Lidl will replace Streets Market as the grocery store anchor for the Yard 56 mixed-use development in East Baltimore.
MCB Real Estate, the developer of Yard 56, announced on Wednesday that Lidl US has signed a lease for 23,000 square feet of retail space at Yard 56 at 5601 Eastern Ave.
Streets Market disclosed this month that it plans to leave its Yard 56 location by the end of March after nearly five years of operation there. An opening date for Lidl has not been announced. The new location marks Lidl’s continued expansion in the Baltimore area. At Yard 56, it will join LA Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and Chipotle Mexican Grill, among others.
Located across from Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, the $200 million, 20-acre Yard 56 development also contains medical offices and a 225-unit residential component, called The Lofts at Yard 56. The retail phase opened in April of 2021 and the apartments and medical building opened in 2023. Streets Market was one of the original retail tenants there.
According to MCB, the change is part of a “strategic repositioning of the grocery tenancy” at Yard 56 and is “designed to align with the evolving needs of the local community.”
MCB added in its announcement that Washington, D. C.–based Streets Market will continue operating its Charles Village location in the 3100 block of St. Paul Street – another MCB property — and plans to open a smaller, 12,000-square-foot store at Reservoir Square, MCB’s mixed-use development in West Baltimore.
“Grocery stores drive the highest traffic in a shopping center, and securing Lidl US as a grocer known for its quality and value is a major win for the development and local community,” said MCB Principal Drew Gorman, in a statement. “This transition builds on the success of the previous tenancy, strengthens Yard 56’s position in the market, and creates valuable cross-shopping opportunities for all our tenants.”
