Baltimore City




Chesapeake Commerce Center
Development:  184-acre redevelopment of former GM site
Build-out:  2.8 million SF warehouse/distribution and office space
Economic Impact:  $140 million investment
Key Attributes:  One of the largest industrial developments in the Mid-Atlantic region; adjacent to I-95, I-895 and the Port of Baltimore; served by CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads; Enterprise Zone
Status:  First two buildings under construction (342,500 SF distribution and 117,600 SF office/warehouse); ten-year project.


 

City Center
Development:  A wide variety of projects in the Central Business District
Build-out:  2.7 million SF of office renovations, retail, and institutional development; 600,000 SF new office; 1,470 new hotel rooms; 2,200 new residential units; 5,700 new off-street parking spaces
Economic Impact:  $1.9 billion direct investment
Key Attributes:  Mercy Medical Center Expansion (850,000 SF, $ 400 m); 500 & 750 E. Pratt office ($160 m); 414 Water Street Condos (312 units, $ 65 m); Charles Center Plazas renovations (5 acres of open space, $ 20 m);  Class B office conversion to residential or hotels (13 buildings converted to 716 residential units and 841 hotel rooms)
Status:  Mercy Expansion (35%); Class B conversions (50%); new residential construction (50%); commercial (80%); parking (50%); open space (90%)



 

East Side/Science & Technology Park at JHU
Development:  80 acre mixed-use research park; 10-Year University Master Plan at Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
Build-out:  Park:  2 million SF research space; 1,200 units mixed-income housing. JHU highlights: 1.5 million SF new medical building; 267,000 SF cancer research building
Economic Impact:  $800 million at Park; $1.2 billion at medical campus
Key Attributes:  Park:  Life sciences and technology buildings; new and renovated housing units; retail.  JHU:  The new medical building complex is one of the largest single health care projects ever constructed in the U.S.
Status:  Park:  Phase I – 30 acres; Building 1 under construction; residential under construction; 8 to 10 year implementation schedule.  JHU:  ground breaking June 2006, scheduled completion by 2009.


 

Harbor East
Development:  65 acre, mixed-use, urban waterfront redevelopment
Build-out:  10 million SF; 11 city blocks; 7 Hotels with 2,100 rooms; 1 million SF Retail; 2,500 residential units; 3 million SF Class A office space
Economic Impact:  $1.3 billion investment; 5,000 permanent jobs
Key Attributes:  Legg Mason HQ  and Four Seasons Hotel ($550 m); Marriott Waterfront Hotel ($140 m); Spinnaker Bay ($90 m); 800 Aliceanna ($220 m); The Vue ($500 m);  
Status:  Most attributes listed above complete or nearly complete; ground broken for Legg Mason/Four Seasons in Spring 2007.



 

West Side/UMB BioPark
Development:  Mixed-use urban redevelopment; Bio park; university expansion; convention hotel
Build-out:  2.5 million SF of office, hotel, retail and university space
Economic Impact:  $3 billion direct investment
Key Attributes:  UM ($500 m); BioPark ($225 m); Convention Center Hotel ($237 m; 757 rooms); Hippodrome Theatre ($60 m); The Zenith  ($47.5); The Stewart’s Building ($24 m); The Atrium ($20 m); Centerpoint ($79 m);
Status:  West Side (50%); BioPark (25%); Hotel (50%); UM (90%)