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How to revive Harborplace? Here are 9 views
Here's what nine local leaders, experts and other stakeholders say they would most like to see included in a new-and-improved Harborplace.
Baltimore’s Harborplace to be sold to local development firm
A Baltimore-based development firm has signed an agreement to acquire Harborplace in the Inner Harbor.
Appeals court reverses $1M judgment against former Harborplace owner
An appellate panel reversed a $1 million judgment awarded to Harborplace tenant Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., which had sued over sub-par conditions at the downtown retail pavilions. The Court of Special Appeals reversed the award in a reported opinion Thursday, finding the trial judge improperly applied an unjust enrichment theory after finding Bubba Gump had failed to […]
Baltimore’s Harborplace renovation expected to finish this spring
The renovation of a Baltimore shopping center is finishing up three years after the overhaul was expected to end.
Harborplace sold to New York-based real estate firm
Harborplace, the city’s signature 32-year-old tourism hub, is being sold to New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. for an undisclosed price. General Growth Properties, which acquired Harborplace as part of its November 2004 purchase of The Rouse Co., will close the deal next month, according to a memo sent to city officials by Christopher Schardt, senior […]
Week in review: 9/21/12
Harborplace retailers changing? An affiliate of General Growth Properties Inc. may operate Harborplace for another 75 years, but that hardly guarantees that the retailers there will enjoy the same longevity. The proposed deal between Harbor Place Associates Limited Partnership and the Baltimore Development Corp. will extend the operator’s lease through 2087 while increasing its rent […]
New lease could mean new tenants at Harborplace
An affiliate of General Growth Properties Inc. may operate Harborplace for another 75 years — assuming the city Board of Estimates approves its lease extension on Wednesday — but that hardly guarantees that the retailers there will enjoy the same longevity.
$1.4M endowment to honor Schaefer’s ‘do it now’ legacy
William Donald Schaefer’s parting gift to his beloved city will help to pay for flowers, neighborhood improvements and even flagpoles.
Revival at Inner Harbor blooms
The Inner Harbor’s revival is starting to come to fruition as the curtain lifts on the biggest changes at the Light Street Pavilion since it opened three decades ago. Several new restaurants and attractions will open in the pavilion this summer, and some, like Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Johnny Rockets, already have. The changes […]
Top 5: ‘This is plan B and C’
Tough decisions are being made in Annapolis about the state budget, and the long-time director of the Walter’s Art Museum announced he would be stepping down. Those stories and more in this week’s business top 5. 1. Analyst: ‘Doomsday Budget’ would cost 500 state jobs – by Alexander Pyles Hundreds of state jobs would be […]
Editorial: Progress at Harborplace
There are encouraging signs of renewal amid the noise and sawdust at Harborplace, the Baltimore waterfront’s aging, iconic centerpiece that turns 32 years old this summer. While the extreme makeover is still a work in progress and some current tenants have closed temporarily because of the renovations, Harborplace officials say they are on schedule to […]
Top 5: ‘Only in Baltimore City’
Changes are coming to the Rotunda in Hampden and to the Light Street Pavilion at Harborplace, and East Baltimore residents rallied again in protest of EBDI. Those stories and more in this week’s business top 5. 1. Rotunda changes loom – by Melody Simmons Outside the stately Rotunda development in Hampden Tuesday evening, the late […]
