"The Mile" is well represented with hotels & restaurants. There is a sports culture district with Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Orioles) and M&T Bank Stadium (Ravens). This is in the Downtown West section of "The Mile" where it begins.
As you venture down past the Convention Center there is a need to improve or upgrade the luxury brands of fashion to enhance the profile of shopping. If there was a Gucci, Versace', Louis Vuitton or Salvatore Ferragamo on "The Mile" it would increase and attract more high-end shoppers who like to see their garments and not buy them on-line because of the chic experience of visiting a fashion house store.
The Harbor East section of "The Mile" has some interesting shops and may in the future be home to a more well-known fashion brand(s). The Inner Harbor section of "The Mile" with its wide street would be more benefiting from a viewing and landscape point as more buildings become erect. A collection of specialty stores with the backdrop of the water would make The Charm'tastic Mile indeed one of the Top 20 streets in America.
When residents and tourists say I'm going shopping on "The Mile" it becomes a experience in shopping that extends to restaurants and upscale bars. It also expands to the night-life culture for the sophisticated and in-the-mix (millennials) consumer.
