The Rotunda is a mixed-use property in northern

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in the popular neighborhood of Hampden, adjacent to the neighborhoods of

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, and

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and near the campus of the

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. The property features retail, office, and residential components including: 150,000 ft² of retail space, 140,000 ft² of office space, 379 apartments and over 1100 off-street parking spaces, including a multi-level parking garage featuring several electric car charging stations.

Office space

Office tenants at The Rotunda include the

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, lawyers, dentists, sports physicians, a dyslexia tutoring program, mental health professionals and various other specialists. The Baltimore iHeartMedia studios for

WPOC WPOC (93.1 FM) is a commercial radio station in Baltimore, Maryland. It airs a country music radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are at The Rotunda Shopping Center, on West 40th Street, in Baltimore. The tr ...

93.1,

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Z104.3,

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102.7 Jack FM and

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Heaven 600 AM are on the third floor.

History

The mall was originally developed by Bernard Manekin who converted the 1921 Maryland Casualty Insurance Co. building, designed by Otto Simonson, into a shopping center in 1971. The historic building's centerpiece is a bell tower which chimes the

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. It was renovated in 2002, and again in 2014 by Hekemian & Co. The mall was bought by Hekemian & Co., Inc. in the early 2000s. Hekemian & Co has since completed its $100 million redevelopment of the site, which includes the 379 unit ICON residences at The Rotunda, shops and restaurants, and a " Mom's Organic Market". The Rotunda was the home to the popular reduced price cinema "The Rotunda

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" until July 2015.Rotunda theater up and running first-run movies
Explore Baltimore County (1974-09-13). Retrieved on 2011-03-02.

Current businesses

In 2019, plans were made for a Rita's Italian Ice location to open in one of the commercial spaces in the courtyard of the south side of the Rotunda, which opened in 2021.

References

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