Business & Development

by Mark ReutterAug 15, 2022

Confirmed: Enterprise Zone, Brownfields and other programs benefit wealthy investors in white neighborhoods. Unaddressed: the politics and profit that keep the subsidies flowing. [ANALYSIS]

Jul 19, 2022

Public financing of final phase of Harbor Point is up for approval

A tale of two city-subsidized projects: Harbor Point approaches completion, while Port Covington searches for tenants.

Special SeriesMay 23, 2022

Baltimore housing: No penalties for developer who destabilized – then demolished – historic townhouse

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. 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.”

Feb 18, 2022

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

Feb 14, 2022

Stalled Pimlico redevelopment another example of what’s wrong with “game changer” syndrome

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 3, 2021

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

Oct 25, 2021

As Pittsburgh decides to dim, downtown Baltimore prepares to light up

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