414 Light Street (Baltimore)
414 Light Street is a building located on Light Street in the Inner Harbor district of Baltimore, Maryland that consists of a 44-story glass and steel structure completed in 2018.[1]
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Business and residential |
Location | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
Opening | 2018 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 418 ft (127 m) |
Roof | 500 ft (150 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 44 |
Floor area | 635,297 sq ft (59,021.0 m2) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Solomon Cordwell Buenz |
Structural engineer | VICTAULIC; Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
Main contractor | Lendlease |
References | |
[1] |
History[]
Demolition of McCormick Factory[]
Located at the intersection of Light and Conway streets in Downtown Baltimore, 414 Light Street was built on the original site of the McCormick & Company. The 1921 industrial complex was a fond memory of many Baltimoreans for the spice aromas that wafted down to the streets below.[2] The McCormick building was razed in 1988 after the company had left the city for Hunt Valley.[3] The demolition of the original factory was heartily fought by preservationists, but The Rouse Company, developers of Columbia and Harborplace, won in the Maryland Court of Appeals.[4] The Rouse Company's plans for a replacement structure never came to fruition, leaving the property as a vacant parking lot.
Construction of 414 Light[]
After 25 years as a parking lot, construction began on 414 Light Street in 2014. Designed by famed Chicago architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the building has a contemporary style. The project is notable for being Baltimore's tallest apartment building, and third tallest skyscraper after the 1929 Bank of America Building.[5] Construction finished at the end of 2018.[6]
Tenants[]
The building is home to 394 apartments as well as retail on the ground floor.[1] The apartments are considered luxury-style from $1,800, and penthouse rentals at more than $8,000 a month per unit.[7]
References[]
- ^ a b c "414 Light Street". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ "McCormick Company".
- ^ "Remembering McCormick's Inner Harbor home [Pictures]".
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/05/25/wreckers-ball-levels-baltimore-spice-factory/e6d130bc-7ed7-4e89-ad44-d6c3e36f8ea2/
- ^ https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2019/04/01/first-look-inside-the-penthouses-of-414-light.html[bare URL]
- ^ https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2018/09/28/construction-on-414-light-street-set-to-finish-by.html[bare URL]
- ^ Cohn, Meredith (August 22, 2018). "Luxury living with pool, pet spa and $8,000 rents: Inner Harbor tower tests Baltimore's high-end market". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
Coordinates: 39°17′1.5″N 76°36′49.5″W / 39.283750°N 76.613750°W
- Downtown Baltimore
- Inner Harbor, Baltimore
- Residential buildings completed in 2018
- 2018 establishments in Maryland
- Apartment buildings in Baltimore