West North Avenue
Revitalization Project
About
The Department of Housing and Community Development and Coppin Heights CDC have
partnered on a purchase strategy to increase home ownership along West North Avenue.
Presently, there are 20 unoccupied properties along the route pending receivership for CHCDC.
Alongside corridor housing through The Transformation Continuing on North Avenue—including
rehabilitation and resale of homes on the 2600–2800 blocks—and Walbrook Mill Apartments, CHCDC is
advancing an enlarged plan to redevelop this historic stretch with residential and commercial activity.
The Vision
for West North Avenue
The Department of Housing and Community Development and Coppin Heights CDC have
partnered on a purchase strategy to increase home ownership along West North Avenue.
Presently, there are 20 unoccupied properties along the route pending receivership for CHCDC.
The West North Avenue Revitalization Project represents a major milestone in the ongoing
transformation of West Baltimore, led by the Coppin Heights Community Development
Corporation (CHCDC). Walbrook Mill Apartments anchors mixed-income housing on the corridor, while
owner-occupied rehabilitation and resale—organized for over a decade under
The Transformation Continuing on North Avenue—extends investment into the three blocks
highlighted on the project map. Together, housing, small business, and community spaces restore vitality
to one of Baltimore’s most historic corridors and foster neighborhood pride and connection.
Walbrook Mill Apartments
The Walbrook Mill Apartments project is a $17.8 million mixed-use development along
West North Avenue, funded through a partnership of local, state, and private sources.
Managed by Habitat America, a firm specializing in affordable housing, the complex
offers one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments featuring modern amenities
such as energy-efficient appliances, kitchen islands, and contemporary flooring.
Residents also benefit from on-site parking, a fitness center, a community lounge,
a computer café, and access to public transit.
Leasing began in late 2019, and by early 2020, most of the 65 units were occupied.
The first floor of Walbrook Mill houses a Truist Bank branch and
The Mill on the North
food hall, which together anchor retail and gathering space at this cornerstone of the corridor.
Learn more on the dedicated Mill project page.
The Transformation Continuing on North Avenue
CHCDC organizes corridor housing work under The Transformation Continuing on North Avenue—a
sustained effort on the West North Avenue corridor for more than ten years. The earliest rehabilitations
and resales of this phase began in 2012 at 2777, 2779, and 2781 West North Avenue,
with before-and-after documentation from that stage of the program.
Those properties sit within the three blocks outlined on the project’s corridor map
(the yellow map). Since then, several additional homes in that same focus area have been rehabilitated
and sold to homeowners. Phase 2 carries that work forward—including the corridor’s
most recent groundbreaking—and continues block-by-block investment in owner-occupied housing alongside
Walbrook Mill and other corridor assets.
West North Avenue building facade and entrance
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