A successful luxury condominium. When originally constructed in 1923, the grain elevator owned by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was the world’s largest and fastest. The Glass Concrete Steel Soul – Located along Baltimore city’s southernmost peninsula, the 24-story, 300ft. The building was strategically sited for the movement of millions of pounds of grain and other agricultural products to be shipped all around the world. Read more
You've missed your chance to live at the top of a former grain elevator. Both 5,000-square-foot penthouses at Silo Point in Locust Point have sold within the last three months, with one closing just last week. Read more
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
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
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
