BALTIMORE — Officials from Amtrak, the city of Baltimore, and the state of Maryland held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to mark the start of a $150 million project to redevelop Baltimore Penn station, which will see the structure turned into a mixed-use development including office, retail, and residential and hotel space.
WYPR-FM reports Amtrak President Stephen Gardner said the project demonstrates the company’s commitment to the city.
“We are going to redevelop this station, and with that create an expanded opportunity for future growth and ridership, a vastly improved customer experience and revitalized civic space that’s woven into the fabric of this great community,” Gardner said.
The project, first announced in 2019 [see “Amtrak to spend $90 million on Baltimore station improvements,” Trains News Wire, April 5, 2019] will see the station built in 1911 receive its first makeover since the 1980s.
Plans call for a new three-story station facility to be built adjacent to the existing building, allowing redevelopment of the existing station concourse for commercial uses. More information is available at a website detailing the project.
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