Beaufont has new owner
By Greg Pearson STAFF WRITER

With the Cloverleaf Mall rezoning expected to be approved next month, its neighbor across the street is joining the redevelopment bandwagon.

Late last month, the Bond Companies purchased the 41-acre Beaufont Center site, which includes about six undeveloped acres backing up to the Boulders Office Park. The Beaufont Center is zoned C-3 for commercial and office development. The company is a full-service real estate and development company that began in 1987 and now has offices in Los Angeles and Chicago.

According to Senior Vice President Chris Pine with Bond Companies' local office, Beaufont's location with more than 100,000 vehicles passing by daily was the major selling point. The company plans to cut a road through the center and connect with the Boulders in the hopes of attracting tenants like a grocery store, drug store, bank, Starbucks and medical services.

Today, the 315,000-square-foot center includes Dollar Tree, Sportszone, Rainbow Apparel, Alexander's Antiques, Foremost Sales, BK Music, Wachovia Bank, Ashley Stewart, Creana's Jamaican Grill and Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits. Behind the retail stores is an office and service area, which includes a Martin Agency Call Center, a Wawa Training Center and Elkridge Gathering Center, an adult care center.