A three-story brick building with a black-and-white striped awning sits on a Hampden street corner. A two-story lime green building with blue trim details sits to its right.
A building at 1001-03 W. 36th St. on a prime corner in Hampden has sold at auction for $1,023,750. Photo courtesy Alex Cooper Auctioneers.

The former Cavacos Pharmacy building at 1001 to 1003 W. 36th St. in Hampden sold at auction on Wednesday for $1,023,750 – a top bid of $975,000 plus a buyer’s premium of $48,750.

Alex Cooper Auctioneers handled the sale, which began online on July 24 and ended shortly after noon on Wednesday.

The 6,534-square-foot corner building has two commercial tenants at street level, Ma Petite Shoe and Transmission Tattoo, and live/work space above. For many years it housed the Cavacos Apothecary & Pharmacy.

The opening bid was $650,000. Offers rose from $700,000 at 7 a.m. Wednesday.  A buyer has not been disclosed.

Ed Gunts is a local freelance writer and the former architecture critic for The Baltimore Sun.

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