Vitruvius
Vitruvius is an impact-driven real estate development firm focusing on the creation of innovative spaces and experiences.
Vitruvius
Vitruvius is an impact-driven real estate development firm focusing on the creation of innovative spaces and experiences.
Development with purpose
Development
Comprehensive commercial real estate services from pre-development through final completion.
Design
Focused on well-designed spaces to promote community and positive interactions within the built environment.
Impact
Success is measured by how impactful a project is on the community surrounding it.
Featured Projects
Featured Projects
The Compass
The Compass will bridge the divide between the Central Business District, Mt. Vernon, and the Westside, jump-starting more creative development in the once thriving area. More than that, the impact-driven development, dynamic programming, incorporation of the arts, and local tenant mix will respect the buildings’ and neighborhood’s historic fabric, interspersing history with modern, timeless design.
400 Park Ave
A 110,000 SF mixed-use development focused on further revitalizing Baltimore’s Bromo Arts District. 400 Park will help bring back and modernize the historic immigrant & arts hub with new residences, creative commercial space, food, nightlife, and business offerings.
R. House
A 50,000 SF redevelopment of an old auto body shop featuring office space (Allovue & Johns Hopkins Fast Forward Program), Movement Lab, and R. House - the launch pad for Baltimore's most exciting chefs.
Dylan's oyster cellar
An oyster-centric seafood restaurant and bar in the Hampden neighborhood of Baltimore City.
Sagamore Spirit
A rye whiskey distillery and restaurant in South Baltimore created by Under Armour founder and CEO, Kevin Plank. Restaurant by famed chef Andrew Carmellini.
About Us
About Us
Vitruvius is an impact-driven real estate development firm focusing on the creation of innovative spaces and experiences. We execute our vision through thoughtful planning with our stakeholders, careful research, and attention to detail. Vitruvius measures success by how impactful each project is on the people and neighborhood around it, and builds with the intention to elevate the urban landscape culturally and aesthetically.
Before founding Vitruvius, Christopher Janian was a Development Executive at H&S Properties Development Corp. for 6 years. Chris's notable projects included the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore, Legg Mason World Headquarters, Spinnaker Bay Apartments, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Homewood Suites, and The Vue Condominiums. He also spearheaded some of the largest retail and restaurant deals in the city, including Wit & Wisdom (A tavern by Michael Mina), Under Armour Brand House, J. Crew, Anthropologie, Lululemon, and MAC Cosmetics. After H&S, Chris helped form Beatty Development Group and worked primarily on the Harbor Point neighborhood masterplan and the Exelon Tower.
Chris has been recognized by multiple publications for his professional and community accomplishments as an “Influential Marylander”, one of Baltimore’s “Top 40 Under 40” and a “Very Important Professional” in the state of Maryland.
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistency. Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us. Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.
Daniel Burnham, 1907