Five vacant buildings along Howard Street would be recycled as “Howard Row,” a mixed-use development containing 39 market-rate apartments and five storefronts at street level, under a plan selected today by the Baltimore Development Corporation.
After receiving five proposals in a competitive bidding process, the economic development agency voted in closed session to recommend that a team headed by the Poverni Sheikh Group of Baltimore be allowed to purchase and redevelop the city-owned properties at 407, 409, 411, 413 and 415 N. Howard Street.
The recommendation will be forwarded to Mayor Catherine Pugh’s office. If she agrees with the BDC, the Board of Estimates will be asked to approve a sale.
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