Urban Landscape: Ground Broken for $30M Ronald McDonald House; Construction Underway for Harbor Point’s ‘Sandlot’; Williams Sonoma Closes Towson Store; Mahan Rykiel Moves to New Home

5/2/17

By Ed Gunts, Baltimore Fishbowl

After 35 years on the west side of downtown, the Ronald McDonald House is moving east.

Representatives for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Baltimore joined with First Lady of Maryland Yumi Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh and others to hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for a $30 million, 60,000-square-foot facility at 1 Aisquith Street in Jonestown.

Ronald McDonald Houses provide a home away from home for families with children receiving medical care in area hospitals. Since opening in 1982 at 635 W. Lexington Street, the West Baltimore facility has been the only Ronald McDonald House in Maryland and has served more than 40,000 families.

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