Growth and development

The statewide residential and commercial combined assessment increase beat 2022’s overall jump of 12% and is the highest year-over-year value hike in several years.

The move, though long anticipated, is a gut punch for Downtown Baltimore, which has been home to the Danish jewelry company’s regional head office for Pandora Americas since 2015.

As Mondawmin Mall strives to revitalize, new additions and renovations highlight need for anchor institutions in communities.

The former school has hosted a film festival, art shows and photography by neighborhood kids.

Environmental advocates and officials have mixed feelings about the landmark legislation, which was amended to push back the transition by three years.

The Taylor family is facing fierce opposition from residents wary of a development project after flooding in downtown Ellicott City that shuttered businesses and threatened people’s livelihoods. A 2017 hydrological study showed that development partially exacerbated the devastation.

Goucher College graduate and former local official now leads EPA’s mid-Atlantic Region, which covers Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and seven federally recognized tribes.

The name of the neighborhood, Port Covington, is not changing, according to city officials. But the overall area bought, controlled and managed by the developers is being rebranded.

The change, made public this week, is an attempt by new developers at the New York-based MAG Partners and the San Francisco-based MacFarlane Partners to turn a page on a contentious project that has faced delays, turnover and public criticism for its heavy reliance on subsidies.

Real estate development firm MAG Partners has taken over Port Covington and aims to leave the past behind. It will announce a new name for the development this week.

The Baltimore Banner sat down with CFG Bank founder and board chair, John W. “Jack” Dwyer, and CEO and president, William C. “Bill” Wiedel Jr., to discuss the bank’s expansion and growing footprint in the city.

The facility is the first anchor to open in the new South Baltimore entertainment corridor, which aims to connect existing M&T Bank Stadium with Horseshoe Baltimore Casino.

The soft launch marks the unveiling of a renovated space called the South Market, a $45 million redevelopment project that has been in the making for four years.

Baltimore's experiment in universal basic income is two months in, and initial payments have meant newfound stability for at least some participants.

The golf venue is first anchor in what will be the Warner Street Entertainment District.

The couples envision transforming 68 acres and creating an an opportunity to return Maryland’s foodways to their Black roots.

Company opens its newest — and largest — Maryland Space Assembly and Test facility.

The deal with CFG Bank, a commercial bank currently headquartered near Lake Roland, encompasses about 20% of the roughly 500,000 square feet of office space included in the project’s initial phase

More than $2 billion in American Rescue Plan money has arrived for local governments around the state since last spring.

The facility’s East Market was closing for good Saturday, and the project’s developer said it’s in the final stretch before a new, adjacent facility opens officially to the public this fall.