Owings Mills is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.
[3] It is also home to the Baltimore Ravens' headquarters facility, and the studios for Maryland Public Television.
[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.6 square miles (25 km2), all land.
It is a serpentinite barren fostering a unique ecosystem as a result of the dissolution of the rock into an easily eroded thin soil.
This site and the Bare Hills District have historically been sources of chromium ore, and during the 19th century they were the largest producers of chrome in the world.
Owings Mills is home to approximately a dozen major shopping centers and numerous office buildings.
The first retailer to open its doors in the new Mill Station was Costco, who hosted their ribbon cutting ceremony in October 2018.
[13] Many nationally known organizations and businesses call Owings Mills home, including CareFirst, T. Rowe Price, Lion Brothers, The Baltimore Life Companies, Talbot Settlement & Escrow, Black & Decker, the Baltimore Ravens headquarters facility, and Maryland Public Television studios (formerly the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting).
[citation needed] The abandoned Rosewood Center, a former asylum for people with mental disabilities, is in Owings Mills.
It was shut down in 2010 due to numerous issues, including lead and asbestos contamination, and lack of equipment inventory.
[18] Stevenson University acquired Rosewood in 2017[19] and finalized an agreement with the State of Maryland in September 2020 for the redevelopment of the site for their addition to the campus, to be known as Owings Mills East.