Growth and development

Tersiguel’s French Country Restaurant is closing its doors after five decades on Ellicott City’s Main Street this December.

Montgomery County’s exorbitant rent and housing prices were the topic of the night in a county executive debate between councilmembers and candidates Will Jawando and Andrew Friedson.

Landlords like Dontae Carroll say Wall Street’s freeze on a specific housing loan has put their plans to purchase on hold.

Residents of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties could pay roughly $18 more on their quarterly water and sewer bills next year.

An ambitious plan to redevelop what’s called the Superblock, an area of downtown Baltimore, has been stuck in the mud for a quarter century. Much of the area was razed after a fire last month.

Rite Aid has officially closed all 16 of its Maryland stores, with customers’ prescriptions transferred to other pharmacies.

Geo Concepcion, CEO of the Greene Turtle, has said the end of “Thirsty Thursday” promotions forced him to close its $4 million flagship location. But the restaurant’s problems began when it opened in 2022.

The federal shutdown will feed fears of brain drain in Montgomery County and throughout the DMV region.

Thanks to a handshake deal, Montgomery County’s country clubs enjoy special tax breaks despite ongoing debates about fairness and land use in Maryland.

The fire broke out on Sept. 2, just before 3 p.m., with a witness reporting he saw flames on the rear roof of a building in the 200 block of W. Fayette St., according to the incident report.

The Purple Line is slated to open in late 2027. In the meantime, shop owners in Fenton Village and elsewhere along the rail corridor say they’re not getting enough support to make up for their losses.

Years of delays and cost overruns have ballooned the cost of the Purple Line to an estimated $9.5 billion. Now, the massive transit project is winding toward completion.

Howard County’s planning board voted Thursday night to reject gas pumps and a Sheetz convenience store on historic Rosa Bonheur pet cemetery in Elkridge.

The Locust Point pier needs millions of dollars worth of repairs, and the lease that Canton Stevedoring has held since 2011 is set to expire at the end of the year.

In Ellicott City, the placement of a peach sculpture has sparked controversy, while a nearby eggplant sculpture was accepted by the Howard County Historic Preservation Commission.

Chasen, 39, testified on Monday that he will be living at a building on Eastern Avenue in Fells Point that once served as his namesake company’s headquarters.

In a poll commissioned by The Banner, more than eight in 10 respondents said that the county’s lack of affordable housing is a problem.

Brandon Chasen, 39, of Baltimore, agreed in July to enter Chapter 7 liquidation bankruptcy. He sat for three hours of questioning on Monday.

The 4-3 vote along party lines followed impassioned public testimony at the end of a four-hour legislative meeting Monday night.

Monday's bill would pare back a 2024 law that incentivizes "workforce" housing.