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Giacomo Bologna

Giacomo

Giacomo "Jack" Bologna covers business and development at The Baltimore Banner. Before that he worked at The Baltimore Sun, The Baltimore Business Journal and newspapers in Mississippi and Missouri. Jack is originally from Michigan.

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This is a photo of two former hotel buildings in downtown Baltimore.
Lender forecloses on newly renovated apartment tower in downtown Baltimore
A financial firm is suing Vivo Baltimore over missed payments on a $45 million loan. The newly renovated apartment building is located downtown.
The 262-unit apartment complex is the only project La Cité completed in its plan to revitalize Poppleton. It is struggling to find renters.
Poppleton apartment complex for sale as investor wants its money back
Following a lawsuit filed this summer, an investor is forcing La Cite Development to sell a troubled apartment complex in West Baltimore, court records show.
Professor Dale Glenwood Green gives a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives.
Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
A Morgan State University professor has been misrepresenting himself as a licensed architect for years. The Maryland State Board of Architects fined him $20,000 this month, the largest such fine in more than a decade.
The U.S. Capitol seen during morning rush hour. About 10% of Maryland’s workers, or an estimated 327,000 people, are directly employed by the federal government, according to the U.S. Census — including many who commute into D.C.
Wanna slash the federal bureaucracy? You might take Maryland’s economy with it, too.
About 10% of the state’s workers, or an estimated 327,000 Marylanders, are directly employed by the federal government, according to the U.S. Census.
Maryland was poised to potentially lose some of its Harris Teeter stores under a proposed grocery giant merger.
Judge halts megamerger that would force sale of Maryland grocery stores
In ruling Tuesday, a federal judge sided with federal regulators, temporarily blocking the merger of two national grocery giants and, for now, stopping the sale of some Harris Teeter stores.
Cars drive past Horseshoe Casino on Russell Street in South Baltimore on Thursday, October 17, 2024.
Baltimore took a big bet on casino gambling. A decade later, the chips are down.
Horseshoe Casino, which opened a decade ago, has seen declining revenues since their peak in 2016, and employs about one-third as many people as in its first year.
Why Baltimore is Charm City: 50 years ago, civic leaders and admen declared it so
Fifty years ago, the nickname Charm City was born. Baltimore's leaders were looking for a rebrand in 1974. The resulting ad campaign has proved remarkably durable.
A Baltimore hospital sued a homeless man who refused to leave. Why?
Hospitals are seeing an increasing number of homeless patients walking into emergency rooms. After they’re admitted, some refuse to leave. This is the story of a lawsuit Sinai Hospital filed against one such patient.
This is a photo of an apartment complex in Harbor Point.
Luxury apartment building in Baltimore delays opening after 2 fires and a flood
The opening of an 18-story apartment building in Baltimore has been delayed until early next year following two suspected arsons and an unrelated flood, according to a disclosure to investors.
A conceptual drawing of the proposed Harborplace plans showed a potential aerial view of the Inner Harbor on a sunny day.
Iconic, but Gen X: Are Harborplace’s pavilions worth a preservation fight?
When voters decided to allow residential buildings in the Inner Harbor, they also greenlit an ambitious redevelopment plan that will start with the demolition of the Harborplace pavilions, which are not quite historical enough for preservation.
Voters on Tuesday approved a plan to allow residential development at Harborplace. That’s not the end of the story.
Why the fight over Baltimore’s Inner Harbor could drag on for years
A day after voters approved a crucial ballot question for the overhaul of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, opponents reiterated their plans to keep fighting.
Attendants of a press conference held by MCB Real Estate stand by an illustration of revealed design plans for the upcoming Harborplace development, at the Light Street pavilion on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023 in Baltimore, MD.
Harborplace vote favors residential development in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor
In this photo from April 22, 2023, Gervonta “Tank” Davis enters the ring prior to his bout against Ryan Garcia at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Tough news for Gervonta Davis: Boxer faces foreclosure and judge rejects Japan birthday trip
Davis, 29, of Parkland, Florida, bought the penthouse condominium in 2023 for $3.4 million from Scott Plank, a real estate developer and the brother of Under Armour President and CEO Kevin Plank.
Center Stage had to cancel a performance of "Pride and Prejudice" following a water main break.
Baltimore Center Stage cancels performances after pipe burst
The extent of the damage and how it will impact the rest of the season are not clear.
Former Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley weighed in on the controversial plans to raze Harborplace and build five buildings, including two residential towers, along the waterfront.
O’Malley bucks 3 former mayors, opposes Harborplace redevelopment
In a post on social media Saturday, Martin O’Malley called it “a terrible developer grab of public waterfront parkland.”

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