major economic development announcements within six months for an area that has long waited for a makeover. But a battle is simmering between developers.

A developer has been brought in to build two residential buildings with at least 230 apartments, negotiations are under way to lease out a new pharmacy, and both projects could be part of a reinvigorated Wilde Lake Village Center that could see ground being broken by early 2013

Wegmans Food Markets will build its second Baltimore County location at the site of the Solo Cup property in Owings Mills, county officials announced Monday.

Most of the long-struggling Owings Mills Mall will be torn down starting in 2013 to make room for a new retail development, Baltimore County officials announced Thursday.

In its first major project planned for downtown Columbia since emerging from bankruptcy last November, the town's master developer has proposed up to 817 residences and 70,000 square feet of retail space.

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Wilde Lake board ignored expert advice on Kimco village center redevelopment