![]() Until July, Harvey owned the nearby Carrolltown Center, the county’s oldest indoor shopping mall. “It is hard to create the same configuration.” “Times have changed, and the cinema complex is no longer interested,” said Harvey. Marsh urged the developer to review the original plan if he wished to have community support.ĭixon Harvey, who owns the development company, Black Oak Associates, indicated changing the plan would be difficult. Slack also mentioned zoning regulations that prohibit a lumberyard or building supply store in a planned business center.Ī home improvement store “would make 60 percent of your retail space a prohibited use,” said Barry Marsh of Eldersburg. But the Eldersburg Marketplace “is just another ugly, big-box center.” “We were told this would be a highly attractive, upscale center,” she said. Slack produced color drawings of The Promenade and asked that they be submitted into evidence. “There are substantial changes, and the thing should start over,” said Donna Slack, whose back yard overlooks the site. Instead of the avenue-concept, where shoppers walk landscaped paths to stores, the marketplace will have the traditional placement of stores fronting a parking lot.īecause of changes to the original plan, residents want the project returned to the Board of Zoning Appeals for another review. The prospective tenants are Home Depot and Kohl’s, a discount chain, although neither has applied for building permits. The theater chain backed out, and the promise of well-known department stores has faded. Much of the original concept is gone from the plan presented yesterday. ![]() The Promenade won zoning approval two years ago as a glitzy center with a movie complex, upscale anchor stores and trendy restaurants. Members of the county’s Subdivision Advisory Committee and the developer described the plan yesterday at a public meeting in Westminster. The Promenade is now Eldersburg Marketplace, proposed for 36 acres at Route 32 and Londontown Boulevard. The Promenade at Eldersburg, a proposed $32 million retail mecca that pitted developers against homeowners, has a new owner, new design and fewer tenants, and is proceeding through the county review process. Baltimore Sun eNewspaper Home Page Close Menu
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