Eastpoint Mall

Eastpoint Mall, in southeast Baltimore County, is being sold at auction on May 29, the auctioneer announced. Tidewater Auctions LLC will conduct the foreclosure sale at 11 a.m. in front of the Bosley Avenue entrance of the Baltimore County Circuit Court in Towson. The auction is the result of a lender's lawsuit against Thor Equities LLC, the New York-based investment firm that bought the mall in 2006. There is 850,000 square feet of leasable space in the shopping center, situated on a 67-acre parcel between Eastern Avenue and North Point Boulevard.

Eastpoint Mall, in southeast Baltimore County, is being sold at auction on May 29, the auctioneer announced. Tidewater Auctions LLC will conduct the foreclosure sale at 11 a.m. in front of the Bosley Avenue entrance of the Baltimore County Circuit Court in Towson. The auction is the result of a lender's lawsuit against Thor Equities LLC, the New York-based investment firm that bought the mall in 2006. There is 850,000 square feet of leasable space in the shopping center, situated on a 67-acre parcel between Eastern Avenue and North Point Boulevard.

A woman was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle while crossing a Baltimore County street Friday night, police said. Dundalk resident Susan Davis, 45, was walking across North Point Boulevard at about 8 p.m. when an SUV heading south struck her, said a dispatcher for Baltimore County police. The incident took place near Eastpoint Mall. Davis was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. A crash team is investigating the accident. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

A pedestrian died after being hit by a motorcycle in Dundalk Friday evening, police said. The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. near the intersection of 54th Street and Eastern Boulevard, near Eastpoint Mall, according to Baltimore County police. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, police said. No other information about the incident was available by 10:30 p.m. Friday. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

Stephon Marbury calls the tour that comes to Eastpoint Mall this afternoon the Starbury Movement Tour, because he wants the basketball shoes and clothing he is promoting to clear a path to a new way of marketing and selling such popular gear to lower-income buyers. "To really be honest, this is a people story more than a basketball story," Marbury, the New York Knicks guard, said by phone yesterday. "For us, we don't see it in that [basketball] sense; we see it as being a movement for the people ... a movement for the people who want to have shoes and gear they can afford.

Eastpoint Mall in eastern Baltimore County will likely get an overhaul and some new retailers under a new owner, a New York-based private equity fund that announced the acquisition yesterday. The Thor Urban Property Fund, a unit of Thor Equities LLC, said it acquired the 844,463- square-foot regional mall anchored by Sears, Value City, J.C. Penney and Steve & Barry's University Sports- wear. Officials of Thor, who were not available yesterday, did not release the purchase price. But the mall, which had been owned by a partnership of Lehman Brothers and mall operator Shopco Advisory Corp.

Bloomingdale's? Macy's? Saks Fifth Avenue? Such glitzy, pricey stores are not what Eastpoint Mall has in mind for its nearly completed $30 million renovation."

A pedestrian died after being hit by a motorcycle in Dundalk Friday evening, police said. The crash occurred shortly after 7 p.m. near the intersection of 54th Street and Eastern Boulevard, near Eastpoint Mall, according to Baltimore County police. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, police said. No other information about the incident was available by 10:30 p.m. Friday. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. is set to visit the exhibition of local black history expert Louis Diggs on Saturday at Eastpoint Mall in eastern Baltimore County, Smith's office announced today. Smith will visit Diggs' photographic display at 11 a.m. near the entrance to Value City at Eastpoint Mall. The exhibit, showing on Saturday and Sunday, highlights the histories of the eastern Baltimore County communities of Turners Station and Edgemere. Diggs, considered the first historian to research and document Baltimore County's African-American heritage, has penned seven books that detail the histories of African-American enclaves around the county.

After several complaints from local businesses and consumer advocates, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. is proposing to keep its downtown bill payment center open for another year to give its customers time to adjust to the center's eventual closing. In a letter filed with the Maryland Public Service Commission late Wednesday, BGE said the payment center at its West Lexington Street headquarters will remain in operation until July 1 next year but that an Eastpoint Mall payment site will close at the end of the month as scheduled.

A woman was struck and killed by a sport utility vehicle while crossing a Baltimore County street Friday night, police said. Dundalk resident Susan Davis, 45, was walking across North Point Boulevard at about 8 p.m. when an SUV heading south struck her, said a dispatcher for Baltimore County police. The incident took place near Eastpoint Mall. Davis was pronounced dead at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. A crash team is investigating the accident. steve.kilar@baltsun.com twitter.com/stevekilar

Police in Baltimore County are investigating a quadruple stabbing overnight that officers believe may have involved road rage. Cpl. John Wachter, a spokesman for the county police department, said four people were injured at about 2 a.m. in a stabbing incident near the Eastpoint Mall that may have been sparked by a confrontation in traffic. One person was taken to Franklin Square Hospital Center for treatment and another to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Wachter said, but he could provide no details on the status of the other two people.

Eastpoint Mall in Baltimore said Tuesday it has signed leases with DSW Shoe Warehouse and Burlington Coat Factory. The mall, which is owned by Thor Equities, said it also signed a 15-year lease extension with Value City Furniture. DSW, which is scheduled to open in April, signed a 10-year lease for 18,000 square feet of space formerly occupied in part by Steve & Barry, a clothing store. Burlington Coat Factory signed a 10-year lease to open a 70,000-square-foot store in March. The mall serves about 6 million shoppers a year, according to Thor Equities.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore and Baltimore County. Baltimore Southeastern Armed robbery -- A man, 26, was walking in the 1300 block of E. Lombard St. about 2:30 a.m. Thursday when he observed two men following him. Moments later, one of the men yelled out to the victim, "OK, that's enough." When the victim stopped, one of the men displayed a handgun and both assailants forced him into a nearby parking lot. There, the gunman threatened to shoot the victim while robbing the man of his cell phone and a wallet containing $70, credit cards and other papers.

Stephon Marbury calls the tour that comes to Eastpoint Mall this afternoon the Starbury Movement Tour, because he wants the basketball shoes and clothing he is promoting to clear a path to a new way of marketing and selling such popular gear to lower-income buyers. "To really be honest, this is a people story more than a basketball story," Marbury, the New York Knicks guard, said by phone yesterday. "For us, we don't see it in that [basketball] sense; we see it as being a movement for the people ... a movement for the people who want to have shoes and gear they can afford.

Eastpoint Mall in eastern Baltimore County will likely get an overhaul and some new retailers under a new owner, a New York-based private equity fund that announced the acquisition yesterday. The Thor Urban Property Fund, a unit of Thor Equities LLC, said it acquired the 844,463- square-foot regional mall anchored by Sears, Value City, J.C. Penney and Steve & Barry's University Sports- wear. Officials of Thor, who were not available yesterday, did not release the purchase price. But the mall, which had been owned by a partnership of Lehman Brothers and mall operator Shopco Advisory Corp.

Sagging profits and massive layoffs at Chicago-based Sears, Roebuck and Co. have not changed the plans of the country's largest retailer to open a new store in Eastpoint Mall and relocate and expand one in Salisbury, company spokesman Gordon Jones said yesterday.The store in the Eastpoint Mall near Essex, which is scheduled to open in the fall in the old Hutzler's building there, will feature home appliances, electronics, floor coverings, bedding, home improvement products and services, sporting goods and an automotive center.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes from police reports in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Baltimore City Southwestern District Homicide: An unidentified man died last night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center after being shot in the head and chest about 6 p.m. in the 3100 block of Normount Ave. by an occupant of a passing vehicle. At least two men were arrested a short time later and were being questioned by police. Southern District Arrest: Robert Ballesteris, 29, of the 100 block of Hollywood Drive in Glen Burnie was arrested yesterday in the 1700 block of Hollins St. by members of the Warrant Apprehension Task Force on warrants charging him with the armed robberies of two Yellow Cab drivers in the 1900 block of Frederick Ave. on Dec. 15 and Thursday.

Two slices of Home A little slice of the 2005 Warped Tour, in the form of five-member Between Home and Serenity, will perform at Sonar at 8 p.m. Saturday. The band has also scheduled an in-store appearance that afternoon at the FYE at Eastpoint Mall. The appearance and performance follow last week's release of the band's second CD, Power Weapons in the Complex, which Ian Ver, Anthony Dargaj, Adam Kraft, Mike Mealey and Brian Weir classify under the "rock-screamo" genre. Between Home and Serenity will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Sonar, 407 E. Saratoga St., after appearing at FYE at 2 that afternoon at 7839 Eastpoint Mall, No. 10. Sonar tickets are $10, and the mall appearance is free.

Baltimore County Executive James T. Smith Jr. is set to visit the exhibition of local black history expert Louis Diggs on Saturday at Eastpoint Mall in eastern Baltimore County, Smith's office announced today. Smith will visit Diggs' photographic display at 11 a.m. near the entrance to Value City at Eastpoint Mall. The exhibit, showing on Saturday and Sunday, highlights the histories of the eastern Baltimore County communities of Turners Station and Edgemere. Diggs, considered the first historian to research and document Baltimore County's African-American heritage, has penned seven books that detail the histories of African-American enclaves around the county.