After nine months of construction and renovation, Harford Mall?s new “lifestyle center” will welcome its first businesses and customers in August, a mall spokeswoman said.

The expansion will replace the food court and expand the 35-year-old, 490,000-square-foot mall by 18,000 feet. The first store to open there will be a Bonefish Grill, but Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries, Maggie Moos Ice Cream Treatery and Qdoba Mexican Grill are expected in September, said General Manager Lauri Altman. More tenants are expected but haven?t signed leases yet.

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