Mill Station, formerly Owings Mills Mall was a two-level shopping mall 21.0 miles (33.8 km) southeast of downtown Baltimore, Maryland, between Mill Run Circle, Owings Mills Boulevard and Interstate 795 in Owings Mills, a suburb of Baltimore. The mall had five anchors which included JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, Sears, Macy's and Boscov's.
Enclosed Mall[]
Owings Mills Mall opened to the public on July 30, 1986, developed by The Rouse Company. It's original anchors included Saks Fifth Avenue, Bamberger's and Hecht's. Bamberger's wouldn't last long, it would then get replaced by Macy's in 1986. In 1987, Owings Mills Metro Subway Station opened by the Baltimore Metro Subway, which provided Baltimore residents a quick and easier way to the new mall. More and more stores began to open at Owings Mills making it the most successful mall in the Baltimore area.
Decline[]
In the 1990s, decline to the mall began has the mall began to have a reputation for violent crime, mostly like due to the 1992 murder of Christina Brown, when she was found dead from a gunshot wound in September 1992, she was a employees of Saks Fifth Avenue at the mall and was found dead outside in the back of the store. Owings Mills Mall began to not be as busy as it once was as residents were worried about violent crime and safety inside the mall. Also, as a result of the renovations of other Baltimore area malls like Towson Town Center and The Mall in Columbia, crime in and around the mall also began to get real bad at Owings Mills. The mall began to lose business quickly. In 1996, Saks Fifth Avenue closed and was replaced with JCPenney the same year. In 1998, the mall expanded which added two anchors, Sears and Lord & Taylor but would close four years later in 2002. Sears was then converted into Stix 'N Stuff and Lord & Taylor was converted into IFL Furniture, the two stores however wouldn't last and both closed in 2003, they were both remain vacant. In September 2006, Hecht's closed and Macy's relocated into the space, the former Macy's space would then be replaced with Boscov's, however Boscov's would close two years later in 2008. The mall then only had two anchors open which were JCPenney and Macy's. By October 2010, the mall was 22.6% vacant. In November 2011, there was plans announced for Owings Mill Mall to be demolished in 2013, plans for this however wouldn't work and the mall remained for another four years. On September 23, 2015, the mall was closed down leaving only JCPenney and Macy's open. In November 2015, Macy's closed down. In April 2016, JCPenney shut down which left the mall vacant.
Power Center[]
In 2016, plans were announced to demolish the vacant Owings Mills Mall and convert the land into a new power center named, Mill Station. The mall was finally demolished fully in February 2017 and construction began on new tenants for Mill Station. New tenants came to the shopping center such as Old Navy, Costco, Lowe's, Dick's Sporting Goods and A.C. Moore. A.C. Moore however would close in March 2020 due to bankruptcy.