414 Light Street is a building located on Light Street in the Inner Harbor district of Baltimore, Maryland that consists of a 44-story glass and steel structure completed in 2018.[1]
History
Demolition of McCormick Factory
Located at the intersection of Light and Conway streets in Downtown Baltimore, 414 Light Street was built on the original site of the McCormick & Company. The 1921 industrial complex was a fond memory of many Baltimoreans for the spice aromas that wafted down to the streets below.[2] The McCormick building was razed in 1988 after the company had left the city for Hunt Valley.[3] The demolition of the original factory was heartily fought by preservationists, but The Rouse Company, developers of Columbia and Harborplace, won in the Maryland Court of Appeals.[4] The Rouse Company's plans for a replacement structure never came to fruition, leaving the property as a vacant parking lot.
Construction of 414 Light
After 25 years as a parking lot, construction began on 414 Light Street in 2014. Designed by famed Chicago architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the building has a contemporary style. The project is notable for being Baltimore's tallest apartment building, and third tallest skyscraper after the 1929 Bank of America Building.[5] Construction finished at the end of 2018.[6]
Tenants
The building is home to 394 apartments as well as retail on the ground floor.[1] The apartments are considered luxury-style from $1,800, and penthouse rentals at more than $8,000 a month per unit.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "414 Light Street". The Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- ^ "McCormick Company". Baltimore Museum of Industry. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Remembering McCormick's Inner Harbor home [Pictures]". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- ^ "Wrecker's Ball Levels Baltimore Spice Factory". The Washington Post. 1989-05-25. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ Simmons, Melody (2019-04-08). "First look inside the penthouses of 414 Light Street (PHOTOS)". bizjournals.com.
- ^ Iannetta, Jessica (2018-09-28). "Construction on 414 Light Street set to finish by year's end". bizjournals.com.
- ^ Cohn, Meredith (August 22, 2018). "Luxury living with pool, pet spa and $8,000 rents: Inner Harbor tower tests Baltimore's high-end market". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 17, 2020.