CPA FIRM JOINS OFFICE BUILDING UNDER RENOVATION IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE — Ellin & Tucker, a CPA firm, has signed a 31,000-square-foot lease for office space at 400 E. Pratt St. in downtown Baltimore. The company is moving its Baltimore headquarters from 100 S. Charles St. into the 11-story office tower, which is undergoing renovations. The updates include a two-story, 24,000-square-foot addition and updates to the common corridors, lobbies, elevators and restrooms. Construction on the addition is underway. The addition is part of an open-space plan developed by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore and supported by Baltimore City and the Baltimore Development Corp. to rejuvenate the downtown area and improve the north side of Pratt Street. The design team includes Peter Fillat Architects and construction manager Constantine Commercial Construction Inc. Ellin & Tucker's new office space will span the entire second floor and 7,000 square feet on the third floor, including a balcony above the new addition. The lease includes signage in the lobby and on the exterior southwest side on the second floor. Courtenay Jenkins of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ellin & Tucker and Whitney Nye represented the owner, PDL Pratt Associates LLC.