Location: Mount Clare, Baltimore, MD
Client: Make Space Inc.
Year: 1600 block of McHenry Street (2024 completed); 20 residences (planned)

The Make Space houses are part of an initiative designed to eradicate the vacant housing crisis Baltimore City currently faces by creating live-work spaces for creative business owners. 1612 McHenry Street is the first of a series of homes “making space” for our creative class. The mission is to provide residences that build and teach community and foster community growth. The program is piloting an innovative concept of rehabbing and selling 20 affordable live-work homes within a two-block radius for artists and creative entrepreneurs. These homes will be available through a home-buying program hosted by Make Space.

Learn more about Make Space Inc.’s incredible work, their Accelerator program, Creative Homebuying Workshops, and past and future housing rehabilitation projects at www.oforiandco.com/make-space.