Growth and development

    Chasen Cos. faces foreclosure in Fells Point over alleged bank loan default
    Chasen Cos., a Baltimore development firm faces new legal trouble after a bank alleged it defaulted on a nearly $14 million loan for properties in Fells Point.
    Chasen Cos. is facing foreclosure on a trio of lots in Fells Point.
    Baltimore pitched as affordable answer in costly housing region
    Baltimore’s median home price is up, but it still pales in comparison to the city suburbs.
    Belair-Edison is one of the city's "hot" neighborhoods, according to Live Baltimore's annual housing report.
    Baltimore keeps building luxury apartments as some units sit empty
    About one-tenth of the 4- and 5-star apartments in the Baltimore region are empty, according to data from the real estate analytics firm CoStar.
    Luxury apartment buildings, such as a high-rise in Harbor Point, have faced challenges in finding renters.
    Northeast Baltimore ‘eco-village’ wants to create new neighborhood model
    The site would include large and small single-family homes but also duplexes at prices that are “financially accessible” to aspiring homeowners, project managers said.
    An eco-village is expected to fill the “Tivoly Triangle” in Northeast Baltimore, a long-stalled redevelopment project.
    Amazon didn’t want Columbia Gateway, so Howard County has a new people-friendly plan
    Howard County planners and consultants presented their preferred plan for redeveloping Columbia Gateway, the business park that Amazon passed over for its East Coast headquarters in 2018.
    Curved, white arches stand over a sign that reads "Columbia Gateway: A Corporate Community"
    Admiral Fell Inn gets a rebrand with renovations, new name
    The Admiral Fell Inn is rebranding as The William Fell, named after the English shipbuilder who settled the waterfront neighborhood.
    Renderings of The William Fell hotel in Fells Point.
    A lot for Johnny on the spot? Baltimore County spending about $1.2 million on portable potties
    The Baltimore County Council was asked to approve the expenditure of $1,174,101 on portable toilets, nearly twice its planned outlay.
    Row of portable toilets.
    TikTok says it’s restoring service to US users based on Trump’s promised executive order
    TikTok says it’s “in the process” of restoring service to users in the United States after the popular video-sharing platform went dark in response to a new law.
    WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - JANUARY 18: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump and their son Barron board a U.S. Air Force aircraft en route to Dulles, Virginia on January 18, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump and Vice President-elect former Sen. JD Vance (R., Ohio) will be sworn in on January 20.
    TikTok goes dark in the U.S.
    TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect.
    TikTok users in the United States were greeted with a notice that the app was no longer available as of Saturday evening. Photographed Saturday, January 18, 2025.
    Baltimore County IG clears Planning Board member of misconduct, urges reforms
    Baltimore County’s inspector general has cleared a Planning Board member of alleged misconduct arising from applications to rezone properties outside of their area of responsibility.
    Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan addresses the Baltimore County Council during a hearing on two bills proposed to enshrine her office in the county's charter and remove a waiting period to subpoena non-government records Nov. 28, 2023.
    The man leading the Superblock redevelopment believes fourth time’s a charm
    For the past decade, Dan Taylor and his team have been tasked with solving one of Baltimore’s trickiest development challenges: the Superblock.
    Dan Taylor has been working to get the Superblock redeveloped for about a decade.
    What a hedge fund’s $1 billion play has to do with downtown Columbia
    It’s not clear what the hedge fund ownership could mean for Columbia, which was founded in 1967 by James Rouse as a model of racial and socioeconomic integration.
    Thousands will gather at the Downtown Columbia Lakefront on the Fourth of July.
    The new factory coming to South Baltimore that (almost) no one is talking about
    With virtually no fanfare, a Greek-based company called Hellenic Cables has started work on a factory that will employ 120 people in an industrial corner of the city known as Wagner’s Point.
    Crews are preparing the site at Wagners Point in South Baltimore for a proposed cable plant that would manufacture the undersea cables needed for offshore wind farms.
    Maryland property values rose 20% and higher tax bills are likely
    All of Maryland’s 24 jurisdictions experienced increased values amid a tight housing market.
    Property values rose by 20% in the state’s latest round of assessments, likely meaning higher tax bills for owners.
    Chinese nationals say Baltimore developer ‘duped’ them into $47M boondoggle
    A lawsuit filed this month in Baltimore Circuit Court says developer Ron Lipscomb lured Chinese investors seeking U.S. citizenship for a hotel project in East Baltimore that had wildly inflated construction costs.
    This is a picture of the Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
    ‘Invisible’ but essential: Baltimore’s Black immigrants
    And, although there has been an exodus of Black residents from Baltimore in the past decade, its foreign-born Black population has continued to grow.
    Sunny Side Café co-owner Kristian Knight-Miller behind the counter at her stall in Lexington Market.
    Chasen Cos.’ Fells Point development stalled as property faces foreclosure
    A bank has filed to foreclose on a high-profile Chasen Cos. property at 1400 Aliceanna St.
    Real estate developer Brandon Chasen in May.
    Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
    A Morgan State University professor has been misrepresenting himself as a licensed architect for years. The Maryland State Board of Architects fined him $20,000 this month, the largest such fine in more than a decade.
    Professor Dale Glenwood Green gives a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives.
    Fixing Baltimore’s vacant property economy could help everyone — just ask Detroit
    Even as wealth grows in Detroit, some say they feel left behind.
    Henry Earle, 21, during a drywall training course at the Detroit Training Center, which specializes in workforce development programs in construction, manufacturing, and transportation in Detroit, Mich. on Sept. 20, 2024.
    Church breaks ground on $32M facility to expand health care access in East Baltimore
    Bishop Donte Hickman, head of Southern Baptist Church in East Baltimore, held a celebratory ground breaking ceremony for the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center expected to open in 2027.
    Church leaders, elected officials and private partners celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center.
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