Mixed-use center targeted for Route 3

Still needs zoning change for condos and offices

By RYAN JUSTIN FOX Staff Writer

Published 10/14/09

Commercial property owners along a 40-acre swath of land on Route 3 just west of Annapolis Road in Gambrills are positioning themselves for another mixed-use center.

If the county agrees to the necessary changes developers are proposing, new upscale offices or condos could be built on the site over the next decade.

"We're (asking for the mixed-used commercial zoning) really to force everybody to plan this together," Reliable Contracting Co. President Jay Baldwin told Crofton leaders during a roundtable discussion Friday morning.

Baldwin said the project eventually will be bolstered by the imminent expansion...

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Stores - 2009-10-15 08:58:12

While the additional stores would bring additional employment opportunities to the county. With all the stores in the immediate area, is this development really needed?

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Its already becoming another Ritchi - 2009-10-15 08:42:00

Mr.Baldwin who wants another Ritchie Hwy as congested as that is and you know it will be? Rt3 in Gambrills doesnt need another large scale commercial development.The Wawa and Lube center was just built and is causing more congestion and accidents at that intersection.On northbound RT3 across from Waugh Chapel center there is suppose to be a commercial development and I cant imagine the congestion and accidents that will happen at the location.I know Reliable contracting is into land developing but every square foot of dirt doesnt need to be develop.I hope the county see the light and not the dollar signs.

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