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Boulevard Brewery Visitor Center
2534 Madison Ave | Three-story building renovation of former Skelly Oil Building | Cost: $2.3 million | Opened July 2016
Loews Hotel
16th St and 17th St, Baltimore Ave and Wyandotte Ave | 24-story, 800 room hotel | $322.7 million | Construction begins January 2018, completion March 2020.
Downtown Urban Homes Tour Draws Big Weekend Crowd
By Kevin Collison A pleasant Saturday afternoon coupled with the growing buzz about urban living brought throngs of people downtown to check out open houses at 20 residential projects. This year’s Urban Homes Tour, part of the Downtown Dazzle holiday event, reached its limit of 1,250 pre-registered visitors several days in advance, and many more…
Crossroads Pizza Smackdown
By Kevin Collison As far as Philippe Lechevin is concerned, his new Papa Keno Pizzeria at 1815 Wyandotte is bringing New York-style pizza to a hungry Crossroads. But to Shari Boles, owner of Pizzabella at 1810 Baltimore, it’s more like New York-style chutzpah. In mid-November, a Papa Keno’s billboard went up next to her restaurant…
Developer Hopes to Raise Money to Finish Renovating Eyesore Building at 10th and Oak
By Kevin Collison Nicholas Abnos readily acknowledges he’s allowed a vacant five-story building at the prominent corner of 10th and Oak to fester for well over a decade. He feels the same shame for the even longer time it’s taken to complete the redevelopment of the empty former Brandsmart building at 211 W. Gregory Blvd….