The former Daily Grind warehouse and retail building is getting new life.
Continental Realty Corp.
has begun demolition of 1407 Clarkview Rd. and, after extensive
renovations, plans to reopen it as a retail center by the second
quarter of 2011. Located at the Bare Hills Corporate Center in
Baltimore, the building will get new awnings and a brick and stone
exterior, Continental Partner Lawrence Rief says. The site will feature
new parking, landscaping, and lighting.
"We're going to take an ugly duckling and make it into a beautiful building hopefully," Rief says.
Rief says he does not yet have a cost estimate for the renovation.
The
8,000-square-foot building will contain Earth Wood & Fire, a
3,000-square-foot restaurant serving coal-fired pizzas and burgers.
Tenants in the business park are hungry for another restaurant as
Atwater's is currently the sole eatery, Rief says. (Read more about
Earth Wood & Fire
here).
Continental
is also looking for a dry cleaner and a coffee shop to replace the
Daily Grind, which closed last year. Retail rates run about $40 per
square foot, Rief says.
The Bare Hills Corporate Center houses
20 buildings, four of which are owned by Continental Realty. The office
park houses 1,000 employees and its tenants include LifeBridge Health,
Ilex Construction, and Velocity Sports Performance.
Writer: Julekha Dash
Source: Lawrence Rief, Continental Realty