4MLK
About
THIS PROJECT
Located at the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and West Baltimore Street, 4MLK is the seventh building at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s BioPark district. The eight-story building features laboratory and research space in addition to office and meeting areas open to the community. Amenities available inside the building include:
- 160,000 SF of Class A wet laboratory space
- 35,000 SF Connect Labs by Wexford
- Custom and speculative laboratory and office space
- 16,000 SF, two-story convening space
- Coffee bar
- Retail space
- Public plaza
PROJECT OVERVIEW
LOCATION:
Baltimore, Maryland
Mid-Atlantic
CLIENT:
Wexford Science & Technology, LLC
INDUSTRY:
Science + Technology
Office
Historical
PRACTICES:
Advanced Delivery Methods
Lean
Sustainability
VDC
This project is LEED Gold® and achieved the following awards:
- 2025 CoStar Impact Award for Commercial Development of the Year
- 2025 Urban Land Institute Wavemaker Award
- 2025 Building Congress & Exchange Craftsmanship Award - Curtain Walls
- 2025 International Economic Development Council's Excellence in Economic Development Award - Silver, Real Estate Development & Reuse
- 2026 Maryland Economic Development Association's (MEDA) Economic Development Project Award
Engine 38
POPPLETON FIREHOUSE
Another aspect of the project included restoring an adjacent, two-story historic firehouse for future use as restaurant tenant space. Known as the Engine 38 Poppleton Firehouse, it opened in 1910 as a response to the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. The firehouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
acre campus
SF laboratory and office building
SF historic renovation

Science + Technology
National Leader
Thomas Wooden
650-689-250
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Office
National Leader
John Mock
410-821-1100
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Historical
National Leader
Valerie Cascio
512-634-1422
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