Baltimore’s Harborplace would be transformed with soaring new conjoined towers with ground-level shops and restaurants, expanded public parks and a revamped waterfront promenade, under a much-anticipated plan to be unveiled Monday morning by the developer.
The firm re-imagining the aging retail pavilions at the Inner Harbor — MCB Real Estate — also will ask Baltimore officials and voters Monday to expand permitted uses at the new Harborplace to allow people to live and work there for the first time.
P. David Bramble and Peter Pinkard, MCB’s managing partners, plan to show the first set of proposed designs Monday morning at Harborplace’s Light Street pavilion, reflecting the developer’s vision and months of community input from across the city. They expect to be joined by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore and Democratic Mayor Brandon Scott, as well as other elected officials and business and community members.
“We have a once-in-a-generation chance to reset the trajectory of the city,” Bramble said in an interview, calling the onetime crown jewel of downtown renaissance the “heartbeat” of the city. “We want to give Baltimore a chance to reengage with this water again and get excited again about downtown. … We think this plan and vision are bold enough to do that.”
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