IT WILL HELP BRING MORE FOOD TO AN AREA IN NEED. BREANA: ALONG NORTH AVENUE IN FIND A WHOLE LOT OF OPTION FOR FOOD. APRIL RICHARDSON KNOWS THAT FIRSTHAND. SHE GREW UP IN THE AREA. >> EVER SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL WE HAVE HAD THE SAME CARRY OUTS. WE HAVE HAD THE SAME LIQUOR STORES ON THE CORNER. NOTHING NEW AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS EARNED ITS RIGHT TO HAVE DIVERSITY OF FOOD. WHEN I SAY DIVERSITY OF FOOD, WE MEAN WHERE IS OUR BURGER PLACE, WHERE IS OUR BRUNCH SPOT? WHERE IS OUR SALAD BAR? WHERE IS OUR SMOOTHIE SHOP? BREANA: SOON, ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS WILL BE INSIDE OF THIS BUILDING, RICHARDSON’S HELP BUILDING WEST BALTIMORE’S FIRST FOOD HALL. THE MILL ON NORTH. IT SITS ALONG WEST NORTH AVENUE UNDER WALBROOK MILL APARTMENTS. NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES IN THE COPPIN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPING CORPORATION CAME UP WITH THE IDEA FOR THE HALL BACK IN 2020 AND THE IDEA TO USE VENDORS WITH CONNECTIONS TO WEST BALTIMORE. >> THE CONCEPT OF A FOOD HALL AND USING VENDORS FROM WEST BALTIMORE. THEY’RE CONNECTED WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING JOB INVESTMENT, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO A SENSE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY. BREANA: A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY. >> I HAVE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING NEW ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN SO WE JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY. BREANA: AS THEY ENVISION WHAT THE NEW SPACE WILL LOOK LIKE, THEY ENVISION THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THE PLACE AND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW AND LOVE. >> THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, THEY CAN LITERALLY WALK OUT OF THE DOOR, WALKED DOWN, GET FRESH FOOD, DRINKS, AND THEY HAVE AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT FOOD. >> ANYTHING THAT WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT WILL HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON BALTIMORE IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. BREANA: THE MILL ON NORTH IS EXPECTED TO OPEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2023.
A Baltimore County shopping center has traded hands for $5.7 million.Video above: New food options coming to west Baltimore at The Mill on North (Story)East Drive Shopping Center, a 65,155-square-foot office and retail property in Arbutus, sold last week to a private buyer, according to Gil Neuman and Neuman Commercial Group, which brokered the sale.The shopping center has been owned by an affiliate of Bien/Paul Ventures since 1997, when it was purchased for $1.64 million, property records show. The most recent transaction has not yet been recorded in property records.The property consists of 6.4 acres at 5101-5209 East Drive, just off the Interstates 95 and 695 exchange and not far from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County campus.The center, first constructed in 1969, consists of a stand-alone Save-A-Lot grocery store and a retail strip consisting of national and regional tenants, including Dollar General, Pizza Boli’s and Cricket Wireless. At the time of the sale, the center had 12 tenants and was 72% occupied, according to Neuman.Read the full story from our partners at the Baltimore Business Journal
A Baltimore County shopping center has traded hands for $5.7 million.
Video above: New food options coming to west Baltimore at The Mill on North (Story)
East Drive Shopping Center, a 65,155-square-foot office and retail property in Arbutus, sold last week to a private buyer, according to Gil Neuman and Neuman Commercial Group, which brokered the sale.
The shopping center has been owned by an affiliate of Bien/Paul Ventures since 1997, when it was purchased for $1.64 million, property records show. The most recent transaction has not yet been recorded in property records.
The property consists of 6.4 acres at 5101-5209 East Drive, just off the Interstates 95 and 695 exchange and not far from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County campus.
The center, first constructed in 1969, consists of a stand-alone Save-A-Lot grocery store and a retail strip consisting of national and regional tenants, including Dollar General, Pizza Boli’s and Cricket Wireless. At the time of the sale, the center had 12 tenants and was 72% occupied, according to Neuman.
