Panera Bread opening on W. Baltimore St.

Posted: 2:49 pm Tue, February 21, 2012
By Daily Record Staff

Panera Bread, a national chain of fast-casual restaurants, plans to open its third location in Baltimore City Wednesday at 400 W. Baltimore St., a retail redevelopment project across from the Hippodrome Theatre.

More than 50 full-time and part-time employees are expected to work in the 4,671- square-foot restaurant.

Balti West LLC is the developer of 400 W. Baltimore St.

The project features 17,000 square feet of street level retail space near Eutaw and Paca Streets.

Ken Bernstein of David S. Brown Enterprises LTD and Geoffrey Mackler of H&R Retail represented the landlord and Roger Carlson of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease transaction.