Growth and development

Small-town charm meets big-city attention as Cumberland’s relocation program goes viral.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is set to dredge the Baltimore Harbor and its channels to allow for container ships to safely pass to and from the Port of Baltimore, a project that will be complete by March 2025.

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.

Development officials have pointed the to company’s arrival as a watershed moment for the ambitious development project of the Baltimore Peninsula.

Neighbors want to shut down an Essex boarding house. Residents say it’s the only thing keeping them off the streets.

A day after voters approved a crucial ballot question for the overhaul of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, opponents reiterated their plans to keep fighting.

Policymakers must address the current realities that are making it harder for America’s small businesses to grow and thrive, says Teaera Strum, the chief executive officer of Strum Contracting Co. Inc.

In a post on social media Saturday, Martin O’Malley called it “a terrible developer grab of public waterfront parkland.”

The owner of Harborplace says Hooters abruptly closed this summer still owing nearly $500,000 in unpaid rent and fees.

Two grants are offered: up to $10,000 to purchase a home or up to $20,000 to purchase and renovate a home.

The tenants said MCB Real Estate was a subpar landlord that drove down the shopping center’s value.

The Public Service Enterprise Group unveiled a planned route for new transmission lines that the company says would address resident concerns.

Owners of vacant properties would eventually pay a tax rate four times that of typical properties.

The state wants to build fewer parking lots and more mixed-use developments on the 300 acres it owns within a half-mile of transit stations.

A reader says the CSX coal terminal is a stark example of how powerful industries disproportionately affect underserved communities like Curtis Bay.

Thursday’s ruling means voters will cast ballots on a charter amendment which would allow MCB Real Estate, a private company, to redevelop the site of the existing Harborplace pavilions.

Colin Tarbert, president and CEO of Baltimore Development Corp., shares a history with Harborplace — but he says it’s time to move past nostalgia and embrace progress.

The plan would set the property tax rate on vacant properties at triple the current level for the first year it is in effect and then quadruple the current rate in subsequent years.

Those familiar with the bank’s work said JPMorgan Chase can help Baltimore fill its empty storefronts, reduce its vacant housing surplus and bring more good-paying jobs to city residents — all crucial to its financial sustainability.

For a decade, Baltimore lost more Black than white residents from 2010 to 2020, according to a Baltimore Banner analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.