[2] Sagamore Pendry Baltimore is located within the 1700 Block of Thames Street, it opened on August 20, 1914; built by the city at a cost of over $1 million ($24 million USD today) as a commercial pier by Theodore Wells Pietsch I.

[3] Over the years the premises served a number of roles such as a meeting place for early 20th-century Baltimore immigrants with a rooftop playground space for children, to a maritime radio station headquartered within the pier.

[4][5] From 1993-1999, the pier had been occupied as the police headquarters for the television series, Homicide: Life on the Street.

Previous developers struggled to find financing for the project because the pier needed so much work.

A major piece of the pier's restoration involved replacing the pilings that are driven underwater and into the Baltimore harbor bed, an expensive undertaking.