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10 TheTowsonTimes towsontimes.com NEWS Two floors left to lease at Towson City Center Ten down, two to go. essentially the number of floors left to lease at Towson City Center, the landmark 12-story building on York Road near the Towson roundabout that is being revived from its previous life as Investment Building. The leasing firm, Cassidy Turley, said May 2, that only the fifth and sixth floors of the office building redevelopment remained unleased. Each of those two floors has about 12,000 square feet of space, according to company officials. Towson City Center is slated to open in July.

The largest single tenant for the building will be Towson University. The university has leased four floors, totaling nearly 58,000 square feet of space. The radio station, WTMD, will be relocated from campus to the building, and TU is also relocating its research, graduate and some technical space from its central campus to Towson City Center. The owners of City Center, Caves Valley Partners, together with the company, Mile One, will occupy another four floors. A MileOne Service Center will be located nearby on York Road where cars can be serviced.

The company said that other tenants who have signed on include Business Suites, which will lease a floor to provide executive suites for sole proprietorships or small companies in need of business services; and WMS Partners, a multifamily office, investment advisory and financial planning firm. In addition, Cunningham Kitchen, a new restaurant operated by Bagby Restaurant Group, will lease a portion of the lower level and a part of the first floor. The kitchen American restaurant will offer a lunch menu and a more expansive, upscale dinner menu. The building will also include the Wellness Center, which will be operated by Towson University and made available to Towson City Center tenants. interest in the site is strong, due to the highly visible location, efficient floor plate and views and in- building said Doug Brinkley, senior managing director and principal at Cassidy Turley, in a press release about the leasing status.

Jim Joyner Police make plea to find killer of TU student shot in 1996 Baltimore County police are making another plea for help in finding the killer of Joann LeCornu, a 23-year-old Towson University student who was shot in the back near her car in a shopping center on York Road in 1996. Metro Crime Stoppers has upped an reward to more than $30,000 in the 15-year- old case. The student was killed about 3:40 a.m. March 2, 1996 in the back of the Drumcastle Shopping Center, and managed to drive across the street to what was then York Road Plaza, where she died. Detectives have been searching for a white BMW that they said followed the victim into the shopping center, took items from Honda Civic and then drove away.

LeCornu died on her 34th wedding anniversary. Police at the time said they had interviewed people but had no leads. LeCornu had gone to the shopping center after leaving the Mount Washington Tavern in Mount Washington, in North Baltimore. She dropped a friend off in Roland Park, but police could never figure out what brought her to the shopping center, which was near her home. She had grown up in Annapolis, where her parents lived at the time.

LeCornu was a senior at the university studying geriatrics, and had worked as a receptionist at Eastern Savings Bank in Hunt Valley. Anyone with information is asked to call Baltimore County Police at 410-307-2020 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7-LOCKUP (1-866-756-2587). To text a message to Metro Crime Stoppers, send to (274637), then enter the message starting with or email a tip to www.metro- crimestoppers.org. Those contacting Metro Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous. Peter Hermann Police: 23 citations issued during Tigerfest weekend Baltimore County police issued 23 citations related to Towson Tigerfest but made no arrests, police spokeswoman Cathy Batton said Monday.

Batton credited made possible by a university grant to the county police, for keeping the April 27 event under control. were no violent incidents connected to Tigerfest, and we have not received any complaints from the community about behavior that we were not addressing through our saturation Batton said. She added that when the county receives a grant, the goal is to be and in addressing community concerns, and that the low numbers show that those who did celebrate Tigerfest did so in a largely respectful manner. Last year, police said 42 people were charged with civil or criminal offenses during the annual Towson University event. Jon Meoli Marks announces application for grant Councilman David Marks, who represents the 5th District including Towson, announced May 7 that the county Department of Public Works recently requested state funding for a proposed in Towson.

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