Located in the southeastern part of Baltimore, the unique harborside community of Fell’s Point was initially developed by landowner William Fell in the early 1760s. From there it evolved from a forested agricultural area into a bustling, seafaring hub where some of the U.S. Navy’s first ships were built. After the War of 1812, Fell’s Point became the country’s second largest point of entry, surpassed only by New York’s Ellis Island.

Built in 1914, Fell’s Point Recreation Pier originally stored port cargo. The building was later used as a community center and served as a television studio for “Homicide: Life on the Street” but closed after the show ended in 1999. The city approved a plan for a hotel there in 2004. In 2010, it sold the deteriorating waterfront parcel for $2 million to a development team. The Plank venture purchased the site four years later bringing in California-based Montage Hotels & Resorts to operate the hotel under its “new luxury” Pendry brand.

In partnership with Summit Ridge Energy, a national leader in Community Solar development, NT Solar financed over $12 million in solar tax credit investments for a portfolio of two community solar installations located in Maryland and Illinois. This is NT Solar’s second investment with Summit Ridge Energy and was made possible through NTCIC/NT Solar’s newly established Climate Impact and Revitalization Fund (CIRF). At 9.2 MW DC, the Bomber site will be the largest rooftop solar installation in Maryland

The community solar installations will provide renewable energy to thousands of residential users, each saving up to 10% of traditional energy providers. The installations are anticipated to generate 11.7 Megawatts (MW) of power.

The history of the Wilkins Rogers Mill complex in Ellicott City, Maryland, traces its roots back to 1774, when the Ellicott brothers built a grist mill on the banks of the Patapsco River, becoming the first in Maryland to produce flour as a commercial enterprise. The mill was also a pioneer in the region, adopting Oliver Evans’ system of mill automation, which played a key role in establishing Baltimore as one of the nation’s most successful producers of flour products. After the Panic of 1837, the mill was acquired by Charles Carroll and Charles Gambrill, with the Gambrill family continuing to operate it into the 1920s.

The original mill building, constructed in two phases from 1916 to 1918, was later expanded with the addition of a combined warehouse, laboratory, and machine shop in 1941, replacing an earlier structure destroyed by fire. This complex, which includes the main mill building, attached boiler house, nine silos, and other structures, was significantly impacted by tenants like C.A. Gambrill Mfg. Company and the Doughnut Corporation of America (DCA), who oversaw renovations following a fire in 1941.

The Wilkins Rogers Company acquired the property in 1967 and operated it until 2020. Today, the complex remains a contributing property in the Ellicott’s Mills Historic District, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.  

The five-story American Brewery Brewhouse building was built in 1887 in East Baltimore as part of a five-acre brewery complex. It operated as a brewhouse and beverage plant until its closing in 1973. The building and an adjacent bottling plant were donated to the City of Baltimore in 1977. After several failed redevelopment attempts by various entities, Streuver Brothers, Gotham Development, and Humanim were awarded the rights to develop both properties in 2005. Thanks to vision and dedication, the long-time vacant Brewhouse is now office and program space for Humanim, a 35-year old nonprofit social and human services provider.

The Hoen & Co. Complex, originally constructed in 1885 in Baltimore, MD, is the last remaining site of the oldest continuously operating lithographer in the United States. Known for their precision and high-quality work that elevated the medium, the Hoen & Co. lithographers specialized in cartographic, scientific, and pictorial illustration, producing maps that were influential in the settlement of the West and setting national boundaries. Their maps were used in the National Geographic Society’s first bound atlas and comprised the full collection of insert maps in the National Geographic magazine. They also frequently partnered with the Johns Hopkins University Department of Art as Applied to Science in the creation of extraordinarily detailed medical illustrations.

The company succumbed to bankruptcy in 1981 after the pressure of a decline in business and a rise in cost-effective digital options. The buildings sat vacant until they were acquired by the City of Baltimore and sold to the collaborative team leading the current redevelopment.