$1b redevelopment breaks ground in Baltimore

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City has broken ground on a 244-acre, nine-phase, $1 billion redevelopment known as the Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown Transformation Plan.

The first phrase will consist of a four-story mixed-use building at 1234 McElderry St. It will have 104 units, with 84 units for affordable and for lower-income families. The first building also will include 2,400 square feet of ground-floor retail and parking, a fitness center, a cyber lounge and two courtyards.

Once completed, the project will 1,345 housing units on a 244-acre property. The plan includes infrastructure improvements, two new parks and upgrades to existing parks and recreation spaces, construction of a new City Springs Elementary school, a grocery store and new neighborhood-serving non-residential spaces and new jobs.