May 13 2008
Canton Crossing Appears to be Moving Forward
Canton Crossing developer and First Mariner Bank CEO Ed Hale announced today further plans for the project in Southeast Baltimore.? The progress of the project had been in doubt recently with rumors about cash flow problems surrounding the recently completed first phase of the project (The First Mariner Bank Building).? But the fact that Ed Hale has a contract to purchase the 31 acre Exxon Mobil site and the creation of development partnerships seems to bode well.? Hale has partnered up with Greeneberg Gibbons for the retail portion of the project, which could include a Harris Teeter and a Target.? Greenberg Gibbons was also the developer for the Hunt Valley Town Center.? Hale also announced plans to construct approximately 500 condos.? ?
Read the Baltimore Sun Article
Read the Baltmore Business Journal Article
View the Canton Crossing Site Plan
Canton Crossing? combined with approximately 700 planned units north of Boston St by another developer (including the Domain and two other buildings) will add a total of approximately 1200 units to the area…the size of a small town.? This will be a welcome relief to the area that currently looks like an industrial wasteland…welcoming people driving to Canton or Fells Point from 95.
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The next interesting thing will be Boston St. If it is to serve as the main vehicle traffic corridor they will have to look at removing the at-grade rail yard crossing. That makes traffic there bad enough. With a full-scale shopping center and residential area it will be really difficult to move people, even with the O’Donnell St bypass.
they’ll need to at least double the width of the roads to allow for more lanes.
major overhaul.
While this project will aggravate the traffic problems on Boston Street, there is plenty of capacity nearby to I-95 via Cliton Street. The city just needs to limit truck parking on the street and put up a view trailblazer signs (TO I-95). Looking forward to this shopping center though.
Incidentally, the city is planning a workaround for the railroad tracks on Boston St. to be complete by 2012. Hopefully this will be coupled with an expansion of Boston St. to I-95 along with some streetscaping.
the whole point of mixed use development is to reduce the need for infrastructure improvements outside of the development area. it promotes walkability and using modes other than personal vehicles. Boston Street is far from needing any widening. the only improvements Boston Street needs are transit only lanes as well as bike lanes.
For 23 hours of the day, Boston Street is relatively congestion free. The worst thing you could do is expand Boston Street and make Canton into an unappealing suburban style area. I moved to the city so that I could enjoy city life, not the life of a commuter stuck in traffic. The Red Line would be huge.