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Baltimore Ritz Condo Owner Wants Gun Range--Is That You Tom Clancy?

The biggest owner of the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Baltimore is author Tom Clancy so when the Baltimore Sun found out that an architect has been talking to city officials about the possibilities of installing a gun range in one of the penthouse condos Baltimore's Inner Harbor, well, we know who to look toward. According to the article in the Sun the inquiries were supposed to be kept private but you can't keep an unusual request like this under wraps. The process of getting a gun range installed in one's condo is no easy feat. There are zoning rules, laws and permits as well as the condo association bylaws to contend with. It's also quite expensive, although, if Clancy is the owner this is likely not an issue. The thriller business has made him a very wealthy man.

In the architect's paperwork the client is not identified. If the gun-loving Ritz owner is Clancy he certainly has room for a range, he's got a total of 17,000 square feet of living space taking over the entire penthouse floor of one of the condo complex's six buildings. Over the past couple of years he spent a total of $16.6 million doing so, buying up a total of six units which gives him private elevators, a home theater, multiple kitchens and more. Clancy is a Baltimore native and also has ownership in the altimore Orioles. The Sun article says that according to a NY Times article back in 1999, Clancy had a shooting range at a home he owned overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.

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Tom Clancy Picks Up More Units At The Ritz-Carlton Baltimore

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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Prolific author Tom Clancy bought three penthouse condominiums at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Baltimore around this time last year. Now the Baltimore Sun is reporting that Clancy has picked up three more units at the waterfront complex. His first deal was for three combined penthouse units which equaled nearly 12,000 square feet of space with four bedrooms, six balconies, a home theater and three semi-private elevators. He bought the additional properties this fall for almost $2.2 million, far less than the $12.6 million he paid last year. The luxury project has struggled to find buyers and lowered prices over the summer. Now Clancy has a total of over 17,000 square feet at his disposal. He owns the entire penthouse level of one of the complex's six buildings. Prices in the complex range from $500,000 to $4 million and other buyers are also buying a couple of units and turning them into one larger space.

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Did Tom Clancy Pick Up A Huge Baltimore Condo?

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Baltimore is buzzing over a big sale at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Baltimore. A penthouse condo in the pricey project has sold for $12.6 million making it the largest condo deal at the project and in the city. Rumor has it that the buyer may be best selling author and part owner of the Orioles baseball team Tom Clancy. Clancy has created a suspense thriller empire that includes many books including the Jack Ryan series as well as a line of Clancy-branded video games.

The apartment is actually three combined penthouse units which equal nearly 12,000 square feet of space with four bedrooms, six balconies, a home theater and three semi-private elevators.

The announcement of the sale follows the recent news that a man had sued the developer of Baltimore's Ritz-Carlton Residences to get back the return of the nearly $1.1 million deposit he put down on three units there. In the suit he claimed that the representatives of the project's developers told him that he could buy the units at a special price and resell them without ever going through a closing. But on November 12, his lawyers filed a notice with the court that they are dismissing the case without prejudice. Sales have been slow at the project, since it opened in 2008, 22 out of 191 units have been sold.

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