General Building Statistics

  • Building Name: Natty Boh
  • Location and Site: 3601 O'Donnell Street , Baltimore ,
    Maryland 21224
  • Building Occupant Name:
  • Canton Self storage
  • RSA+A Architecture
  • Friday's Day care
  • Countrywide Insurance
  • Size (Total Square Feet): 186,550 Square Feet
  • Number of Stories Above Grade: 9 Stories
  • Primary Project Team:
  • Owner: Obrecht Commercial Real Estate & SBER
  • Architect : Cho Benn Holback and Associates
  • MEP Engineers: Burdette, Kohler, Murphy
  • General Contractor: Struever Bros. Eccles, and Rouse
  • Website: http://sber.com
  • Dates of Construction: August 2003 – January 2006
  • Cost: $16,500,000
  • Project Delivery Method: Design-Bid-Build



    • Architecture

    The Natty Boh building, once home of the Gunther Brewing Company, is part of a ten building complex in Baltimore, Maryland known as Brewers Hill. The building is actually comprised of six spaces built at different times and having different heights, and was declared a historic building by the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.



    Building Envelope

    The Natty Boh building is primarily brick. At street level there are wood or aluminum store fronts with large windows. There is terracotta coping stone on the roof parapets and pre-cast concrete coping on the roof.



    General Conditions

    The Natty Boh building previously housed the Gunther Brewing Company and was recently declared a historic site. $16,500,000 total cost, $1,200,000 general conditions, fee was 5% of total.



    Zoning and Historical

    Commercial PUD; Site is former home of the Gunther Brewing Company and is documented in the National Registry of Historic Buildings (2002) and the renovation is being overseen by the National Park Service.



    Major National Codes

  • IBC 2000
  • ADA
  • Standard MEP Codes



    • Electrical

    Natty Boh's primary service is a 480Y/277V from BGE. Electric service is brought into the building through a utility maintained Transformer, which feeds through a concrete encased service duct bank into the main distribution panel- a 4000A , 480V QED Switchboard with a short circuit rating of 100kA. The MDP serves a 1200A secondary distribution panel feeding primary panel boards as well as the roof.

    In case of emergency there is a 200KW, 250KVA diesel generator located outside in a weather protected enclosure.



    Lighting

    The Natty Boh building consists of 3 main lamp types:

  • Metal Halide downlights in the lobbies
  • F32 -735-Eco Fluorescents for most other interior spaces
  • Dark Sky Compliant Pole mounted luminairs approved for use within the Historic content of the building


    • There is also a large neon Natty Boh sign on top of the building, which is only allowed on for a few hours in the evening.



    Mechanical

    Natty Boh building is heated by 2 domestic water heaters and 15 individual Electric Water Heaters. Each of the 3 lobby spaces houses its own air conditioning unit. There is also a ductless split-system ACU in the elevator machine room. There are 3 Condensing units located on grade.



    Structural

    Existing Structural Steel Frame with Steel W-shape joists spaced 30” OC, W12-22. All exterior walls are bearing with brick, up to 52” thick. The floors are reinforced concrete slabs ranging from 6” to 14”. No foundation exploration was performed.