Grain elevators have allowed grain to be held in bulk since the 1840s. These towers, which help drop grain into storage silos, started off as wooden structures (that also happened to catch fire easily). To make the silos safer, developers in the 20th century began using concrete, and the structures grew in popularity. Read more
When Eric Turner of Turner Development secured a long-term lease with CH Robinson to develop their office in Baltimore, Maryland, he promised that this will be the best office in their portfolio. Read more
Multifamily housing is now driven by offering multi-amenities, while in the near future, new high-tech platforms and discoveries in biophilic design will be incentives, say some Maryland developers. In luxury condominiums high above Locust Point, the future is now for Eric Turner, real estate developer with Turner Development. “Our Silo Point project was very tech heavy, like... Read more
The shipping and logistics built out inside the former B&O Railroad grain silo. Read more
The results of the Americas’ stage of the International Property Awards 2015-2016 have just... Read more
Shot on location by Lloyd Fox of The Baltimore Sun at Silo Point, 1200 Steuart St, Baltimore, silopoint.com. Styled and produced by John-John Williams IV of The Baltimore Sun. Art direction by Leeann Adams. Hair by Brian Oliver; makeup by Lexi Martinez; styling assistance by Deborah Mdurvwa; models, Anna Semonova and Kyler Garner, all from T.H.E. Artist Agency. Read more
140 years ago Silo Point housed wooden grain elevators. They were destroyed by fire in 1922. Within a year the B&O Railroad constructed new concrete grain elevators which were the largest and fastest in the world. For more than 75 years, the B&O grain elevator was a symbol of Baltimore's industrial strength in the world market. Read more
Artists have long been at the forefront of charitable giving, using their talent not only to enrich but also to aid the community. In that spirit of benevolence, 170 of Baltimore’s finest artists donated their work for an art auction to benefit Baltimore’s School 33 Art Center. Read more
On Friday night, it was the 29-year-old right-hander Jason Hammel pitching Baltimore on to victory over Washington to open a weekend series. Leading Baltimore over D.C. on a scorching Saturday afternoon was a three-year old food truck named the Gypsy Queen. On the weekend when the Nationals were visiting Oriole Park, a fleet of Washington's food trucks came to visit Baltimore, too. The setting was the Westport Waterfront, a scrappy stretch of harbor-side property about a mile and a half south of Camden Yards. Read more
"Thus we have the American grain elevators and factories, the magnificent first-fruits of the new age." Le Corbusier wrote this in his 1923 collection of essays, Towards a New Architecture, in admiration of the painfully rational, utilitarian structures that are grain elevators. Originally invented in the 1840s, the first grain elevators were wood-framed structures, making them prone to setting on fire.. Read more
The Westport Waterfront development is a plot of land in Middle Branch that faces the picturesque Patapsco River. The property, bought by Patrick Turner, will feature a half-mile long mixed-use center of around 2 million sq. feet office space, including: 300,000 sq. feet of shops, restaurants and 2,000 homes. The scope of the completed project is expected to be five times larger than the Baltimore Inner Harbor.Read more
ANNAPOLIS - Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is quietly exploring the prospect of wooing men's professional soccer team D.C. United from the nation's capital to Baltimore, and a panel of state lawmakers gave the go ahead to those efforts on Thursday despite concerns from fiscal analysts about the cost of the endeavor. Read more
The wine bar 13.5%—named for an alcohol content common in wine—opened in Hampden to a collective sigh of recognition. It's sophisticated, without too much pretension, and provides a lauded alternative to neighboring bars. Its fraternal twin, Silo.5%—the name a riff on both its location and its antecedent—may give the impression that the Hampden locale was merely a warm-up.
Silo Point, the modern-industrial condo built within the carcass of a grain elevator, is the perfect backdrop for the wine bar's modern décor of exposed duct work, stacked slate brick walls, and black pleather couches and cube-shaped ottomans. Glass exterior walls reveal views of the harbor and of a cement courtyard, its soaring support beams and oversized rattan furniture promising convivial gatherings in warmer weather. Read more
