Business & Development

Special Seriesby Fern ShenMay 23, 2022

Eight months after the department was ordered to complete a report on the mistakes leading to a historic building’s teardown, there apparently will be no accountability. UPDATED with amended statement by HCD.

May 19, 2022

Ousted as Port Covington’s developer, Marc Weller leaves behind a $650 million “game changer” in search of occupants

Hawked unsuccessfully as “Cyber Town USA,” a life science hub and a new Amazon headquarters, the scaled-back project now falls to others to market while, for taxpayers, a financial clock is ticking. UPDATED.

Apr 23, 2022

Baltimore County official tells citizens: “It’s not a democracy. It’s not mob rule”

Residents opposing a Royal Farms store in their neighborhood come up against a decades-old process designed to favor developers and silence them.

Special SeriesApr 14, 2022

Union decries worker mistreatment at Port Covington construction site

One man says he worked overtime for weeks, but received no overtime pay. From the developer of the city-subsidized megaproject: “No comment.”

Mar 4, 2022

Building owners with digital signs considered too big for downtown will get a second chance

Yesterday’s 6-2 Planning Commission vote positions the owners whose signs were criticized by planning staff to seek future approval.

Feb 18, 2022

Ferguson drops Block curfew for an agreement to pay for extra police patrols

But many club owners say they never agreed to the deal.

Feb 9, 2022

Rowhouses on 29th St. owned by Johns Hopkins University to be razed this month

Feb 7, 2022

Club owners and gubernatorial candidate say “backroom deals” behind crackdown on The Block

Feb 3, 2022

Bigger BGE bills drawing questions from some customers

Jan 24, 2022

For Baltimore County developer, a decade of special favors

Dec 17, 2021

Developer’s $25 million suit against residents who spoke out dismissed on appeal

Dec 14, 2021

Mt. Vernon townhouse damaged by neighboring mid-rise comes down

Nov 24, 2021

Sale of air rights seen as another step forward for long-awaited Madison Park North project

Special SeriesNov 3, 2021

As historic townhouse waits for demolition, CHAP hopes for replacement building

Oct 20, 2021

After steering billboard bill to passage, Costello is honored by Downtown Partnership

Oct 18, 2021

Downtown residents association: We were blindsided by digital billboard plan

Sep 25, 2021

Chronology of a historic preservation fiasco in the heart of Mt. Vernon

Sep 20, 2021

Saving the front facade of Mt. Vernon townhouse ruled too dangerous by CHAP

Sep 15, 2021

“Somebody is culpable here,” says CHAP chairman as panel okays demolition of Mt. Vernon building

Sep 14, 2021

Historic Mt. Vernon building, damaged by construction project next door, likely to be demolished

Jun 7, 2021

Casino revenues in Maryland soar – except at Baltimore’s Horseshoe

May 25, 2021

Average citizens tried to tell city leaders: Port Covington was too good to be true

May 13, 2021

Is the community benefits package at Port Covington still enforceable?

May 6, 2021

Plans unveiled for apartments at Cross Keys with “a resort-like feel”