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CorePower Yoga to Open at Riverside Wharf
Riverside Wharf at 1420 Key Hwy. is now 100% leased as CorePower Yoga will be opening a new 4,200 sq. ft. studio on the second floor of the building. The space will be accessible from the second-story parking deck. About the studio from CorePower Yoga’s website:
This studio houses two large and luxurious yoga rooms, as well as a range of amenities including changing rooms with showers and private lockers. It also features a full retail boutique showcasing men’s & women’s activewear and accessories.
Though it never opened, Walgreens continues to lease the 14,500 sq. ft. first-story space. It has been looking to sublease its space, but there is no news of a new tenant at this point.
Paradox Closes
Stadium Area club Paradox at 1310 Russell St. has announced it will be closing after 25 years of business. Owner Wayne Davis made the announcement on Paradox’s Facebook page earlier this month.
BBH Leaves SoWeBo
Baltimore Behavioral Health (BBH), a mental health and methadone clinic formerly at 1101 W. Pratt St., relocated to 1 North Charles St., Suite 1300 in Downtown.
BBH previously had a contentious relationship with the surrounding southwest Baltimore neighborhoods of Pigtown, Hollins Market, and Union Square.
Medical Marijuana Plant Coming to the Area?
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that two Silver Spring-based entrepreneurs are hoping to open a medical marijuana growing and processing plant in the 11th District of Baltimore. From the article:
Plans call for renovating a vacant 118,000-square-foot building into a growing operation, starting in about 30,000 square feet and expanding to about 100,000 square feet, said attorney Eddie Pounds. He said the company is not disclosing the specific site, which would be in an area zoned for industrial or manufacturing use within the 11th councilmanic district, which runs from Federal Hill through downtown and Mount Vernon north to Reservoir Hill and west to Harlem Park.
The 11th District includes the entire South Baltimore peninsula, but SouthBMore.com is unaware of any vacant 118,000 sq. ft. vacant warehouses. Carroll-Camden is the home of many industrial warehouses, but not located in the 11th District.
Title Company Closes, Space Available
Home First Title Group has closed its location at 1201 S. Charles St. in Federal Hill. The space is currently available for lease.
Phina’s Featured In Elle Decor
Federal Hill’s Phina’s for the Home was recently featured in Elle Decor magazine in an article titled, “One of Baltimore’s Best Kept Secrets.” Owner Carla Wing told SouthBMore.com that several new customers have come in after seeing the article.
Millions of Oysters for the Patapsco River
The Waterfront Partnership is planning on planting millions of oysters in the Patapsco River. From The Baltimore Sun:
The Waterfront Partnership, an Inner Harbor business group, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation announced plans to plant 5 million hatchery-spawned baby oysters over the next five years near Fort Carroll, an abandoned 19th-century military installation in the lower Patapsco, just beyond the Key Bridge.
“Our goal is, if we can build up the oyster population enough at the Fort Carroll reef, we’d like to see oysters start reproducing on their own there,” said Adam Lindquist, director of the partnership’s Healthy Harbor Initiative.
Federal Hill Main Street Business Spotlight:
Buttercream Dreams Bakery
Best friends and roommates Gina Burdette and Alice Lewis are the owners of Buttercream Dreams Bakery at the Cross Street Market. They offer a variety of cakes, cupcakes, pies and cookies. Burdette described her and her late husband, who passed away in 2013, loved baking and described themselves as a cake decorating team. After getting laid off from her corporate job of 16 years, Burdette began to discuss with Lewis what she would do next, and they decided in September of of 2014 to start the process of opening their own bakery. They opened Buttercream Dreams Bakery in April of this year. “It has been a ride, but we love it and I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” said Burdette.
Stop by the Cross Street Market to try one of their many sweet creations.
