He said rehabilitation of public utilities are a major challenge. What has caught his attention, he said, is the dilapidated state of the public infrastructure, including the large stand pipe that belches acrid steam onto Leadenhall Street and asphalt sidewalks, “which are not normal or acceptable,” throughout the neighborhood. We don’t want to plop down on three blocks and overlook everything else,” he said. “We want to serve as a catalyst for the entire neighborhood. Mirmiran reassured residents that “we’re not moving anyone out” – although about a dozen rowhouses on West Cross and West West streets will be demolished. She added that “we were skipped over and I don’t want to have that happen again,” referring to the gentrification of Federal Hill and the Hanover Street corridor.īetty Bland-Thomas next to one of the vacant industrial properties slated to be torn down for Stadium Square. My question is how would it benefit the community,” asked one resident. Mirmiran portrayed the project, dubbed Stadium Square, as bringing new amenities, such as a Bagby’s Pizza restaurant and a Trader-Joe-type grocery store, to a part of town that has few stores, food outlets or other services.īut members of the community wondered if the development could lead to the displacement of a black community that’s been nestled along Leadenhall Street since the early 19th century. Mirmiran said the Towson-based developer, which has become active in South Baltimore real estate and holds a minority stake in the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino, has acquired most of the properties bounded by Cross, Race, Ostend and Leadenhall streets. A proposed $250 million cluster of upscale apartments, offices and restaurants in Sharp-Leadenhall earned mostly positive marks from two dozen residents from the venerable black community.Īt a meeting of the South Baltimore Partnership Tuesday night, Arsh Mirmiran of Caves Valley Partners outlined the still-sketchy plans for redeveloping three blocks of mostly industrial properties on the southern end of the community sandwiched between Federal Hill and M&T Bank Stadium.
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