Revival begins for Normandy center
Owner of county’s oldest shopping center begins demolition, remodeling
HOWARD DIGEST Howard County’s oldest shopping center is undergoing a remodeling and its owners have demolished portions of the main structure.
Normandy Shopping Center, off Route 40 in Ellicott City, will be outfitted with new walls and a new facade.
The partial demolition in the 104,000- square-foot space started Sept. 28 and is slated for completion at the end of 2019.
David Moxley, a co-owner of the land, said he received letters of interest from enough entities to fill 40 percent of the space.
He said space could hold between 14 and 16 tenants depending on how much space each occupant needs, he said.
On Dec. 5, Moxley presented renderings of what the shopping plaza might look like to the county’s Design Advisory Panel.
The center was formerly anchored by a Safeway. After the grocery store declined to renew its lease in 2008 and the Miller Ford dealership closed, the center began to decline. It has been vacant since 2016.
Moxley said he is still determining who will use the empty plot of land next to the center.
“We’ve been talking to people about it, but we don’t have a deal yet,” he said.
The lot has a zoning designation that could allow a nursing home or traditional neighborhood shopping centers.
The shopping center in Ellicott City has been vacant for two years. Ball’s gets an earful at first ‘listening session’ Howard Executive Calvin Ball didn’t have much to say during a meeting with local residents Monday in Columbia.
That was the point. For 90 minutes, the Democrat who was sworn in last week as county executive listened to questions and comments from more than130 people at the Florence Bain Senior Center. The event was the first of seven listening sessions Ball has scheduled around the county.
Rebecca Aaron, a spokeswoman for the executive, said comments collected from the sessions would be posted on the government website.
The audience at the senior center asked unscripted questions on topics ranging from public transportation to development issues to funding for Ellicott City flood mitigation.
Former County Executive Liz Bobo attended and expressed her concern for housing prices, saying Columbia may be “slipping away” from the affordability model set forth by founder James Rouse.
“I want us to do everything we can to prevent Columbia, particularly, from becoming a place where you have to be upper income to live,” said Bobo, who for 20 years represented the county in the House of Delegates.
Additional listening sessions, all beginning at 7 p.m., will take place: Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Howard High School, 8700 Old Annapolis Road, Ellicott City.
Thursday, Dec. 20, at Long Reach High School, 6101 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia.
Monday, Jan. 7, at Centennial High School, 4300 Centennial Lane, Ellicott City.
Thursday, Jan. 10, at Glenelg High School, 14025 Burntwoods Road, Glenelg.
Monday, Jan. 14, at Hammond High School, 8800 Guilford Road, Columbia.
Wednesday, Jan. 16, Wilde Lake High School, 5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia.
In addition, the county executive will host a live Twitter chat from noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 10, at @HoCoGovExec, #Futureofhoco.
— Erin B. Logan County hosts meeting on Quaker Mill pond project The county’s Department of Public Works will hold a public meeting this week on plans to repair and enhance Quaker Mill Pond in Ellicott City.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.
Thursday in the Miller branch library, 9421 Frederick Road in Ellicott City.
County officials say an evaluation of the pond identified an opportunity to expand it to include an adjacent stream — which they say would eliminate embankment erosion concerns and reduce the amount of stormwater runoff conveyed into Old Ellicott City. As part of the project, the county plans to replace a metal outlet pipe in the pond at the southwest corner of Rogers Avenue and Patapsco River Road in Ellicott City.
Construction is expected to begin in the summer or fall 2019.
For more information on the project, contact Lisa Brightwell at 410-313-3440 or publicworks@howardcountymd.gov.
Normandy Shopping Center, off Route 40 in Ellicott City, will be outfitted with new walls and a new facade.
The partial demolition in the 104,000- square-foot space started Sept. 28 and is slated for completion at the end of 2019.
David Moxley, a co-owner of the land, said he received letters of interest from enough entities to fill 40 percent of the space.
He said space could hold between 14 and 16 tenants depending on how much space each occupant needs, he said.
On Dec. 5, Moxley presented renderings of what the shopping plaza might look like to the county’s Design Advisory Panel.
The center was formerly anchored by a Safeway. After the grocery store declined to renew its lease in 2008 and the Miller Ford dealership closed, the center began to decline. It has been vacant since 2016.
Moxley said he is still determining who will use the empty plot of land next to the center.
“We’ve been talking to people about it, but we don’t have a deal yet,” he said.
The lot has a zoning designation that could allow a nursing home or traditional neighborhood shopping centers.
The shopping center in Ellicott City has been vacant for two years. Ball’s gets an earful at first ‘listening session’ Howard Executive Calvin Ball didn’t have much to say during a meeting with local residents Monday in Columbia.
That was the point. For 90 minutes, the Democrat who was sworn in last week as county executive listened to questions and comments from more than130 people at the Florence Bain Senior Center. The event was the first of seven listening sessions Ball has scheduled around the county.
Rebecca Aaron, a spokeswoman for the executive, said comments collected from the sessions would be posted on the government website.
The audience at the senior center asked unscripted questions on topics ranging from public transportation to development issues to funding for Ellicott City flood mitigation.
Former County Executive Liz Bobo attended and expressed her concern for housing prices, saying Columbia may be “slipping away” from the affordability model set forth by founder James Rouse.
“I want us to do everything we can to prevent Columbia, particularly, from becoming a place where you have to be upper income to live,” said Bobo, who for 20 years represented the county in the House of Delegates.
Additional listening sessions, all beginning at 7 p.m., will take place: Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Howard High School, 8700 Old Annapolis Road, Ellicott City.
Thursday, Dec. 20, at Long Reach High School, 6101 Old Dobbin Lane, Columbia.
Monday, Jan. 7, at Centennial High School, 4300 Centennial Lane, Ellicott City.
Thursday, Jan. 10, at Glenelg High School, 14025 Burntwoods Road, Glenelg.
Monday, Jan. 14, at Hammond High School, 8800 Guilford Road, Columbia.
Wednesday, Jan. 16, Wilde Lake High School, 5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia.
In addition, the county executive will host a live Twitter chat from noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 10, at @HoCoGovExec, #Futureofhoco.
— Erin B. Logan County hosts meeting on Quaker Mill pond project The county’s Department of Public Works will hold a public meeting this week on plans to repair and enhance Quaker Mill Pond in Ellicott City.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m.
Thursday in the Miller branch library, 9421 Frederick Road in Ellicott City.
County officials say an evaluation of the pond identified an opportunity to expand it to include an adjacent stream — which they say would eliminate embankment erosion concerns and reduce the amount of stormwater runoff conveyed into Old Ellicott City. As part of the project, the county plans to replace a metal outlet pipe in the pond at the southwest corner of Rogers Avenue and Patapsco River Road in Ellicott City.
Construction is expected to begin in the summer or fall 2019.
For more information on the project, contact Lisa Brightwell at 410-313-3440 or publicworks@howardcountymd.gov.
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