Photo: Metro Centre Banners Installed

Owings Mills, MD (June 25, 2012) – Full-color marketing banners have been installed and now adorn the eight-story parking garage at Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a mixed-use, Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) currently under construction in the Owings Mills sub-market of Baltimore County. The developer of the TOD is Owings Mills Transit, LLC, and David S. Brown Enterprises, LTD is managing the project.

The banners include renderings portraying a ground-level view of the first phase of the office, retail and residential buildings that will be constructed along Grand Central Avenue, the project’s website address www.MetroCentreOM.com, as well as descriptive copy of the various elements and components that comprise the TOD.

Upon final completion, more than 1.2 million square feet of commercial office space; 300,000 square feet of complementary retail space; 1700 residential units; educational facilities totaling 120,000 square feet and a hotel component offering up to 250 rooms will be contained within Metro Centre at Owings Mills.

The Phase I program consists of up to 300,000 square feet of Class “A” loft office space, up to 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, as well as approximately 250 apartments. A six-story, 120,000 square foot building overlooking Interstate 795 - the future home of the largest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library and the Community College of Baltimore County - is approximately 50% completed.   

 Metro Centre at Owings Mills is positioned on a 45-acre parcel of land near the intersection of Interstate 795 and Painters Mill Road, with direct access to Exit 4 (Owings Mills Boulevard) of the Northwest Expressway and the Owings Mills metro stop. The project is also contained within the Owings Mills Town Center, one of only two designated by Baltimore County to encourage economic growth and activity.  

A Transit Oriented Development is a high-density commercial office, retail and residential project located within one-third of a mile from a public transit station. It is designed to increase the location efficiency of the development by offering a transit point offering connections to a wide transportation system, with access via walking or bicycle. In addition, the project is typically defined as a mixed-use project offering a range of housing, dining, workplace and shopping choices as well as entertainment amenities.

More than 160,000 consumers reside within a five-mile radius of Metro Centre at Owings Mills, with an average household income exceeding 85,000. In addition, more than 65,000 employees work on a daily basis within this radius. More than 110,000 vehicles pass the site each day from Interstate 795 and 4,100 commuters board the Owings Mills Metro Stop each workday. The downtown business district of Baltimore City can be accessed in approximately 20 minutes from the project.

David S. Brown Enterprises, LTD., founded in 1933 and headquartered in Owings Mills, MD, is a full-service real estate company providing leasing, sales and management services. The company manages more than six million square feet of commercial projects throughout Central Maryland and Pennsylvania including mid and high-rise commercial office buildings offering Class “A” space; retail strip centers; big-box retail; residential communities with more than 2000 units; and educational, athletic and student housing facilities; including parking garages.

Representative projects include Symphony Center, the only Transit-Oriented Development in Baltimore City; Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a new Transit-Oriented Development; Lockwood Place in Baltimore City; 100 Painters Mill Road, Red Brook Corporate Center, a Class “A” corporate campus in Owings Mills; Woodholme Square and The Residences at Brookside Commons. For additional information, visit www.davidsbrown.com