BALTIMORE | 300 East Pratt Street | 430 FT | FLOORS

[NDPhilly]

i like the flat hat design. looks like somthing that would only get built in Baltimore.

[MasonsInquiries]

yeah, for sure.........lol. the "flat hat" thing has become baltimore demo over the years.

[kenewsh]

Any update on the status of this project or any project planned for downtown, excluding the construction of the Legg Mason Tower and Four Seasons Hotel and Residences.

[IHIH11]

Yeah, there hasn't been a 300 e. pratt update in over a year

[chris08876]

As of: December 6th, 2014


Hotel, apartments planned for new East Pratt tower

Developers are scheduled to present designs to the city next week for a major mixed use development with a hotel and apartment on a prime Pratt Street parking lot across from Harborplace — one of the last undeveloped parcels close to the water.

The proposal from Comstock Partners, based in Reston, Va., and Chicago-based InterPark Holdings calls for a 200-room hotel, about 400 apartment units, retail space and about 500 parking spaces, said Kimberly A. Clark, executive vice president of the Baltimore Development Corp.

The 300 E. Pratt Street structure is expected to exceed 200 feet, she said, without specifying because the plans were not in front of her.

The developer will release the plans Thursday at a meeting of the city's Urban Design & Architecture Review Panel.

It will be the second major new project for an Inner Harbor parcel to be announced this year. Plans for a skyscraper of luxury apartments at 414 Light Street were announced this spring.

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"We're excited to be up there next Thursday and we've got a really great use for that beautiful parcel," spokeswoman Maggie Parker said.

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...205-story.html

[chris08876]

BALTIMORE | 300 East Pratt Street | 430 FT | FLOORS
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300 E. Pratt St. project designed to 'make a statement about the future'

A new tower proposed for the long-vacant site at 300 E. Pratt St. will stand as high as 430 feet above the Inner Harbor and include a mix of 600 residential and hotel units and up to 20,000 square feet of retail.

City officials got a first look at the design of the building Thursday during a presentation made by HKS Architects, which is designing the building for Reston, Va.-based Comstock Partners. This will be Comstock's first entry into Baltimore real estate. Construction is scheduled to start in early 2016.

At 430 feet, the building would stand slightly higher than its neighbors but is about 100 feet shorter than the city's tallest building three blocks west. An architect for the project described the project as being a nod to Baltimore's port history but modern in execution.

"We want to make sure this building is a distinctly Baltimore building," said Gregory A. Luongo, vice president of HKS. "But at the same time, we want it to be a 21st-century building and make a statement about the future."

The building has several design challenges, including dealing with new flood regulations adopted earlier this year. Architects will have to place the Pratt Street entrance of the hotel a full 6.7 feet above the ground to ensure it's not affected by flooding. The site is also unusually narrow compared to other Inner Harbor parcels, which accounts for the thin tower.

The decision to include 400 residential units will put the building in direct competition with a proposal for 414 Light St., which is proposing a similar number of retail and residential towers. The 300 E. Pratt St. plan unveiled Thursday is one of a series of proposals over the years.

The lot was purchased by InterPark in August 2013 after a plan floated by Urban America LP in 2006 fell apart during the recession. That proposal had included building a 50-story tower.

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Dec 11, 2014
http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore...to-make-a.html

[chris08876]

Developers go tall on prominent Pratt Street site

The hotel and residential tower proposed for the long-vacant 300 E. Pratt St. site on the Inner Harbor is now in the running for among the tallest buildings in Baltimore.

The limitations on the narrow surface parking lot across from Harborplace are now coming sharply in focus as the development team has been forced to increase the height of the tower to 48 stories, much higher than the previous 430-foot proposal. A 48-floor building is likely to top 500 feet, putting the proposed building in the ranks of city skyline mainstays like the 529-foot Transamerica tower.

The core issue in imagining the 300 E. Pratt St. tower is this: The smaller the piece of prime real estate you build on, the taller the tower has to be to make the project financially viable. The lead developer for the proposal, Comstock Partners, wants to install 400 residential and 200 hotel units with first-floor retail on the site.

In plans presented to the city's Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel on Thursday, officials for HKS Architects acknowledged the site where a building can go is shrinking. New flood regulations mean the tower has to sit eight feet above street level, forcing architects to use precious land for stairs and ramps that provide access to the raised first floor of the tower instead of using it to increase the size of the building.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore....html?page=all

[chris08876]

One of Baltimore's tallest buildings will break ground next year, according to InterPark Holdings SVP Charles Murphy. The Chicago company owns the site of the proposed 48-story tower at 300 E Pratt St, currently a surface parking lot. Developer Comstock Partners of Reston, VA, is in the process of securing financing for the mixed-use tower, Charles says.

Baltimore’s Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel last month signed off on the project, expected to dramatically alter the city’s skyline with its scale and prominent waterfront location. The preliminary plan calls for a 200-room hotel, 400 residential units, 10k SF of retail and a 550-space garage. Most of the residences will be available for rent, though the building may also include condos, Charles says.

https://www.bisnow.com/baltimore/new...medium=Browser

[CharmCity1]

300 E. Pratt Street

48 Stories
525 ft.
Ground Breaking - TBD
200 Hotel Rooms
400 Apartments
10,000 SQFT Retail

[CharmCity1]

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore...r.html?ana=fbk

Hopefully this will come with a better design in the future.