Demolition set to commence at Baltimore’s former retail district.
The Baltimore Development Corp. will celebrate the demolition of several buildings in the so-called superblock Thursday to make way for a planned redevelopment bringing new retail, office and residential space to the area.
The soon-to-be-razed properties on Baltimore’s west side will be sold to a partnership between the Cordish Co. and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation as part of a deal struck between them and the Baltimore Development Corp. in August 2007.
The properties, in the 200 block of Lexington Street, are just part of the city’s larger ambitions for the superblock, once a thriving retail district that has fallen into disrepair. The area is considered a key link between the city’s west side and central business district.
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