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Morgan State University’s long-gestating plan to redevelop Northwood Plaza shopping center is official.
The university confirmed plans to raze the struggling strip mall with a $50 million overhaul featuring a Barnes & Noble, Starbucks and offices for the school’s police and public safety employees on Wednesday evening. Details of the plan first were reported in February when the school sought tax breaks for the development from the Baltimore City Council.
“Morgan State University is proud to serve as an anchor institution in the city of Baltimore and is strongly committed to the surrounding community. The redevelopment of Northwood Plaza expands upon that commitment, creating a vital retail center that fulfills a number of needs for the university and the residents of northeast Baltimore,” university President David Wilson said in an statement.
Maryland’s Board of Public Works endorsed leases moving the university’s current Barnes & Noble location and the public safety facility on Aug. 22. Wilson, a week later, published a message on Twitter the school reached a deal with developers to raze, and overhaul Northwood Plaza.
