YOU TELL US: Should Developers Build Residential Properties Along York Road?

Two residential developments may be coming to the York Road corridor in Hunt Valley in a few years.

, Tom Obrecht, chairman of Obrecht Properties in Timonium, proposed a plan for an 80-unit townhome community near York Road and Fila Way in Sparks. Obrecht said the property was already zoned, and his company believes that community members would find a residential development more favorable than a commercial one.

Council members raised concerns about promoting further development in the rural area, an increase of students in already crowded schools and traffic congestion on the already .

In addition to this development, Consolidated Equities Corporation, a Lutherville-based real estate developer, met with Baltimore County officials in mid-August to present plans for a 262-unit luxury "transit-oriented" apartment complex in Cockeysville. The corporation's representative Robert Becker said the development, which would be located on the east side of McCormick Road, south of Schilling Circle near the . 

A Cockeysville Patch reader that building luxury apartments during the current economic crisis seemed ridiculous.

Plans for both communities are in the early stages and construction would not begin for seveal years.

Do you think residential development along York Road will hurt the community? Tell us in the comments.