Yorkridge Shopping Center in Lutherville-Timonium has two new places to grab dinner. Vito's Pizza has opened its second location inside the center, offering carryout alongside a small sit-down dining area, while Sushi Oishii has debuted its fourth location overall, bringing an all-you-can-eat sushi concept to an upscale dining setting.
The openings were announced by Schwaber Holdings, the Baltimore County commercial real estate investment company that owns the shopping center, according to the Maryland Daily Record. Vito's Pizza serves pizza by the slice, whole pies, sandwiches, subs and dinners with an Italian-inspired menu, while its Yorkridge location is primarily geared toward carryout. Maria Montova of Vito's Pizza said the company is thrilled to expand to a second location in the center, according to a release cited by the outlet, and added that Vito's looks forward to welcoming current and new customers to its local carryout pizza shop.
A Familiar Landlord for Vito's Pizza
Vito's Pizza isn't new to doing business with Schwaber Holdings. The pizzeria's original location sits inside Gittings Marketplace at 6300 York Road in Baltimore City, a 25,000-square-foot retail center that Schwaber also owns and manages, per a brochure from the Segall Group. That property was redeveloped by Schwaber in 2006 on the former site of a drug store, giving the pizza chain and the landlord a working relationship well before the Yorkridge deal came together.
Sushi Oishii, meanwhile, arrives at Yorkridge with a business model built on flat-rate dining. The chain first launched its all-you-can-eat format at its Vienna, Virginia location in May 2024, after starting more than a decade ago as an a la carte dining concept in Rockville, Maryland, according to the Fox Homes Team. The Timonium restaurant marks its fourth location.
A Shopping Center at Full Capacity
Yorkridge Shopping Center is fully occupied, and the two new restaurants join a lineup that already includes THB Bagelry & Deli, honeygrow, Crumbl Cookies, Mezcal Cantina and Starbucks, with Michaels, Kohl's and MOM's Organic Market anchoring the property. Mark Renbaum said Yorkridge gives Baltimore County shoppers and diners more reasons to make it part of their routine, according to a release. MOM's Organic Market opened its 11,000-square-foot store at the center in May 2011 running entirely on wind-generated power, a detail that helped cement the property's eco-friendly identity, per the same account reported at the time by Towson Patch.
The center's full occupancy isn't new. The Segall Group had already brought Yorkridge to 100% lease capacity back in March 2023 after signing deals with Crumbl Cookies, America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Sharkey's Cuts for Kids and My Pet Store and More. The retail hub, which opened in the early 1960s, has kept that momentum going even as it approaches its 60-year mark in the Timonium market.
Dining Growth Along the York and Ridgely Corridor
The Vito's and Sushi Oishii openings fit into a broader pattern of dining expansion at the intersection of York and Ridgely roads. In January 2023, Schwaber Holdings signed 10-year lease agreements with Starbucks and honeygrow to build a new 4,600-square-foot retail structure on a former Shell gas station site bordering Yorkridge, according to the Segall Group. That project replaced a long-vacant gas station that had served as a gateway into the shopping center.
Yorkridge also sits next to a much larger and more contested piece of real estate. A joint venture involving Schwaber Holdings acquired the adjacent 269,000-square-foot Lutherville Station property in December 2020 for $9 million, with plans to redevelop the 12.9-acre site — which borders the MTA Light Rail stop — into a transit-oriented project, according to the Maryland Daily Record. That proposal has faced ongoing community debate over housing density and traffic impacts, as reported by Baltimore Fishbowl.
For now, the fully leased Yorkridge Shopping Center continues to grow as a community shopping and dining destination, even as the future of its larger neighboring parcel remains tied up in local zoning discussions and resident feedback.
