:Harundale Mall

The mall opened on October 1, 1958. Developed by Community Research & Development Inc, headed by James W. Rouse and designed by architectural firm Rogers, Taliaferro, & Lamb, the fully enclosed and air-conditioned center, which was constructed at a cost of $10 million, was described as the first one of its kind on the east coast. Built around an existing group of six stores on the property, the mall consisted of a total of 350,000 square feet, and featured fountains and plants throughout the mall. The primary "Garden Court" featured a 35-foot cage of "Mynah birds", along with a staircase leading to a balcony restaurant over top a fountain. Major retailers included department stores Hochschild, Kohn, & Co and Brager's, a large Oppenheim Collins branch, both S.S. Kresge and G. C. Murphy variety stores, and Food Fair.{{Cite news|date=September 30, 1958|title=Harundale Mall Shopping Center Opening|work=The Evening Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58301508/|access-date=August 29, 2020|url-access=limited}} Grand opening ceremonies, beginning at 9 AM, featured Governor Theodore McKeldin, James W, Rouse, president of Hochschild, Kohn, & Co Martin Kohn, and various other politicians, including then senator John F. Kennedy.{{Cite news|last=Powder|first=Jackie|date=June 6, 1999|title=Harundale revamp nears final stages of mall demolition; Retail landmark's replacement likely to open in November|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-06-06-9906060164-story.html|access-date=August 29, 2020}}

In 1959, Brager's would convert to the Brager-Gutman's name, with the two store's merger that year.{{Cite news|date=July 10, 1959|title=BRAGER, GUTMAN STORES COMBINE|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58304554/|access-date=August 29, 2020|url-access=limited}} A single screen theater, operated by General Cinemas, opened across from the mall in 1964.{{Cite news|date=July 14, 1984|title=General Cinema Income At Peak|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58303903/|access-date=August 29, 2020|url-access=limited}} By 1971 the mall's Food Fair had also been converted to the new Pantry Pride name.{{Cite news|date=October 7, 1970|title=The Number One Low Price Leader In Town|work=The Daily Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58305869/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}}

The mall was connected to two missing persons cases, in 1969 and 1970. Twenty-year-old Joyce Malecki was last seen at the Harundale Mall on November 11, 1969; she was found dead two days later at a shooting range in Fort Meade, Maryland. The next year, 16-year-old Pamela Conyers was last known as having driven to the Harundale Mall on October 16, before her body was found four days later in a wooded area, near what is now the Waterford Road/Maryland Route 648 overpass along Maryland Route 100.{{Cite news|last=Robinson|first=Lisa|date=June 1, 2017|title=Netflix's 'The Keepers' generates interest in other Md. cold cases|work=WBALTV11|url=https://www.wbaltv.com/article/netflixs-the-keepers-generates-interest-in-other-md-cold-cases/9963304|access-date=August 30, 2020}}

The mall's first renovation began on July 14, 1980. Done by Leblang & Associates, the $250,000 renovation consisted of a total repaint and re-tiling of the mall, in addition to a new "picnic area" in the south court, redesigned kiosks, and expanded planters and seating areas.{{Cite news|last=Low|first=Stuart|date=July 17, 1980|title='Slum in making' holding its own|work=Arundel Living Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58305291/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}} The mall's Pantry Pride location was sold at auction in 1981 to E-Zee Markets, who went on to close the store in 1983.{{Cite news|last=Knable|first=Stacie|date=September 26, 1983|title=E-Zee grew too much too fast|work=The Evening Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58305768/e-zee-markets/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}} Hutzler's would acquire the Harundale Mall location of Hochschild, Kohn, & Co in 1984, with that location replacing their existing store at the Southdale Shopping Center.{{Cite news|last=James|first=Ellen|date=August 26, 1984|title=Baltimore department stores enter new era|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58306163/|access-date=August 30, 2020|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=limited}} This location would become one of several announced to become "Hutzler's Value Way" in September 1988, before closing later that year.{{Cite news|date=September 23, 198|title=Hutzler's discount strategy|work=The Evening Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58306643/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}}{{Cite news|last=Tyner|first=Joan|date=December 8, 1988|title=Hutzler's planning to close its store at Harundale Mall|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58306751/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}} Value City took over the former Hutzler's space in 1989.{{Cite news|date=February 3, 1989|title=It's official: Value City store is coming to Harundale|work=Anne Arundel County Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58307163/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}}

The mall, then at 80% occupancy, was put up for sale by owner The Rouse Company in 1995.{{Cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Consella|last2=Leung|first2=Shirley|date=April 13, 1995|title=Rouse putting Harundale Mall up for sale|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-04-13-1995103155-story.html|access-date=August 30, 2020}} The next year, McCrory announced it would close its Harundale store once it reached the end of its lease in October, as part of wider store closures as a result of their 1992 bankruptcy.{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Consella|date=April 25, 1996|title=Mall losing another store McCrory's leaving; Rouse has potential buyer for Harundale|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-04-25-1996116121-story.html|access-date=August 30, 2020}} The mall quietly closed in 1997, with only two exterior tenants including Value City staying open. This was followed by the sale of the property to Manekin Corp, who announced plans to demolish the mall and redevelop the property into a strip mall.{{Cite news|last=Argetsinger|first=Amy|date=November 30, 1997|title=END OF THE ROAD FOR 1ST ENCLOSED MALL IN THE EAST|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1997/11/30/end-of-the-road-for-1st-enclosed-mall-in-the-east/aad54a43-c76a-48c7-80c5-bfba4ab4b049/|access-date=August 30, 2020}}

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| name = Harundale Plaza

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| location = Glen Burnie, Maryland

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| address = 7900 Governor Ritchie Highway

| opening_date = 1999

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| owner = SITE Centers

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| number_of_stores = 18

| number_of_anchors = 2

| floor_area = {{convert|218,000|sqft|abbr=on}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.sitecenters.com/properties/harundale-plaza|Harundale Plaza}}

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By 1998 anchors for the strip mall had been announced, to include a Superfresh Supermarket and an expanded Value City, with both bank tenants at the former mall, First Union and Crestar, negotiating leases for new locations. Demolition began in March 1998, and was finished the next year.{{Cite news|date=August 4, 1998|title=Supermarket signs lease for Harundale Plaza|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58307962/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}}{{Cite news|date=June 6, 1999|title=Last portions of Harundale Mall to fall to makeover|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58302238/harundale-revamp-nears-final-stages-of/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}} The final major store, AJWright, was announced in November 1999.{{Cite news|date=November 3, 1999|title=Apparel, linens store to open at new Harundale Plaza|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58308415/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}}

Value City closed its doors in order to be converted to Burlington Coat Factory, as part of a deal reached by owner Retail Ventures Inc to sell leases of up to 24 stores, in 2008.{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Andrea|date=February 14, 2008|title=Value City sets closings in Md.|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2008-02-14-0802140192-story.html|access-date=August 30, 2020}} AJWright would be converted to HomeGoods in February 2011, and later that year, Superfresh would close its doors.{{Cite news|last=Walker|first=Andrea|date=February 18, 2011|title=HomeGoods opening in Glen Burnie|work=The Morning Call|url=https://www.mcall.com/bs-mtblog-2011-02-homegoods_opening_in_glen_burn-story.html|access-date=August 30, 2020}}{{Cite news|date=July 3, 2011|title=Selected Locations Only CLOSING WEDNESDAY|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58308907/|access-date=August 30, 2020|url-access=limited}} Regency Furniture would later open in that space.

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