Lutherville Station, a now-abandoned shopping center in Baltimore County, has become ground zero for a prickly debate about who gets to say what kind of development happens in a community.
Adjacent to a light rail stop, and formerly the home of a Caldor’s, a Borders, a warehouse store for Best Buy, and other now-defunct establishments, Lutherville Station sits mostly vacant. But a developer wants to change that.
Mark Renbaum, principal of MLR Partners, has proposed converting the site into a mixed-use development, with new retail, office space, and, most controversially, up to 450 rental apartments. But signs have cropped up in the neighborhood saying “NO APARTMENTS NO COMPROMISE,” reflecting how the housing has attracted most of the community’s opposition. Attempts to reach Renbaum have been unsuccessful.
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