Who knew that Willard Hackerman, Tom Bozzuto, Nancy Cohen and Lilly Mosley were all neighbors. At the 6200 block of North Charles Street, some of Baltimore?s biggest influences all share fences.
“I own the Eddie?s, the little building next to it and another tiny little brick building,” said Nancy Cohen, owner of Eddie?s Grocery Markets. “I heard [the old Acme building] was for sale and signed a contract within 48 hours.”
Though Cohen had no plans for expansion in the early ?90s, she had been a longtime Ruxton resident and knew the value of the abandoned Acme building at the 6213 address. Today, she uses the second building as office and storage space and rents the third.
Up the street, Hackerman, of Whiting-Turner Corp., owns the parcel holding a Starbucks and a newer building leased by Dr. Marcos Doxanas and Baltimore Eye Physicians.
“I tried to get into that building,” said Jeff Beam of State Farm, currently leasing Suite 8 at 6301 N. Charles St. “I?ve been here for 15 years, and I?ve watched this block grow and change. The only thing this block needs now is an upscale office building, but there aren?t any spaces left for development.” Beam?s building holds offices and apartments and is owned by mid-Atlantic property manager, Thornhill Properties.
The newest addition to this North Charles corridor is the 28-unit town house development on a parcel owned by Bozzuto Homes called Woodbrook Homes.
“I love the development,” said Lilly Mosley, who lives just north of the construction site. “Ever since I have lived here [13 years], I have dreamed for this to happen. It was old trees before. And I just feel like it will make the neighborhood look better, and my property value will go up.”
Other neighbors include a 7-Eleven, an Exxon and a Sunoco.
Next week The Examiner heads to Light Street in Federal Hill. Curious about a block? E-mail Anna Minkowski: [email protected].
