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11/12/2025
The Maryland Department of Transportation has selected a joint venture between Homes for America and Questar Properties to advance a transit-oriented development (TOD) at the Odenton Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) station.
The joint venture will collaborate with MDOT, the Maryland Transit Administration and Anne Arundel County to transform a 10-acre parking lot west of the Odenton MARC station into more than 500 housing units, retail space and a parking garage, MDOT officials said in a press release. The early cost estimate for the project is $200 million, according to a report from the Odenton-Severn Patch.
The Odenton station TOD project is part of MDOT's 2024 MARC Penn Line Strategy, an effort to promote mixed-use, transit-centered communities along one of the busiest commuter-rail corridors connecting Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
MDOT anticipates the Odenton station project will generate $270 million in tax revenue for the state and Anne Arundel County over 30 years, said MDOT officials. At full buildout, the development will add up to 117,000 annual MARC trips.
The joint venture is proposing building 585 multifamily housing units, more than 30,000 square feet of retail space, over 180,000 square feet of public amenity space, and integrated pedestrian and bicycle paths to improve access to the Odenton MARC station and surrounding community.
Anne Arundel County and the Maryland Economic Development Corp. also are funding the construction of a new, $56 million 1,100-space commuter parking garage next to the TOD site. Groundbreaking on the parking garage is anticipated in 2026, MDOT officials said.