Renaud Consulting has represented restaurants, seafood carryouts, hibachi, chiropractic and other tenants across Baltimore City and Baltimore County, including This Is Wings & Seafood at Charing Cross Shopping Center. We serve Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland, and the whole Baltimore area.
Downtown Baltimore by the Numbers
The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore's State of Downtown report found:
- Ground-floor retail occupancy of 91.5%, with $901 million in retail sales.
- About 130,000 people downtown during the day and more than 40,000 residents, with more than 1,000 apartments under construction.
- Crime down 14% and homicides down 47% over the year the report measured.
Citywide, the same report counted about 28.5 million visitors and $4.3 billion in visitor spending.
Hotel occupancy (about 56%) and office occupancy (about 82%) both slipped. To push development, eligible downtown projects can seek a negotiated payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deal through the city's Downtown RISE program, cutting property taxes by up to 95% for as long as 25 years, subject to approval.
Sources: Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, State of Downtown, as reported by CBS Baltimore, WBAL, The Baltimore Times and Hotel Online; Baltimore Brew on the Harborplace PILOT.
Harborplace: What's Happening
MCB Real Estate plans to replace the Harborplace pavilions with a roughly $900 million mix of apartments, offices, retail and waterfront parks. The project has been delayed: the pavilions remain open, a group of residents sued to stop it, and MCB says construction is waiting on permits. For a tenant, that means the Inner Harbor's biggest retail project is a longer-term story.
Sources: Baltimore Business Journal; Baltimore Fishbowl; The Baltimore Banner; Baltimore Sun via Yahoo.
What's New Along the Water
- Harbor Point. Chef David Zamudio, a James Beard semifinalist, opened Josefina, his first restaurant. Marta al Mare is coming soon to 3,050 SF at the T. Rowe Price headquarters, overlooking Point Park. Grain & Berry opened its first Baltimore cafe.
- Fells Point. Broadway is turning over fast. Toastique opened at 631 S. Broadway, about 1,800 SF. DC soul food chain Oohh's & Aahh's opened its largest location, 2,300 SF, at 616 S. Broadway. Fat Tuesday opened on Broadway, and the Neatfreak! martini bar opened on Fleet Street. At 800 S. Broadway, Indulgence Coffee & Smoothies opened after a long permitting and build-out process.
- Canton and Federal Hill. Ubon, an Isan Thai restaurant, is coming to 2907 O'Donnell Street on Canton Square. Baltimore Seafood opened a second location in Federal Hill.
Sources: Baltimore Business Journal (Josefina, Marta al Mare, Fat Tuesday, NeatFreak, Baltimore Seafood); Harbor Point on Marta al Mare; Baltimore Fishbowl on Marta al Mare's opening; Harbor Point on Grain & Berry; Josefina; WBAL (Toastique, Indulgence, Ubon); Hoodline on Oohh's & Aahh's, citing the Baltimore Business Journal.
Where People Actually Go in Baltimore
- Best-list restaurants. Costiera, a coastal Mediterranean room in Harbor East, and Gunther & Co., in the old Gunther Brewery boiler room in Brewers Hill, are both on Eater's Baltimore 38 and Baltimore Magazine's best restaurants list. The Urban Oyster in Hampden is on the Eater 38 too.
- Markets and food halls. The rebuilt Lexington Market downtown, Fells Point's Broadway Market and R. House in Remington are where Baltimore eats casually. Ekiben, the Taiwanese steamed-bun shop that started as a farmers' market stand, has its Fells Point counter at 1622 Eastern Avenue.
- The waterfront itself. Rash Field Park on the Inner Harbor reopened after an $18 million second phase, with five acres of lawns, shade, volleyball and pickleball courts and a kayak launch.
Sources: Eater DC's Baltimore 38; Baltimore Magazine's Best Restaurants 2026; WBAL on Rash Field.
Our Baltimore-Area Leases
- This Is Wings & Seafood, 2,607 SF at Charing Cross Shopping Center (tenant rep)
- Quickway Japanese Hibachi at Gittings Marketplace, 1,200 SF, and Southside Marketplace, 2,400 SF (tenant rep)
- Seafood Legend, 1,850 SF at Dogwood Station (tenant rep)
- Wings & Seafood, 2,400 SF at Parkway Crossing (tenant rep)
- The Joint Chiropractic at Canton Crossing, 1,500 SF, and The Rotunda, 1,244 SF (tenant rep)
- We also represented the seller of a 76,598 SF rehabilitation property on 3.4 acres at 2700 W. Patapsco Avenue.
Baltimore Permits and Licenses
Baltimore City and Baltimore County are separate jurisdictions, and a "Baltimore" mailing address can be in either one. In the city, building permits go through the Department of Housing and Community Development, and liquor licenses go through the Board of Liquor License Commissioners for Baltimore City. In the county, they go through Baltimore County's own permit office and liquor board. Check which side of the line the space is on before you plan your timeline.
Questions About Baltimore Retail Space
Is a Baltimore address in the city or the county? It can be either. Many shopping centers with Baltimore mailing addresses are in Baltimore County, which has its own permits, inspections and liquor board. We check the jurisdiction before you sign.
What's happening with Harborplace? MCB Real Estate's redevelopment has been delayed. The pavilions remain open, a lawsuit is pending, and construction is waiting on permits. Plan on the proposed Harborplace as a longer-term project.
Do you work in neighborhood shopping centers or only downtown? Both. Our Baltimore-area leases include grocery-anchored and neighborhood centers in the city and county, and we also work in the city's neighborhoods, from Canton Crossing to South Baltimore's Southside Marketplace.
Who do I call about Baltimore retail space? Call Andrew Poncher, SVP and Director of Leasing, at (571) 765-4430, or John Marigliano, Senior Vice President, at (571) 765-4423.
Other areas we serve: Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia.