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It is located at 10301 Philadelphia Road and operated from December 2000 to May 2019, producing transmissions used in full-size pickup trucks as well as electric motors. The property has been purchased for office and industrial redevelopment.\n\n\n== History ==\nIn May 1999, the plant was announced to be located on a former sand and gravel quarry, operated from the 1930s to the 1990s, near the White Marsh Mall.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Transmission", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q4852937", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Transmission", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "24005", "opp_score": 10.0, "opp_reasons": ["closed or demolished per category only, +0 until sourced", "median rent $1,566"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/md/white-marsh-baltimore-transmission/", "events": [{"year": 2000, "date": null, "kind": "opened", "detail": "Opened", "source_id": null}, {"year": 2019, "date": null, "kind": "closed", "detail": "Closed", "source_id": null}], "sources": [{"id": 8778, "site_id": "n-9581daa0b8", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Transmission", "title": "Baltimore Transmission", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Baltimore Transmission", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [{"name": "Merritt Properties", "kind": "developer", "role": "developer", "year_from": null, "year_to": null}], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Closed in 2019 after operating as a GM transmission factory (opened 2000).", "why": "Original use: General Motors transmission factory. Current status: Closed. Developer: Merritt Properties. Strategy: Redevelop (industrial/office).", "where_it_stands": "471,000 sqft GLA. Located near White Marsh Mall (5.2km). Traffic: 4-lane freeway (Road 43) with 60,371 ADT (2024).", "for_a_planner": ["Peer sites: 6 similar redevelopments in MD/OR/MA (scores 6.5-7.0).", "Housing: ZHVI $358,090 (2026-09), +0.4% YoY.", "Median rent cited: $1,566 (source unknown)."], "for_a_developer": ["No active permits for 2024 (data shows 2023-2024 construction values).", "Status: 'closed or demolished' per record (not verified).", "Context: 1 mall cluster within 10km (Golden Ring Mall, status unknown)."], "risks_and_unknowns": ["Verified status: 'draft' (not confirmed).", "No source for median rent claim.", "No details on redevelopment timeline or current tenant plans."], "data_quality": "good", "one_line": "Closed GM factory (2000-2019) at 471k sqft, redeveloping to industrial/office; peer comparisons show similar projects in MD/OR/MA; traffic access strong but redevelopment status unverified.", "model": "qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest", "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)", "record_sha1": "8e90549da031"}, 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