Growth and development

This vote will enable the long-awaited project, which has been sputtering since at least 1998, to move forward and revive a section of downtown that has seen progress elsewhere, including the newly finished Lexington Market redevelopment.

Public and private efforts to reduce the number of abandoned and distressed houses in Baltimore need to include establishment of a Land Bank Authority, says David Plymyer, who retired as Anne Arundel County attorney in 2014 and now writes about law and government.

Baltimore City Community College will demolish long-vacant Bard Building after a Wednesday vote.

A gathering was held Thursday to announce the second class of the Downtown BOOST program, which seeks to place Black-owned businesses in downtown Baltimore storefronts and support their long-term success.

The revived east-west Red Line project will bring Baltimore communities together and provide a range of benefits to residents across the Baltimore region, say Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.

A revived Red Line to connect East and West Baltimore is long overdue and will spur economic growth throughout the city and region, say Mark Anthony Thomas, CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, and Kathy E. Hollinger, CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership.

Partnerships using public and private investment are benefiting infrastructure projects such as the expansion of Baltimore's Howard Street Tunnel and B&O Railroad Museum improvements, Ed McDonald, a commissioner at the Maryland Port Administration, says.

A new study by Lendio shows Maryland is the second-best state in the country for minority entrepreneurs to succeed. (Hawaii was first and Montana was last.)

Construction is expected to begin in a year on the project to renovate the 19th-century structure. Various uses are being explored, including offices, retail, restaurants, a gym, and shared-working and workforce training spaces.

Plans for Harborplace redevelopment need more transparency, a city resident favoring a high-rise residential and retail approach says; Gov. Wes Moore understands the power of history, leaders of organizations devoted to history and preservation say.

Racial segregation in Baltimore continues to define the city, an analysis of nearly every data set The Baltimore Banner data team analyzed in our first year has found. Why does the “Black Butterfly” keep appearing in Baltimore data?

The community gathered Monday afternoon to discuss a proposed zoning change that, if passed, would allow Workshop Development to build an apartment complex on 810 Leadenhall St.

The Banner reviewed nearly 1,000 responses to a city housing department survey that sought feedback about Baltimore’s online permitting system.

It takes deep pockets to both develop and clean up a contaminated site. But what made it work for a steel plant made it ripe for development too, including a port, rail, I-695 and lots of space.

The pro-business group wants to lead the business community in solving the city’s vacant house crisis, which CEO Mark Anthony Thomas views as an existential threat to the region’s economic vitality.

The Housing Authority of Baltimore City dismissed dozens of cases Wednesday May 24, 2023 after tenants alleged mistreatment and violations during the eviction process.

The proposed Lakefront Library project in Columbia has raised concerns among community organizations and residents about cost and who will benefit from it, says Hiruy Hadgu, president of the Progressive Democrats of Howard County and a Howard County Citizens Association board member.

The city’s historic preservation board issued an initial vote against a proposal to demolish five buildings as part of a downtown redevelopment plan.

Here are seven places I’ve enjoyed checking out since moving to this South Baltimore community that includes Fort McHenry and the former arrival point for more than a million immigrants.

Harborplace has a new developer, but noticeable progress could be years away.