[CPEO-BIF] Harbor Point, Baltimore, Maryland

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Waterfront project has green light
City planning panel OKs revisions of Harbor Point


By Jill Rosen
Baltimore Sun
May 19, 2006

After years of false starts, construction is to begin this summer on 
Harbor Point, the long-contaminated former site of a chromium plant and 
the largest undeveloped tract along the Inner Harbor.

Baltimore's Planning Commission unanimously approved a revised design 
plan for the sprawling $725 million project yesterday, giving developers 
the go-ahead to begin building what amounts to a new neighborhood 
southwest of Fells Point. When complete, it will include nearly 2 
million square feet of offices, homes, hotels and retail space.

Getting to this point has taken a dozen years of planning and 
negotiating, not to mention a prolonged $100 million cleanup.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.harborpoint19may19,0,2570006.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

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