Robin Godwin: South Baltimore Business Roundup

Holistic Smoke Depot Opens in Federal Hill

Holistic Smoke Depot has opened at 1201 Light St. The retail space was formerly an architecture office and boutique.

Holistic Smoke Depot sells tobacco and vape products, smoking devices, CBD, and more.

ARGO Systems Opens Office at Silo Point

ARGO Systems has opened an office at Silo Point in Locust Point. The 4,000 sq. ft. space was formerly the home of LINQ before the company relocated to City Garage in Port Covington. The space was also once the home of restaurant Miguel’s.

ARGO is headquartered in Hanover, MD and offers construction and engineering services.

Privé Relocates within Locust Point

After leaving a retail space at Silo Point, Privé Salon + Spa reopened in recent months at a 4,810 sq. ft. rowhouse at 1400 Andre St. The rowhouse was renovated and put on the market in 2019 as a residential listing for more than $1 million. It was once a store.

Privé offers haircuts and color, waxing, nail services, and eyelash extensions.

Privé’s former space at Silo Point is currently available for lease.

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Elseworlds Closes Retail Space in Federal Hill

Collectors shop Elseworlds Emporium has closed its storefront at 921 S. Charles St. in Federal Hill. It first opened in late-2020.

From a post on Elseworlds’ Facebook page:

elseworlds emporium’s physical store front is now closed for business. it was a fun year figuring out if fed hill warranted a brick n mortar. see you online…keep it elseworlds, or else.

And, from another post:

Now that the store fronts closed up we’ll be listing the majority of inventory on on our ebay store and attending local shows and events. Inventory is still available for local pick up with prior coordination and don’t forget you can pre-order with us as well!

The Movement Team Opens an Office in Federal Hill

The Movement Team has opened an office at 911-C1 S. Charles St. in Federal Hill. The first-floor office space in the bottom of a condo building was previously an office for KLIK Solutions before the company relocated to Pigtown.

About The Movement Team from its website:

The Movement Team (TMT) is a Non-profit 501c3 organization that has been dedicated to uplifting communities and mentoring youth since 2014. The Movement Team began its journey in 2009 by collaborating with non-profit organizations assisting in their missions while also playing an active role in the mentor-ship of youth in the community. The organization of Homeless Events, various Fundraisers, Awareness Drives, and Youth Projects are just a few of the many endeavors we have and will continue to pursue.

Official Haute Mess Relocates in Pigtown

Clothing brand Official Haute Mess relocated its boutique in Pigtown from 772 Washington Blvd. to 919 W. Barre St. Its new retail space and building was vacant for many years, but was recently renovated.

Official Haute Mess has been in Pigtown since 2019.

Downtown Hotel to Become Apartments

The Embassy Suites Inner Harbor Hotel at 222 St. Paul St. Downtown is the latest building in the Central Business District that will convert to apartments. From Baltimore Business Journal:

Downtown Baltimore’s Embassy Suites Inner Harbor Hotel and its companion property The Grand have sold for $18 million to Washington, D.C.-based investors who have proposed converting the 300-room hotel into an apartment tower.

Urban Investment Partners Cos., or UIP Inc., has nearly reached its goal of raising $11.6 million in equity capital to launch a conversion of the 37-story tower into a multi-family hub. The deadline to raise the capital is July 21, said Steve Schwat, founder of UIP on Wednesday, and the proposal to investors highlighted the property’s location in a federal opportunity zone.

“We looked at a lot of properties in Baltimore and we particularly liked this because it was originally apartments before it converted to a hotel,” Schwat said. “So it will be much less invasive and less expensive to turn it back into apartments.”

beaters2grails Closes in Pigtown, Relocates Services to Federal Hill

Sneaker laundry and repair shop beaters2grails has closed its storefront at 761 Washington Blvd. in Pigtown, but has relocated its services to its sister shop 9/10 Condition Sneaker Boutique at 1123 Light St.

From 9/10 Condition Sneaker Boutique social media:

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So unfortunately we’ve made a decision to close down our @beaters2grails Washington Blvd location we tried to make it work but we just had to come to the realization that we can’t FORCE something into working as a business if it isn’t making sense. Trust us we are extremely sad to have to do this BUT we have made the necessary arrangements to continue to offer shoe cleanings to our customers. We have remodeled and extended 9/10 Condition Sneaker Boutique’s sales floor to accommodate a section in the back for Beaters 2 Grails to continue to operate but at our current location here on Light Street. So with that being said we have redone our sales floor and we couldn’t be more happy on how it is laid out. We now have all of the shoes NEW & PREOWNED here at our location. We must let everyone know there are A LOT of shoes we couldn’t post that are now available here , so the best way to find out what we have on hand is to COME INSIDE THE STORE AND LOOK there is some HEAT available if you can see in the pics ! Brand New Shoes are to the left and in cases Preowned/ VNDS / Tried on is to the right as you enter , but here are some pics so you can see our new layout ! COME CHECK US OUT ASAP so you can see all the new shoes that are available but we didn’t have a chance to post on our page ! As you can see we also have all of the arcades available here for everyone to enjoy FOR FREE to play. We want to thank all of our customers for the support that you constantly give us and we can’t wait for you to come in and see our new layout ! THANK YOU