The Guide

Howard County - Growth at a Glance

1. MAPLE LAWN FARM
G&R Maple Lawn Inc., Baltimore. Planned mixed-use community of townhouses, single-family housing, condominiums and commercial space to be built over 10 years. Total housing will consist of 1,116 units with about 1.2 million square feet of commercial space on the north side of Route 216, west of Route 29, south side of Johns Hopkins Road, west of Sanner Road, Fulton.

2. COURTYARDS AT WAVERLY WOODS EAST
Waverly Woods Development LLC, Ellicott City. Planned senior community of 321 units with 305 units in process on 53.9 acres. This subdivision is part of the Waverly Woods planned residential community, northwest quadrant of Waverly Road, south of Old Frederick Road, east of Marriottsville Road, Ellicott City.

3. VILLAGE CREST
Land Design and Development, Ellicott City. Planned senior community of 91 single-family units on 16.5 acres, southwest side of College Avenue, southeast of New Cut Road, Ellicott City.

4. TURF VALLEY
Mangione Family Enterprises, Baltimore. Planned golf course community, with 156 units being built out of 1,379 approved for the subdivision on 689 acres, east of Marriottsville Road between Routes 40 and 70, Ellicott City.

5. SCOTS GLEN NORTH AND SOUTH, aka CEDAR VILLAS
Harmel PSC LLC, Columbia. Planned senior housing with 55 units and a community center on 6.8 acres, northwest side of Cedar Lane, south of Freetown Road, Columbia. Planned senior community of 67 townhouses and six single-family units on 9.9 acres, southwest corner of Hormel Drive and Cedar Lane, Columbia.

6. RIVERDALE
Dale Thompson Builders, Columbia. Planned mixed-use community of 154 townhouse and apartment units, senior housing, office space and a bank on 29.3 acres, northeast quadrant of Cedar Lane and Route 32, Columbia.

7. PATRIOT HOMES
Columbia. Residential age-restricted community of 76 housing units on 10.2 acres, near Snowden River Business Park, end of Dried Earth Boulevard, off Snowden River Parkway, Columbia.

8. SHIPLEY'S GRANT
Bozzuto Homes Inc., Greenbelt. A planned residential community with 396 single-family units on 58.6 acres, west of Snowden River Parkway on Route 108, Elkridge.

9. ELKRIDGE CROSSING
Brantly Development, Columbia. A planned mixed-use residential subdivision with 359 condominiums and townhouse units on 26.4 acres, Route 1, north of Montgomery Road, south of Bonnie View Lane, Elkridge.

SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES

10. MARRIOTTS RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Howard County public school system. Construction of a high school planned for opening in the fall of 2005 for ninth- and 10th-grade students, 12100 Woodford Dr., Marriottsville.

11. WESTERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Howard County public school system. Construction of a school on 22.7 acres, east side of Ten Oaks Road, south of Rutherford Way, Dayton.

12. ST. LOUIS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
A new church to be built on 28,448 square feet, west side of Clarksville Road, opposite Guilford Road, Clarksville.

13. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF GUILFORD
A 26,830-square-foot expansion to existing church on 8.5 acres, northwest corner of Guilford and Oakland Mills roads, Columbia.

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL

14. BENSON EAST
Planned commercial development of 400,000 square feet of office and retail space and 66 single-family units on 122 acres, southeast quadrant of Waterloo and Lark Brown roads, Columbia.

15. VIP INN
DD&B Construction, Gaithersburg Construction of a new $1.5 million motel at 8145 Route 1, Jessup.

16. WILHELM BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
Annapolis Junction. Construction of a 109,138-square-foot office/warehouse building, north side of Guilford Road, 300 feet east of Pump House Road, Jessup.

17. COLUMBIA GATEWAY
Life Time Fitness center, Eden Prairie, Minn. A new 108,890-square-foot health club on 10.5 acres, end of Lee DeForest Drive, off Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia.

18. DORSEY RUN INDUSTRIAL CENTER
Montevideo South Business Trust, Bethesda. Construction of a 612,000-square-foot warehouse on 37.4 acres, south side of Montevideo Road, along Dorsey Run Road, Elkridge.

19. DREYER'S GRAND ICE CREAM
Major expansion of approximately 600,000 square feet of an existing ice cream plant on 48 acres, east side of Route 1, north of Whiskey Bottom Road, Laurel.

20. CARMAX
Construction of a 42,385-square-foot vehicle reconditioning facility, 8700 Freestate Dr., Laurel.

Compiled by LINDA JAMES
The map was compiled using data provided by the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning at its Web site, at www.co.ho.md.us/DPZ/DPZDocs/DMS2004Final.pdf. Howard Extra also provides a monthly update on planned subdivisions, office buildings, shopping centers and other development. This map includes existing and planned subdivisions either in the process of being built or for which preliminary sketches have been approved.

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