Owings Mills Mall is a large shopping mall in the Baltimore County, Maryland, community of Owings Mills that is owned and managed by General Growth Properties. While its main entrance is off Red Run Boulevard between Painters Mill Road and Owings Mills Boulevard, the mall is also accessible from the exit ramps of I-795. (Wikipedia)
The mall's current anchor stores are Macy's and JC Penney. Previous anchors were Boscov's, Lord & Taylor,
Saks Fifth Avenue,
and Sears. IFL (International Furniture Liquidators) is temporarily located in the space vacated by Lord & Taylor. Sticks 'n Stuff, a furniture retailer, was temporarily located in the space vacated by Sears until 2004. The mall has experienced the closure of several national stores, leaving many vacancies in this once upscale mall. (Wikipedia)
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| Same view as Macy's 11 years later |
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| JCPenney Lower Court former Saks Fifth Avenue |
It was originally known as Owings Mills Town Center, but a new nearby development in the vicinity has now been given that name. The mall is scheduled for demolition and redevelopment into a lifestyle center. Macy's, JCPenney, and AMC Theaters will remain.
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| Up-close View of the Macy's |
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| Anyone heading to Lord and Taylor today |
Sacks was the first anchor to pull out in 1996 since it proved to be way upscale for the mall in 1996 which proved to be true since it was the only upscale store in a hidden area. JCPenney later replaced it.
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| Gymboree Hanging along waiting for the lease to end |
As walking through the mall it seemed like walking after hours why all the stores are closed. I was able to catch a few and figure out what was in existence before. It seem that most stores haven't been closed long before I came since a fake wall is not placed over the store fronts.
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| Former PINK by Victoria Secret |
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| Former Children's Place |
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| Former Disney Store |
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| GGP still owns the mall but who knows how long?? |
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| List of Tenants which already closed (Lord and Taylor was on the West side while Macy's was North. Note JCPenney tacky square logo |
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| Foot Locker is always the last to leave a struggling mall. note the dated logo |
Hallways of a dead mall is a wonder of fortune of seeing the trace of the economic shift in which leaves one another behind.
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| A View away from Macy's with JCPenney court on the right |
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| Approaching Former Lord & Taylor closed in 2002 |
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| A view inside the empty department store |
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| Mirror columns |
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| Dated Athlete's Foot signage with DTLR below it |
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| Every Mall have its one mom and pop stores as its last ditch to bring in costumers |
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| Escalators and AC were still powered but no one was here |
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| Helszburg Diamonds?? |
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| Bath & Body Works hanging by itself near Former Macys |
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| Former Mrs. Fields cookies |
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| Former Auntie Annies Pretzels (Mrs.Fields is on the right) |
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| Bordered up store fronts |
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| A look away from the Former Macy's |
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| Everyone cleared the store at Finish Line closing sale |
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Sorry Ladies no earrings here
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| Hallmark |
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The Food Court however seemed real dated in which it still has its late 80's and early 90's retro look in which it had dated tables and chairs. Poor lightning and widely overgrown plants. Many restaurants probably wondered why GGP didn't put money to help spruce up the food court. The answer is there is no national food chains in the food court.
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| Closed Food Stores |
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| Chinese Food or Ice Cream (But its not Panda Express or Haigan Deis) |
The outside of the mall is very dated with no clean up at all. Grass growing in the parking lot, Buildings needing repainted and the whole area looks deserted and not very welcoming. The AMC that sits behind the mall draws attention to people but unfortunately wasn't able to get shots of it
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| Macy's former Hecht's |
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| A view of JCPenney and Macy's |
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| JCPenney Former Saks |
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| Note Ruby Tuesday was covered up in black |
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| Lord and Taylor is very dominant in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. kind of how Dillard's is in the South |
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| Macy's needs a little more paint |
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| Looks like Macy's got some deliveries in or not.. |
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| I even opened up my own store in this mall |
Mall may be similar to Macon Mall in Macon Ga with the same anchor line up but different in stores and layout.
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