Westview Mall
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{{infobox shopping mall
| name = Westview Shopping Center
| image =
| caption =
| location = Catonsville, Maryland, U.S.
| opening_date = {{start date|1958}}
| developer = Joseph Meyerhoff{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/370330594/ |title=Governor McKeldin to open Westview Monday |work=The Evening Sun |date=September 26, 1958 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |page=23 |via=Newspapers.com}}
| manager =
| owner = CB Richard Ellis
| number_of_stores = 80
| number_of_anchors = 2
| floor_area = {{convert|595243|sqft|m2}} (original mall){{cite book |title=Directory of major malls |year=1990 |publisher=MJJTM Publications Corp. |page=286 |asin=B008SEA3ZW |editor-first=Tama J. |editor-last=Shor}}
{{Convert|610103|sqft|m2}} (after 2003)
| floors = 1
| website =
| parking =
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Westview Mall is a shopping mall located in Catonsville, Maryland, United States. The mall originally opened in 1958 as an outdoor strip mall, but was later converted into an indoor shopping center.{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2002/04/01/story3.html|title=Westview to become strip center|work=Baltimore Business Journal|date=April 1, 2002|first=Keith T.|last=Reed}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Times|date=March 31, 1965|title=Westy the Westview Wabbit Giving Easter Gifts To All the Boys and Girls}} The original anchors were Hutzler's and Stewart's. Other tenants included Food Fair and G. C. Murphy.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/375124306/ |title=Store promotions spark Westview opening |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=September 28, 1958 |access-date=November 17, 2022 |page=14F |via=Newspapers.com}}
Stewart's became Caldor in 1983 and Hutzler's was sold to Hochschild-Kohn. By 1990, the mall had 80 stores.
In 2002, the mall returned to its original outdoor status, when the indoor section, which had largely failed, was converted into big box stores such as Sam's Club and Marshalls, while Lowe's occupies the space where Stewart's had been. As of 2022, the mall is owned by CB Richard Ellis.{{cite web |url=https://retailproperties.cbre.us/property/output/document/view/id:87283 |title=Westview Shopping Center |publisher=CB Richard Ellis |access-date=November 17, 2022}}
Murder case
{{main|Wesley Baker}}
Westview Mall came into the news in 1991, when a well publicized murder took place in the parking lot. On June 6 of that year, 49-year-old Jane Tyson was murdered in the presence of her grandchildren, ages 6 and 4. Wesley Baker was convicted of the crime, and was executed on December 5, 2005, after more than 13 years on Maryland's death row.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-12-06-0512060136-story.html |title=Baker executed for 1991 killing |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=December 6, 2005 |first1=Jennifer |last1=McMenamin |first2=Arthur |last2=Hirsch |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421214512/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2005-12-06-0512060136-story.html |archive-date=April 21, 2021}} Baker was the last person to be executed by Maryland before the state abolished capital punishment.{{Cite news |last=Maldonado |first=Julia |agency=Capital News Service |title=Maryland repeals death penalty |url=https://www.newarkpostonline.com/regional/maryland-repeals-death-penalty/article_e27c76b2-8f95-11e2-a2fc-0019bb2963f4.html |access-date=February 17, 2023 |date=March 23, 2018 |newspaper=Newark Post |language=en}}
References
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{{Shopping malls in Maryland}}
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Category:1958 establishments in Maryland
Category:Buildings and structures in Baltimore County, Maryland
Category:Catonsville, Maryland