Development Spotlight – Hotel Monaco
It looks like the bad news was a near-miss. Kind of like when you’ve just almost been t-boned going through a fresh green light and then get the shudders and want to tell someone, but there isn’t anything to tell. Well, remember the B&O building {http://urbandiscoveriesblog.com/2009/05/28/development-spotlight-bo-american-brasserie/} in the Inner Harbor (2 N. Charles Street)?
As of July 30th, the old 1906 headquarters of the B&O Railroad houses not only an upscale brasserie {www.monaco-baltimore.com/baltimore-restaurant/index.html} but also the most expensive new hotel {www.monaco-baltimore.com} in Baltimore. The Hotel Monaco Baltimore is currently open for business, and the business is luxurious––some examples being the Tiffany windows, marble floors, in-house dry-cleaning, wireless internet, and personal trainers on hand.
On August 5, not a week after the Monaco opened, Baltimore circuit Judge Evelyn Omega Cannon issued an order for a mechanic’s lien on the B&O building and sent attorneys scrambling to arrange an auction sale of the property. The order followed a suit against Baltimore and Charles Associates filed by the J.F. Johnson Lumber Co. The lumber company claims not to have received compensation for materials and services rendered in the renovation of the building.
Thankfully for Baltimore’s fancy-hotel enthusiasts, however, the Hotel Monaco won’t face the auction block in the foreseeable future. An attorney for Baltimore and Charles Associates is filing an appeal and has made clear {http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=12204&type=UTTM} that the threat of auction is just that––a threat. Wrong place, wrong time, right animal-print bathrobes, apparently. The dispute between the builders and the building owners likely won’t be resolved any time soon, but in theory at least, it won’t derail down the opulence train.
What gratifyingly outlandish services have you encountered at the Hotel Monaco Baltimore?
Photo by flickr user shadowstorm
It looks like the bad news was a near-miss. Kind of like when you’ve just almost been t-boned going through a fresh green light and then get the shudders and want to tell someone, but there isn’t anything to tell. Well, remember the B&O building in the Inner Harbor (2 N. Charles Street)?
As of July 30th, the old 1906 headquarters of the B&O Railroad houses not only an upscale brasserie but also the most expensive new hotel in Baltimore. The Hotel Monaco Baltimore is currently open for business, and the business is luxurious––some examples being the Tiffany windows, marble floors, in-house dry-cleaning, wireless internet, and personal trainers on hand.
On August 5, not a week after the Monaco opened, Baltimore circuit Judge Evelyn Omega Cannon issued an order for a mechanic’s lien on the B&O building and sent attorneys scrambling to arrange an auction sale of the property. The order followed a suit against Baltimore and Charles Associates filed by the J.F. Johnson Lumber Co. The lumber company claims not to have received compensation for materials and services rendered in the renovation of the building.
Thankfully for Baltimore’s fancy-hotel enthusiasts, however, the Hotel Monaco won’t face the auction block in the foreseeable future. An attorney for Baltimore and Charles Associates is filing an appeal and has made clear that the threat of auction is just that––a threat. Wrong place, wrong time, right animal-print bathrobes, apparently. The dispute between the builders and the building owners likely won’t be resolved any time soon, but in theory at least, it won’t derail down the opulence train.
What gratifyingly outlandish services have you encountered at the Hotel Monaco Baltimore?
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