New plans for Olmstead involve hotel, retail shops
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Summary
- This News-Letter article covers plans for a hotel, retail shops and other changes around Johns Hopkins’s Homewood campus.
- The News-Letter reported that Alan Fish presented plans for a hotel in the Olmstead lot as part of an effort to renew Charles Village and improve the surrounding student community.
- The paper reported that the plans include clearer brick crosswalks and replacing 34th Street with a walk-through plaza.
- The article adds that a university survey found the library was the most favored student hangout, while Jensen Reiter said the planned Mattin Center would provide a social space.
- The reporter writes that the university had contacted three third-party developers, with one expected to be chosen within a month; Salem Reiner said construction might not begin for another year.
- According to the article, Dylan Gorman said the university would not fund the project, which would instead be financed by a developer that would rent the land from the university.