A new era for Baltimore’s Harborplace shopping complex will begin from the ground up, the project developer said Sunday.
A spokeswoman for MCB Real Estate, Harborplace’s newly appointed manager, said the Inner Harbor’s two “pavilions” would be demolished to make way for the waterfront’s next chapter.
MCB Real Estate managing partner P. David Bramble did not comment on when the demolition might occur, but spokeswoman Alexandra Hughes said in an email to The Baltimore Banner that the developer is doing so as part of its 12-month “design phase “I will continue to work with community members.” This includes public forums, neighborhood canvassing events and small focus group-style meetings with community organizations and neighborhood groups.
The update was first reported by the Baltimore Business Journal.
The two two-story pavilions, constructed by The Rouse Co. as part of an effort at the time to revitalize downtown Baltimore, opened in 1980. In 2012 it was sold to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. sold, which then defaulted on a loan Allowing the pavilions to deteriorate over a period of almost a decade.
Bramble, who officially acquired the rights to Harborplace in April after a bankruptcy dispute, is a Baltimore native with other high-profile city projects including Yard 56 in Canton near Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, The Rotunda in Hampden and Arundel Plaza in Glen Burnie . He said it will take years for the company to fully renovate the complex.
“I think that obviously everyone knows that it’s going to take a while to plan this project, to gather the necessary community engagement and develop resiliency strategies, and all the other things that go into the overall redevelopment of the project “Time,” Bramble told the audience at the State of Downtown Baltimore Breakfast in March.
He continued: “However, we cannot simply leave our crown jewel lying around and languishing while we work on it over the next few years.” [the planning department] and with the mayor’s office and with the community.”
Meanwhile, MCB Real Estate has signed temporary leases with some tenants, including Baltimore-based Crust by Mack and Matriarch Coffee, and hosted events to attract community members back to the location. Bramble said his vision for a renovated Harborplace would include local and national retail tenants as well as residential, office, dining, dining and entertainment space.
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