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February 22, 2008

Sign? What sign?

This isn't strictly housing-related, but it is real estate, and more importantly it made me laugh.

Lorraine Mirabella reports today that an attorney for the developer of the mixed-use McHenry Row project in Locust Point refused to confirm to the Baltimore Planning Commission that it had signed an upscale grocer even though the project artwork "depicted a large sign bearing the Harris Teeter name" on one of the structures.

"With regard to the grocer, that has not been announced yet," the developer's attorney, Stanley Fine, said to the commission, Mirabella reported.

"Well, it has now," Commission Chairman Peter Auchincloss shot back.

Posted by Jamie Smith Hopkins at 8:53 AM | Permalink | Comments (3)
Categories: Housing humor

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Since when is Harris Teeter "upscale?" Compared to Piggly Wiggly, maybe...

Posted by: Anonymous | February 22, 2008 12:22 PM

I see the company described elsewhere as "an upscale supermarket chain based in Charlotte, NC," but obviously upscale is a matter of perspective.

Posted by: Jamie Smith Hopkins | February 22, 2008 12:33 PM

Well it is definitely upscale in comparison to the Shopper's next door.

Posted by: CD | February 26, 2008 1:35 PM

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Jamie Smith Hopkins, a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1999, writes about the regional economy. Her reporting on the housing market has won national and local awards. Hopkins is a Columbia native and has lived in Maryland all her life, save for 10 months spent covering schools in Ames, Iowa.
She trained to become a wonk by spending large chunks of time as a geek and an insufferable know-it-all.
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