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Univercity Partnership Initiative West Side Report 2016 1 UniverCity Partnership Initiative West Side Report 2016 UniverCity Partnership Initiative West Side Report 2 Everyman Theatre (Credit: ClintonBPhotography) TABLE OF CONTENTS Message From Mayor Rawlings-Blake.........................4 The Vision...........................................................................7 Institutional Partners........................................................8 Residential Projects.........................................................10 Arts, Culture & Entertainment.......................................14 Lexington Market.............................................................18 Infrastructure & Public Spaces.....................................20 What’s Next.......................................................................21 List of UniverCity Partnership Stakeholders...............23 Everyman Theatre (Credit: ClintonBPhotography) UniverCity Partnership Initiative West Side Report 4 Message From Mayor Rawlings-Blake Upon taking office in 2010, one of my key priorities was re-energizing downtown’s west side redevelopment efforts, which had slowed in pace, jeopardizing millions of dollars of City investment and the west side’s future. As an initial step, I requested the Urban Land Institute (ULI), an independent global nonprofit focused on real estate development and land use, to conduct a thorough assessment and engage a diverse group of stakeholders for input and critical feedback. The ULI report led to the creation of a collective vision to reconnect downtown Baltimore’s west side to the central business district, the stadium district, the Mount Vernon Cultural District and historic West Baltimore by creating a mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhood with residents, business owners, workers and visitors. To implement the vision, I formed a partnership with Dr. Jay Perman, President of the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), the west side’s major employer and anchor institution. Together, we launched and continue to co-chair the UniverCity Partnership Initiative, a group of 100 stakeholders, which meets on a regular basis to address issues and ensure progress. Since the UniverCity Partnership was created in 2010, more than $1 billion in capital investment has been generated in downtown’s west side. This investment includes $771 million dollars of UMB- related and University of Maryland Medical System projects, in addition to City and private investment. The number of vacant City-owned properties in the west side was a major impediment to new investment. In 2011, there were 75 vacant, City-owned buildings and lots in the Baltimore Development Corporation’s (BDC) portfolio for downtown’s west side. To date, 69 of those properties in the BDC portfolio have been sold, awarded or are in the award process to private developers. To further encourage private investment, I introduced legislation to create a 15-year real property tax credit in 2013 to encourage market-rate apartment projects in downtown’s west side. At least two west side projects totaling 302 apartment units are a direct result of the apartment tax credit. Since 2011, 462 market-rate apartment units and 204 subsidized affordable rental units have been added or are being renovated in downtown’s west side. The strong residential growth is in part a result of the remarkable strides we have made in creating a more welcoming and inviting west side. In 2012, a working group represented by my administration, UMB and the Baltimore Office of the Promotion of the Arts collaborated with the Maryland State Arts Council to create the City’s third Arts & Entertainment District (the “Bromo Arts District”). Since then, more than 60 events of original content have been organized to attract residents and visitors to the Bromo Arts District. In 2014, the Bromo Arts District was able to hire a full-time executive director with funding from the Downtown Partnership. 5 My administration also dedicated funds for facade improvement grants in the Bromo Arts District. The program is administered by the Downtown Partnership, and property owners and business owners are eligible for storefront improvement grants of up to $10,000. UniverCity Partnership stakeholders also completed new landscaping and streetscaping improvements along Howard and Eutaw Streets to welcome visitors to the renovated Everyman Theatre and the Bromo Seltzer Tower. Lexington Market is one of our top priorities. UniverCity Partnership stakeholders and the public have expressed a strong desire to reposition the market as a destination for visitors at all price points, who are hungry for fresh ingredients, healthy meals, and diverse dining options. More than 7,000 people completed surveys in 2013 and 2014, in which they provided feedback on the types of foods, vendors and activities they wanted to see at the 234-year-old market. Due to a partnership between the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), Lexington Market and the local Retail Business District, we now have full coverage of Citiwatch video surveillance in and around the market. The BPD, Maryland Transit police (MTA) and University of Maryland, Baltimore police regularly update their strategy to keep pace with changing crime trends in the area. The UniverCity Partnership is acting innovatively to ensure that the Lexington Market experience is positive for vendors, visitors and patrons alike. We want the market to continue to serve its loyal customers and to attract an enthusiastic following from the UMB community and new customers. The UniverCity Partnership initiative has clear momentum and created a model for anchor institutions such as UMB to work closely with the City to change its campus and the surrounding community for everyone’s benefit. Of our many achievements, the greatest of them is the enthusiasm and high expectations that the public now has for the area. Stakeholders, investors and the public now share our belief that downtown’s west side can and will become a thriving, distinct neighborhood and arts & entertainment district. Sincerely, Mayor, City of Baltimore STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE MAYOR UniverCity Partnership Initiative West Side Report 6 Purpose Statement for the UniverCity Partnership Initiative: The west side should be a modern, mixed-use urban neighborhood with a balance of historic, commercial, cultural, educational and retail resources. It should build on and provide quality amenities to attract a core residential population, including the city’s workforce, downtown visitors and investors, as well as university and medical center faculty, staff, and students. The west side’s streets should be safe, clean, vibrant and engaging; channeling city residents, employees, students and tourists to the retail, entertainment, educational and healthy food destinations along and near the Baltimore, Howard, Eutaw and Lexington Street corridors. Credit: Downtown Partnership 7 THE VISION Downtown Baltimore’s west side was once Their efforts led to the formation of the a vibrant retail and commercial district, UniverCity Partnership, which is co-chaired which has experienced decline over the by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Jay past four decades. To reverse this decline, Perman, M.D., president of the University of in 2010, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Maryland Baltimore (UMB). The UniverCity commissioned the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Partnership consists of approximately 100 to assess the obstacles to the revitalization stakeholders representing small business, of the west side; and based on that study, higher education, private real estate, work groups were formed to address those downtown corporations, behavioral health, specific challenges. The work groups and law enforcement, and government, who subcommittees focused on the following are committed to the revitalization of areas: downtown’s west side. • Transportation and infrastructure Through their efforts, the vision of the west side as a diverse, urban neighborhood • Real estate and economic development with a variety of mixed-use development • Lexington Market improvements and a dynamic arts & entertainment scene is becoming a reality. Since 2010, the • Public safety UniverCity Partnership Initiative has helped generate more than $1 billion in capital • Arts, culture and entertainment investment in the area. • Health and human services West side revitalization (Credit: DPOB) Credit: Downtown Partnership UniverCity Partnership Initiative West Side Report 8 INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS The University of Maryland, Baltimore Pharmacy Schools. UMB estimates that this (UMB) is a key partner in efforts to revitalize $305 million project will generate $19.3 downtown’s west side and has invested million in tax revenue to state and local hundreds of millions in capital improvements government. In addition, UMB completed including a world-class BioPark. The 12- structural stabilization work on its 210 acre UMB BioPark will eventually have 1.8 North Pine Street property and completed million square feet of lab and office space in the General Research Building at 111 12 buildings, garage parking and landscaped Penn Street. The momentum of activity parks. continues with projects in the pipeline, such as the conversion of 121 N. Greene In 2010, two multi-tenant buildings totaling Street into the UMB Interprofessional 470,000 square feet, a 638-space parking Education Center and improvements to garage and the State of Maryland’s new Davidge Hall and the building on 603 W. Forensic Medical Center were completed. Lexington. Combined capital investment in In
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