Baltimore Inner Harbor East

Location: Baltimore, MD
Market: Mixed-Use
Size: 3,000,000 SF
Date Completed: January 1995
Awards: American Institute of Architects, Honor Award for Urban Design

A major redevelopment of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

We directed the initial planning and site design and negotiated the terms of a Land Disposition Agreement for redeveloping the property with the city of Baltimore and its designated redevelopment entity, the Baltimore Development Corporation. Prior to redevelopment, Inner Harbor East was a vacant and dilapidated former ship off-loading area with a patchwork pattern of public and private ownership not conducive to redevelopment.

Project Overview

Master planned, residential/commercial waterfront community connecting Baltimore’s Inner Harbor festival marketplace with two nearby historic neighborhoods—Fells Point and Little Italy
Located directly on the Inner Harbor waterfront, this 20-acre, $500 million, 3 million-SF mixed-use development features an extensive, $20 million public infrastructure system with all new roadways and utilities, plus a 2,000-foot fully landscaped promenade, a 190-slip marina, and several parks.
Land Disposition Agreement (LDA) creates a market-driven land plan of eight new readily developable city blocks by extending the existing street grid system from the surrounding neighborhoods into the site
The LDA was used to secure public approvals and infrastructure funding for the project. It governs the redevelopment of Inner Harbor East and incorporates a site rezoning, a land re-subdivision, an amendment to the city’s Urban Renewal Plan, and proposed land use and building design standards for the property.
Regulations promote and unify appropriate development while encouraging creative and innovative development proposals and design solutions that will evolve as development continues
Honor Award for Urban Design from the American Institute of Architects