Growth and development
Is breaching Baltimore County’s urban-rural divide ‘the dumbest growth possible?’
As the Baltimore County Council considers a measure that would make it harder to change its Urban Rural Demarcation Line, here are answers to five questions about the decades-old URDL.
Greenleigh, in Baltimore County, could offer a way out of the housing crisis
Greenleigh’s residential housing success story could offer a blueprint for the rest of the state during a national housing crisis.
One of downtown Baltimore’s biggest landlords hit with foreclosure
A lender is foreclosing on a downtown apartment building owned by one Baltimore’s most successful developers of office-to-residential conversions.
Pet cemetery’s mystery owner may swap graves for gas pumps
Development plans reveal the owner wants to put a gas station and convenience store on the famous little Maryland cemetery.
A Baltimore developer’s private jet transfer has infuriated its creditors
A construction arm of Chasen Cos. now faces petition for forced bankruptcy
Tariffs on lumber and appliances set stage for higher costs on new homes and remodeling projects
Shopping for a new home? Ready to renovate your kitchen or install a new deck? You’ll be paying more to do so.
T. Rowe Price begins moving 2,000 employees to Harbor Point offices
T. Rowe Price, an investment firm based in downtown Baltimore since its founding in 1937, will begin moving employees to new Harbor Point offices this week.
Chasen Cos. entity files for bankruptcy ahead of auction for Fells Point building
The entity, CC 1400 Aliceanna Street LLC, filed for bankruptcy Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland.
Baltimore gained population for the first time in a decade, new data shows
Baltimore City gained population for the first time since 2014, census data released Thursday shows.
Population growth picks up again in Howard County
Howard County’s population growth showed signs of rebounding in 2024, after slowing nearly every year since 2016.
Baltimore County population grows for first time in 4 years, new data shows
Baltimore County reversed three consecutive years of population decline, thanks in large part to new immigrants.
Anne Arundel County eclipses 600,000 residents as births outpace deaths
Anne Arundel County eclipsed 600,000 residents in 2024, with a slight year-over-year population increase driven by births.
It’s not sexy, but fixing Baltimore’s permits process could solve a lot of problems
Charm City has enough problems to overcome, and self-inflicted ones like poor permitting only make it more difficult.
Hampton plantation site tells the history of slavery – and of Towson. Will the Trump administration erase that?
The Hampton National Historic Site near Towson tells the history of slavery at a former plantation site in Baltimore County. Some worry that the Trump administration's push to revise history will erase that.
Why Baltimore can’t shake its controversial Poppleton developer
City housing cancelled New York-based La Cité’s development rights. Turns out, it didn’t really matter.
Reisterstown Road Plaza ‘died’ long ago. A new team wants to bring it back
“Everyone has a plaza story,” one of the developers said. “And we want to bring that back.”
There’s a push to make rural Baltimore County even more untouchable — despite housing crisis
A Baltimore County councilman wants to make it harder for developers to build in parts of the county outside of the Urban-Rural Demarcation Line.
Welcome to Baltimore’s newest ghost town. Trump cuts might keep it empty.
Redevelopment of Poe Homes in West Baltimore, and other distressed communities across the region, could slow if federal housing grants and programs end.
Councilwoman moves to block pilot plastic recycling plant in Columbia. Will she succeed?
Howard County Councilwoman Deb Jung has proposed a zoning change that would block W.R. Grace’s proposal for a pilot plastic recycling plant at its Columbia headquarters. Opponents applaud the effort, but some worry that it amounts to “spot zoning.”
Maryland’s displaced federal workers pack job fair as Trump, Musk slash government
Hundreds of federal workers packed a job fair in Howard County Tuesday night to rehearse in mock interviews, pose for professional headshots and adapt their often lengthy resumes for the private sector.
