Growth and development

Chasen, 39, testified for about two hours Thursday in the Edward A. Garmatz U.S. Courthouse in Baltimore during a hearing in his namesake real estate company's bankruptcy case.

Ten new tenants, including Tesla, Uniqlo and Swarovski, are expected to open at Annapolis Mall by the end of next year, according to an update from the mall.

Princess Awesome, an online clothing shop based in Silver Spring, is struggling to stay afloat with tens of thousands of dollars in added costs from new tariffs.

Jen Kaye and her family have sold Schooner Woodwind to 59º North Sailing, a rare change in the rarefied field of commercial sailing.

Montgomery County celebrated the opening of its federal workforce career center amid concerns of a potential surge in federal unemployment.

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.