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.
| 414 Light Street | |
| Location: | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Status: | Completed |
| Opening Date: | 2018 |
| Building Type: | Mixed use (Business and residential) |
| Antenna Spire: | 418feet |
| Roof: | 500feet |
| Floor Count: | 44 |
| Floor Area: | 635297square feet |
| Architect: | Solomon Cordwell Buenz |
| Structural Engineer: | VICTAULIC; Blum Consulting Engineers, Inc. |
| Main Contractor: | Lendlease |
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.[1] The McCormick building was razed in 1988 after the company had left the city for Hunt Valley.[2] 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.[3] The Rouse Company's plans for a replacement structure never came to fruition, leaving the property as a vacant parking lot.
After 25 years as a parking lot, construction began on 414 Light Street in 2014. Designed by Chicago architecture firm 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.[4] Construction finished at the end of 2018.[5]
The building is home to 394 apartments as well as retail on the ground floor.[6] The apartments are considered luxury-style from $1,800, and penthouse rentals at more than $8,000 a month per unit.[7]