Developers of a $26 million affordable housing project on downtown Baltimore’s West Side cleared a key hurdle on Wednesday, when Baltimore’s Board of Estimates approved a request to sell five city-owned properties needed to build the residences.
The project, called Sojourner Place at Park, will be constructed at one of Baltimore’s most prominent yet neglected intersections, the corner where Liberty Street and Park Avenue meet Fayette Street, part of Baltimore’s Five and Dime Historic District.
The development is led by a joint venture of Episcopal Housing Corporation and Health Care for the Homeless, two non-profit organizations that responded to a request for proposals issued by the Baltimore Development Corporation. BDC was seeking a developer for the city-owned properties at 102, 104 and 106 N. Liberty Street and 142 and 144 West Fayette Street.
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