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Regarding last week’s article “Too Much Retail?” I was a resident of Reisterstown for 29 years and have been a resident of Pikesville for the last six years.
When I was living in Reisterstown and Owings Mills Mall first opened, I was thrilled to have a first-class shopping mall in my area. Before that I had to shop at Security Square Mall or Westview Mall. Now I finally had a mall in my area that did not require me to travel on the Baltimore Beltway to go shopping.
Then Owings Mills Mall went downhill after Saks 5th Ave., Lord & Taylor and finally Hecht’s left. Once again, I was forced to travel in order to shop in quality stores, either Towson Town Center, Columbia Mall or Hunt Valley Shopping Center.
When it was announced this past fall that there would finally be major redevelopment in Owings Mills, I was very excited at the prospect of again being able to shop in my own neighborhood and I am sure there are many others who feel the same.
I find it hard to believe that these major developers have not done their homework and would commit to spending major dollars if they did not have confidence in these projects.
If Greenberg Gibbons has the same good security at Foundry Row that they have at Hunt Valley Center and if the developers of Owings Mills Mall follow suit, these projects should do well.
Ellen Lafferman
Pikesville
