Bel Air Village Project Breaks Ground, Includes Multifamily Units

BEL AIR, MD — Construction has begun on Bel Air Village, a 35-acre mixed-use community in Bel Air that will feature more than 115,000 square feet of commercial office space, 252 multifamily units and 24 townhomes.

Developed by Baltimore-based ARLS Properties, LLC, the initial phase of the project, which represents the last large-scale development parcel remaining in the MD Route 24 corridor, should be done by late 2023.

The retail component will consist of four freestanding buildings, ranging from approximately
7,000 to nearly 11,000 square feet of space, as well as five pad sites ranging from one to two acres that each front on Emmorton Road. The multifamily product will be the first real estate asset class to be constructed at Bel Air Village with the construction of a four-story building containing approximately 50 rental units. The additional multifamily buildings will be built next year.

“The Harford County business and residential population continues to grow, and we believe there exists numerous restaurants and retailers that will be attracted to the captured audience of Bel Air Village, as well as the more than 32,000 people which reside within a five-mile radius of the site,” said Sean Langford of MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services. “Potential users that we are targeting include a craft brewery, fast-casual restaurants, the medical and healthcare category and soft-goods. The Route 24 corridor is considered a highly-desirable location and, based on the initial interest already generated, we are confident that is a long runway for new retailers to expand into the area.”

Nearly 25,000 households, with an annual average income approaching $125,000, are contained within a five-mile radius of Bel Air Village and the daytime population is nearly 67,000 people.