250 West Pratt Street

{{Short description|Highrise building in Baltimore, Maryland}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox building

| image= 250WestPrattStreet.jpg

| name=250 West Pratt Street

| location=Baltimore, Maryland, United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|39.2867|-76.6188|type:landmark_region:US-MD|display=inline,title}}

| status=Completed

| opening={{Start date and age|1986}}

| roof={{convert|360|ft|m|abbr=on}}

| floor_count=24

| building_type=Office/Business

| architect=Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

}}

250 West Pratt Street is a highrise building located in Baltimore, Maryland. The building stands at {{convert|360|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}, containing 24 floors.{{cite web|url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10304|title=250 West Pratt Street at Skyscraperpage.com|publisher=Skyscraperpage.com|access-date=2008-06-27| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080629063758/http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=10304| archive-date= 29 June 2008| url-status= live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=250westprattstreet-baltimore-md-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216195611/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=250westprattstreet-baltimore-md-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 16, 2007|title=250 W. Pratt Street at Emporis.com|publisher=Emporis.com|access-date=2008-06-27}} The building was constructed and completed in 1986, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP.,{{cite web|url=http://www.ce.jhu.edu/baltimorestructures/250%20West%20Pratt%20Street/250_west_pratt.htm |title=250 W. Pratt Street |publisher=Engineers Guide to Baltimore |access-date=2008-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720085622/http://www.ce.jhu.edu/baltimorestructures/250%20West%20Pratt%20Street/250_west_pratt.htm |archive-date=20 July 2008 |url-status=dead |df=}}{{cite book|last=Dorsey|first=J|author2=J.D. Dilts|title=A Guide to Baltimore Architecture |publisher=Tidewater Publishers|location=Centreville, MD|year=1997|edition=III|pages=72}} and originally developed by and for Cabot, Cabot & Forbes. The building is located in the center of Baltimore's central commercial district,{{cite web|url=http://www.bhfunds.com/Assets/West_Pratt.asp |title=250 West Pratt Street |publisher=BH Funds |access-date=2008-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021030854/http://www.bhfunds.com/Assets/West_Pratt.asp |archive-date=October 21, 2006 }} and is one of the buildings most visible from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

In early 2015 Danish jewelry maker Pandora Jewelry moved 600 employees and its regional headquarters for the Americas to the building.{{cite news|last1=Bodley|first1=Michael|title=Pandora moving headquarters and 600 employees to Baltimore from Columbia|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-bz-pandora-moves-to-baltimore-20140717,0,4842823.story|access-date=17 July 2014|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=17 July 2014}} As part of a ten-year lease, the company's logo will be added to the building, visible from the street and from Camden Yards.{{cite news|last1=Litten|first1=Kevin|title=Pandora Jewelry moving HQ, jobs to Baltimore|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/morning_call/2014/07/pandora-jewelry-moving-hq-jobs-to-baltimore.html|access-date=17 July 2014|newspaper=Washington Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=17 July 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Litten|first1=Kevin|title=Here's what Pandora Jewelry's new sign atop 250 W. Pratt St. will look like|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/blog/real-estate/2014/07/heres-what-pandora-jewelrys-new-sign-atop-250-w.html|access-date=17 July 2014|newspaper=Baltimore Business Journal|publisher=American City Business Journals|date=17 July 2014}}

In May 2023, the law firm Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, P.C. took over two floors of the building for the first time since the Firm moved locations in 2008 after having been some of the building’s original tenants. The Firm now occupies a significant portion of Pandora Jewelry’s former Americas headquarters.[https://semmes.com/semmes-announces-two-office-moves/]