Baltimore
Baltimore’s 1901 South Charles Wins USGBC Wintergreen Award
Owings Mills-based Chesapeake Realty Partners has seen its efforts to create an environmentally friendly building recognized. The 1901 South Charles apartments, one of Chesapeake’s newest apartment communities, has been awarded the United States Green Building Council Maryland 2013 Wintergreen Award for Excellence in Green Building.
Woody Harrelson Buys Baltimore’s Inn at the Black Olive
Woody Harrelson – Emmy Award winner and Oscar nominee. You may know him for his work in ”Cheers”, ”White Men Can’t Jump”, ”Natural Born Killers”, ”The People vs. Larry Flynt”, ”No Country for Old Men”, ”Now You See Me” or ”The Hunger Games”. You may also know him as an environmental and anti-war activist, as PETA’s Sexiest Vegetarian in 2012, or as a supporter concerning the legalization of marijuana in the United States. What you may not know about this famous Hollywood actor is that he is now the owner of a Baltimore hotel.
Office Tower In Baltimore’s CBD Is Now For Sale
A Baltimore skyscraper located right in the heart of the city’s Central Business District is looking for new owners. The 22-story building at 2 Hopkins Plaza is up for sale. Transwestern is marketing the Class B office tower together with the 3-story pavilion building at 10 Hopkins Plaza.
Greenberg Gibbons and Vanguard to Finally Break Ground This Year on $140M Foundry Row Project in Owings Mills
In 2012, Greenberg Gibbons and Vanguard Commercial Property Development announced their plans to start work on the $140 million Foundry Row development in Owings Mills. They immediately encountered opposition from neighboring developers, also working on important projects in the area. And, after years of fighting, they finally won.
Modus Hotels Relaunches Brookshire Suites in Baltimore
At the end of 2012, Modus Hotels announced the purchase of the Brookshire Suites in Baltimore’s famous Inner Harbor. The Washington, D.C.-based full service hotel development and management company paid $7.85 million for the property, according to PropertyShark. In the weeks that followed the announcement, it started work on a multi-million dollar renovation project, to breathe new life into the old building, originally constructed in 1958.
Arundel Village Plaza Shopping Center Sold for $6.5M
An Anne Arundel county shopping center changed hands last week. BTR Capital Group sold the Arundel Village Plaza Shopping Center to Oak Tree Management for $6.5 million. The Greysteel Company, a real estate investment services firm based in Washington D.C., served as exclusive advisor and agent.
Resmark and Timberlake Homes Constructing Creekstone Village Townhome Community in Anne Arundel County
A new, single-family townhome community is coming to Anne Arundel County. Resmark Land and Housing, a division of The Los Angeles-based Resmark Companies, and Timberlake Homes announced at the end of January that construction is underway on Creekstone Village in Pasadena. The project is expected to be completed in 36 months.
Blue Ocean Realty Buys 720-Unit Millbrook Park Apartments in Pikesville
720 apartments. 73 buildings. 40 acres of land. Put them all together and you get the Millbrook Park Apartments in Pikesville. Blue Ocean Realty, one of the largest owner-managed investment companies in the Baltimore metropolitan area, recently purchased this massive complex.
Joint Venture to Convert Vacant Baltimore Warehouse into Luxury Historic Lofts
The Raffel Building, a historic building currently sitting vacant in one of Baltimore’s most desirable neighborhoods, is on its way to becoming upscale apartments. Two local companies, Poverni Ventures LLC and Management Restoration Services LLC , have formed a joint venture to redevelop the abandoned warehouse at 111 W. Heath Street and turn it into the Heath Street Lofts.
JBG, Klein Enterprises Unveil State-of-the-Art Social Security Administration Complex at 6100 Wabash Avenue
The JBG Companies and Klein Enterprises have unveiled last week 6100 Wabash Avenue, a state-of-the-art, twin-building facility for the Social Security Administration. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Congressman Elijah Cummings were among the officials and community leaders present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.