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An entrepreneur had big plans for a West Baltimore grocery store. Then rent came due.
Mario Minor, a former concert promoter with no experience opening a grocery store, sold Poppleton residents in Baltimore City a dream.
An unopened grocery store in the La Cite development in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.
What Kevin Plank’s 2013 trip to Dubai has to do with your surging BGE bill
Baltimore Gas and Electric still believes that the Baltimore Peninsula will one day become a pulsating metropolis.
While Kevin Plank's vision of a futuristic business hub at his Baltimore Peninsula development has yet to materialize, BGE still plans to build a massive new substation — partially on the site of this decommissioned power plant, shown here — to support the projected growth.
A city-owned hotel has been losing money since 2008. Here’s the cost to taxpayers.
By 2024, the city-owned Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor was supposed to have paid out $39 million, plus taxes, to Baltimore. Instead, it has cost the city millions to keep afloat.
The Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor has not made a single distribution payment back to the city’s general fund, despite projections that it would have paid out more than $39 million by now.
Baltimore’s arabbers mourn a fellow fruit man — and their dying way of life
Arabbing — selling fruits and vegetables from a horse-drawn wagon — is a centuries-old profession that is hanging by a thread in Baltimore.
Levar Mullen calls out, “Fruit man, fruit man!,” as he leads the funeral procession down Pennsylvania Avenue for Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, the beloved arabber fatally shot by Baltimore Police this week.
‘Justice for the fruit man’: Hundreds rally for arabber fatally shot by Baltimore police
More than 300 people rallied in Upton on Friday evening to demand justice for Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, the well-known arabber fatally shot in Upton by police this week.
Community members march in honor of the recently-killed arabber, Bilal "BJ" Adbullah, on Friday, June 20, 2025.
Judge dismisses Poppleton’s lawsuit of last resort against city, developer
A federal judge's dismissal of a lawsuit means that New York-based La Cité Development will continue to control much of the vacant land in the neighborhood, extending a saga that stretches back two decades.
Sonia Eaddy, president of Poppleton Now, described the lawsuit as a last resort for her and her neighbors. A federal judge dismissed it Wednesday.
It’s not looking good: New report digs deep on federal cuts and Maryland’s economy
A new report released gets into granular detail about federal money and Maryland — and it’s not pretty.
Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman at an event in Windsor Mill in February. The comptroller's office published a report on the effects of federal cuts on the state's economy.
A state senator aided a disgraced developer’s ‘affordable’ East Baltimore project
Sen. Cory McCray’s involvement in Ronald Lipscomb’s proposed apartment building raised alarms, ethical concerns, emails show.
Parcel B, a sliver of land between Ashland Avenue and E. Madison Street is currently being used as a parking lot.
Rochester gave up on a highway and filled it in. Should Baltimore?
Rochester gave up lanes of highway traffic to turn a trench into green space — and wants to do more.
A hotel and mixed-use development fills what once was the eastern portion of Rochester, N.Y.’s Inner Loop East highway.
Buffalo’s $1 billion cautionary tale for Baltimore’s ‘Highway to Nowhere’
Buffalo’s plan to turn part of an expressway into a tunnel covered by green space got funded, and then got controversial.
The Kensington Expressway, looking south in Buffalo, N.Y.
‘Get ‘em while supplies last’: The economy operating outside Pimlico bids farewell
Residents of Park Heights shared thoughts on the idea of not having Preakness next year — and the prospects of a new Pimlico.
Anastasia Green and her husband, Derry Royster, sell T-shirts, socks, handmade glasses and drinks outside Pimlico Race Course.
One of Harford County’s biggest private employers is laying off 363 workers
The Philadelphia-based pharmacy chain Rite Aid plans to close its Aberdeen distribution center.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: A Rite-Aid is seen on October 16, 2023 in the Crown Heights neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Rite Aid, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country, has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close a number of stores across the United States amid slumping sales and lawsuits related to accusations that it helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
They bet $45M on a downtown Baltimore property. Now it’s worth half that.
After foreclosing on the Vivo Baltimore property last year, a lender bought two residential towers in downtown Baltimore at auction for $25 million.
The entrance to the recently foreclosed on Vivo Baltimore towers, which were converted from hotels to apartment buildings during the pandemic.
Where federal workers searching for new jobs should look in Maryland
Local leaders and state officials are trying to help federal workers find stability and chart a new path forward in Maryland.
Prospective job seekers speak with recruiters during a federal workers career fair hosted at Howard Community College in Columbia last month.
MCB is buying another marquee property in downtown Baltimore
Buying the hotel would strengthen the Baltimore developer’s position downtown, where it already owns or controls multiple properties nearby, including Harborplace.
The Hyatt Regency hotel along Light Street in Baltimore's Inner Harbor was built as an investment in the city's tourism industry.
After fraud lawsuit, new buyers strike deal for Diamond Comics
A day after its would-be buyer filed a fraud suit against Diamond Comic Distributors, the Hunt Valley comic book company secured a new suitor.
“When I Lay My Vengeance Upon Thee” is one of the comics Atomic Books in Hampden gets exclusively through Diamond Comic Distributors. Photographed on Friday, January 17, 2025.
An unusually high number of Black Baltimoreans identify as entrepreneurs
New research shows a quarter of residents in Baltimore and Baltimore County describe themselves as entrepreneurs.
New research shows that a quarter of residents in Baltimore and Baltimore County describe themselves as entrepreneurs.
New grocery store planned for West Baltimore development
Streets Market, a grocery store chain with locations in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, plans to anchor the redevelopment of a vacant building at 600 W. North Ave.
Developer David Bramble at a press conference announcing a Streets Market coming to the new Reservoir Square.
Tradepoint Atlantic resurrected Sparrows Point. Now it’s expanding into Howard County.
Tradepoint Atlantic, the company behind the redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel site at Sparrows Point, is expanding into Howard County that is expected to create 500 jobs.
A rendering of the plan for Tradepoint Atlantic's logistics hub expansion into Howard County.
State agency questions safety of gas pipes after BGE inspector is caught loafing on his boat
An investigation by BGE confirmed that an employee had falsified inspection reports.
An investigation by Baltimore Gas & Electric confirmed that an employee had falsified inspection reports.
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