 Harford Mall in 2009 | |
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| Location | Bel Air, Maryland, United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°31′33″N76°21′29″W / 39.525859°N 76.358017°W /39.525859; -76.358017 |
| Address | 696 Bel Air Rd |
| Opening date | 1973[1] |
| Developer | Mid Atlantic Realty Trust |
| Owner | CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. |
| No. of stores and services | 41[2] |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | 505,372 sq ft (46,950.6 m2)[3] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 2,542 (including Annex)[3] |
| Public transit access |  Harford Transit bus: 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 3 |
| Website | www |
TheHarford Mall is ashopping mall owned byCBL & Associates Properties that is located near the junction ofMaryland Route 24 andU.S. Route 1, about 32 miles (51 km) north ofBaltimore, inBel Air, Maryland, United States. Its anchor isMacy's.[3] It is the only shopping mall inHarford County, Maryland. The mall was built on the previous site of theBel Air Racetrack.
Originally opened in 1973 by Mid Atlantic Realty Trust, it featured anE.J. Korvette andMontgomery Ward as its anchor stores.[4] Among the other original tenants wereWalden Books,Friendly Ice Cream,Horn and Horn, and a multi-screen cinema. Korvette becameHutzler's thenHecht's, and finallyMacy's. Another early tenant was anF.W. Woolworth Company store in center court.Sears replaced Montgomery Ward. The Harford Mall was purchased byCBL & Associates Property, Inc. in 2003 for $71 million.Hochschild Kohn was opened during the first expansion of the mall. The store opened in October 1977.[5] This later became the original food court.
During the period of 2006 and 2007, the mall underwent an extensive renovation. The center court and the interior of the mall were remodeled, and the exterior was also given a facelift. The original indoor food court was entirely removed in favor of additional retail space. A new "food court" was constructed outside the mall, at which time new restaurants such asQdoba,Bonefish Grill,Five Guys, Vaccaros Italian Pastries, andRed Robin moved into the outdoor spaces. In addition, more upscale retailers, such asHollister (which replaced the formerKB Toys and later closed) andAmerican Eagle were also added.[6] In 2013, the mall lost longtime tenantOld Navy, which moved to the new Boulevard at Box Hill shopping center inAbingdon, Maryland and was then replaced byThe Shoe Department Encore,[7] andPayless Shoe Source announced plans to close its Harford Mall location in February 2019 as part of the chain's bankruptcy.[8] In the same month,Charlotte Russe also announced plans to close its Harford Mall location along with many other stores across the country.[9] Other eateries located inside the mall include The Greene Turtle,Friendly's, and Pretzel Twister. In early February 2020,Sears, one of Harford Mall's twoanchor stores, closed its location at the mall, as a result of itsbankruptcy filing.[10]
The mall is located across from what is known as the Harford Mall Annex, which is a section of retail stores located directly across the street from the mall on Boulton Street, facing one of the entrances toMacy's. Stores located in the Annex includeOffice Depot,Dollar Tree,PetSmart andBanfield Pet Hospital, andBest Buy. These are listed in the directory on Harford Mall's website, although they are not physically located inside the mall.[11]
On January 9, 2025, it was announced that Macy's store would be closing as part of a plan to close 66 stores nationwide. The store will close in March 2025, which will leave the mall with no anchors left, cementing its status as adead mall.[12]
In November 2021, it was announced that theSears store, which closed in early 2020, would bedemolished in order to build a 59,600 square foot outdoor shopping complex outside of the mall. Demolition of the oldSears store began in early 2022, with demolition completed in March 2022. The new complex, while adjacent to the mall, will not be physically connected to the mall. One of the primary tenants is expected to be an Amazon Freshgrocery store; a Mediterranean Grill has been confirmed as an eatery. TheSears store, which opened in 2001, replaced aMontgomery Warddepartment store that opened with the mall in 1973.[13] There are no longer plans for an "Amazon Fresh" grocery store and the current space is vacant and a grand leasing opportunity.