TURN OVER 12 FULL-GUT REHABS IN 18 MONTHS
In many urban neighborhoods, there are particularly “bad” blocks chronically plagued by blight, crime and grime. Two real estate investment funds bravely undertook the development of one of the worst blocks in West Baltimore, a street full of vacant, crumbling homes and drug houses.
When a suburban-Baltimore housing commission needed to update one of its public housing communities – inside and out – it turned to New City for help. The goal was to take 24 tenant-occupied townhomes and renovate them very quickly. In just fifteen weeks, New City planned, procured and executed the project, so all the residents could be back in their “new” homes for the holidays.
A growing company was relocating its offices from downtown Baltimore into an office park in suburban Howard County. The firm was taking over space that previously had been occupied by another tenant, and the 5,700 square foot suite needed to be fully built out. While mechanical systems were already in place, everything needed to be relocated in order to accommodate the new floor plan.
A couple relocating to Baltimore wanted to convert a large, vacant shell with great views of the city skyline into a luxury rowhome with lots of amenities. They worked closely with New City on many details to design the dream house they always wanted. The clients needed to ensure on-time completion, because their old house was already under contract, and the clock was ticking on their relocation.
Since 1983, People’s Homesteading Group (PHG), has worked as a nonprofit community development organization to provide decent, affordable housing in Baltimore. Originally focused on redeveloping subsidized units with volunteer workers, the organization wanted to expand into market-rate projects to help build more income diversity in its community. For its first market-rate projects, PHG turned to New City to rehab multiple, large, rowhomes to historic standards.

