The long delayed Fells Point Recreation Pier could be back on track soon. The city's Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved a deal that will pay for the costs to move Moran Towing, which currently held a 20-year lease on the pier, to a new location in Canton.
Under the agreement, both the ciy and developers J. Joseph Clarke and H&S Properties, will be $300,000, respectively for the tugboat to move to its new location at 1820 S. Clinton Street.
The move should clear the way to renovate the rotting pier in preparation for the planned $50 million, 132-room Aloft hotel. The refurbishment and building has been held up since 2004 by a series of issues, not the least of which was moving Moran.
Source: J. Joseph Clarke
Writer: Walaika Haskins.