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								| The Avenue at White Marsh 
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			| The Avenue at White Marsh is a 300,000 square foot open air mall located in White Marsh, Maryland south of White Marsh Mall. 
 History
 
 The Avenue was developed as a town-center in a suburb without a center. Its design is drastically different from previous suburban malls and part of a wave of similar destination retail sites across the country. Construction on the Avenue started in 1996 and was completed in 1998 with stores opening to the public as they were ready. Federal Realty Investment Trust purchased The Avenue in early 2007.
 
 Design
 The concept for the Avenue at White Marsh was modeled in part after the Reston Town Center, which also blends office, residential, entertainment and retail components. The Avenue stores are situated on both sides, at the beginning, and at the end of a quarter-mile main street. The layout was planned to feel old-fashioned from the stone plaza to the architecture.  The Avenue was criticized early on as a "street without a town."
 
 Entertainment
 A plaza is located at the center of the main street where regular entertainment can take place. Each year in November the Avenue at White Marsh along with White Marsh Mall sponsors a holiday parade that goes through the main street then over to the mall.
 
 List of stores
 
 The Avenue supplements White Marsh Mall with retail, food, and service options.
 
 Retail
 A.C. Moore
 Barbeques Galore
 Barnes & Noble
 Bath & Body Works
 Games Workshop
 Hallmark Cards
 Irish & Celtic Treasures
 Jennifer Convertibles
 Pier 1 Imports
 Spoiled Rotten K-9
 Staples Inc.
 Yankee Candle Company
 Clothing
 AnnTaylor Loft
 Chico's
 Famous Footwear
 Just Birkenstock
 New Balance
 Old Navy
 
 Food and restaurants
 Bayou Blues Cafe
 Bruschetta Wine Bar & Deli
 Chili's Grill & Bar
 Della Rose's Avenue Tavern
 Don Pablo's Mexican Kitchen
 Kobe Japanese Steak House
 Lee's Ice Cream
 Omaha Steaks
 Red Brick Station
 Starbucks
 Strapazza
 Zack's Hot Dogs
 
 Service
 AMC Theatres
 Bubbles Salon
 Carrollton Bank
 Doctor's VisionWorks
 Raimondi's Florist
 Spa on The Avenue, a Salon by Debbie
 Verizon Wireless
 
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