Johns Hopkins University and a Texas-based development partner are seeking City Council approval to build a 12-story student housing community for approximately 925 students in the 3200 block of N. Charles Street, across from Hopkins’ year-old Bloomberg Student Center.
Baltimore City Council member Odette Ramos this week introduced legislation, Bill 26-0259, that would enable the developer, Maslow’s Campus Communities of Austin, Texas, to build the housing in place of four vacant buildings that Hopkins owns at 3201, 3203, 3209 and 3211 N. Charles Street.
According to Maslow’s website, the Charles Street building will rise 12 stories and include 264 semi suite-style units that will house approximately 925 undergraduate students. SCB of Chicago is the architect, with associate principal Monica Willemsen as the lead designer, and Mahan Rykiel Associates of Baltimore is the landscape architect. A cost estimate has not been made public…