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Sale of two historic buildings paves way to create new 'Main Street' downtown

Baltimore Business Journal

The sale of two historic buildings on Redwood Street last month has set the stage for creation of a new main street downtown, the buildings' new owner says.

Investors acquired the Vickers Building at 225 E. Redwood St. and the Garrett Building at 233 E. Redwood Street on Oct. 30. The buildings will undergo $5 million in renovations and a rebranding campaign to add new names and office and event space to the historic block…


Local Group Acquires Two Adjacent Office and Retail Buildings At 225 And 233 E. Redwood Street In Downtown Baltimore City

City Biz List

Kemp Byrnes, Brad Byrnes and Dave Gupta have acquired 225 E. Redwood Street and 233 E. Redwood Street in downtown Baltimore City, with intentions to execute a comprehensive $5 million redevelopment and rebranding strategy of the two properties. Members of the two limited liability entities associated with the purchase include Kemp Byrnes and Brad Byrnes of Byrnes & Associates, Inc., a Baltimore-based boutique commercial real estate and investment company, as well as Dave Gupta, a local entrepreneur…


Byrnes & Associates Brokers Sale Of The Munsey Apartment Building On N. Calvert St. In Downtown Baltimore For $22M

City Biz List

Byrnes & Associates, Inc., a Baltimore-based commercial real estate and investment company, has brokered the sale of The Munsey Apartment Building, an iconic Baltimore City structure constructed in 1911 and located at 7 N. Calvert Street, for $22 million. Brad Byrnes, Principal of the Byrnes & Associates represented both the seller, LC3 Investors Baltimore LLC and the buyer, PMC Property Group, Inc. in this sales transaction. Prior to the sale, Brynes & Associates also signed a letter of intent with a replacement tenant for the former Argosy Café which is located on the first-floor level of the building…


Bun Shop owner opening new restaurant in Sascha's 527 space

Baltimore Business Journal

The former Sascha's 527 building on Charles Street will trade in chopped salads for banh mi sandwiches and braised ribs.

Minh Quang Vo, the owner of Mount Vernon cafe The Bun Shop, will open a new restaurant in the space at 527 N. Charles St., liquor board documents show. The Buttonwood will serve sandwiches and entrees influenced by Vietnamese and other Asian cuisines…


Former car showroom-turned-office building is now fully leased

Baltimore Business Journal

The conversion of a former car showroom near Penn Station into office space has paid off with a full slate of new tenants.

The four-story hub at 11 E. Mount Royal Ave. is now fully leased after seven tenants inking deals there over the past month, said Byrnes & Associates, Inc., a Baltimore based commercial real estate brokerage…


Byrnes & Associates, Inc. Elevates Occupancy of 11 E. Mount Royal Avenue to 100% With Attraction of Seven New Tenants

City Biz List

BALTIMORE, MD (March 3, 2020) – Byrnes & Associates, Inc., a Baltimore-based commercial real estate and investment company, has elevated occupancy of 11 E. Mount Royal Avenue, a four-story 1920s-era building to 100% occupancy with the signing of seven new leases totaling more than 25,800 square feet of space. The leasing activity syncs with the recent investment of more than $2 million worth of physical plant improvements by owner Zahlco Development into the 36,500 gross square foot building located in the Mt. Vernon section of Baltimore City. Brad Byrnes, Principal of the Byrnes & Associates represented the landlord in each leasing transaction…


Health tech firm emocha exits accelerator, moves into new Mount Vernon offices

Baltimore Business Journal

Health tech startup emocha Mobile Health is moving into a 5,000-square-foot office in Mount Vernon, after spending two years in a Johns Hopkins accelerator space in East Baltimore.

The company currently occupies three offices at the FastForward 1812 space on the Hopkins medical campus. CEO Sebastian Seiguer joked the company would gladly take another two…


Mobtown Ballroom operators will revive the storied Marble Bar as a bar, diner

Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore's iconic Marble Bar — a rock club that hosted acts like Iggy Pop, R.E.M. and the Dead Kennedys in the 1970s and 80s — will start a new chapter later this year as a bar and diner.

Sarah Sullivan and Michael Seguin, the operators of Pigtown's Mobtown Ballroom, plan to renovate the dank basement space at 306 W. Franklin St. in the Congress Apartments building and reopen it to the public in the fall…


Byrnes & Associates Brokers Sale Of Downtown Building With New Owner Planning For Conversion Into 40 Multifamily Units

City Biz List

Byrnes & Associates, Inc., a Baltimore-based commercial real estate and investment company, has brokered the sale of 22 Light Street, a six-story, 51,510 square foot building in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore City for $4.25 million. Brad Byrnes, Principal of the company represented both the seller, MCF Capital, and the buyer, Osprey Property Company, who has revealed plans to redevelop the former liquor warehouse building into 40 multifamily units. Known as “The Lanahan Building,” the structure was originally constructed in 1904 and subsequently destroyed in The Great Baltimore Fire, before becoming among the first new structures to emerge from the early century tragedy…


Bethesda investor pays $4.8M for several Mount Vernon properties

Baltimore Business Journal

A portfolio of office, retail and apartment properties in historic Mount Vernon has been sold to a Bethesda investor for $4.8 million.

The Biabani Group bought six properties and two parking lots totaling about 55,000 square feet in the city’s midtown cultural district including the former Sasha’s 527 cafe and catering facility at 527 N. Charles St. and Brown’s Arcade II at 310 N. Charles St…


Cornerstone Financial building in Mount Vernon sells for $1.15 million

Baltimore Business Journal

A group of investors recently bought the Cornerstone Financial building in Mount Vernon’s Charles Street corridor for $1.15 million.

BalVan Pinnacle Holdings LLC closed on the acquisition from Charles Street Ventures on April 2, according to state property records…


The Owners of ‘Sascha’s Cafe’ Have Put their Landmark Building on Charles Street Up for Sale

Baltimore Fishbowl

The restaurant building at 527 N. Charles Street was used to film a key scene in Barry Levinson’s movie, Diner.

In its kitchen, food was prepared for Tom Brokaw, Kevin Spacey, Richard Gere, Arianna Huffington and all the Christmas parties of John Waters…