Developer Larry Jennings’ plan to convert Woodberry’s underutilized Tractor Building into 99 apartments cleared a key hurdle yesterday, when Baltimore’s preservation commission voted 6 to 2 to give the project concept approval.

The action by Baltimore’s Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP) brings Jennings and Valstone Partners one step closer to obtaining building permits for a redevelopment project that will result in an investment of $32 million to $35 million in Woodberry and help preserve much of the last large mill building at Clipper Mill that hasn’t been recycled for contemporary uses.

The Tractor Building proposal will now go before the city’s Planning Commission for design approval, one of the final steps needed for the developers to get a building permit. The architects are Martin Marren of Marren Architects and Design Collective. A hearing date has not been set, but assuming the Planning Commission gives its approval in time, the developer’s timetable calls for construction to begin in the spring or summer of 2021 and be completed by the fall of 2022.

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