Growth and development

    Rent stabilization shaped Takoma Park. Housing conditions are forcing a rethink.
    Takoma Park’s rent stabilization law faces review as city leaders weigh impacts on affordability, housing quality and community diversity.
    Omar Myers lives in a rent-controlled building in Takoma Park.
    2 college students — and a growing fan club — are reinvigorating a West Baltimore shed
    An abandoned gray shed in West Baltimore is getting a second chance thanks to two college students and a local nonprofit.
    Isonah Ngouabe Dlodlo, 22, and Jaylen Daley, 19, in an alleyway in West Baltimore near an old shed that they’re passionate about transforming.
    The popular Sandlot will soon plop down in Prince George’s County
    Sandlot, a popular event and community space that began in Washington, D.C., will be the first sign of life for a larger development of downtown Largo, the Promenade at Lottsford, which will break ground in summer 2027.
    Renderings for Sandlot Largo, a community and events space that began in Washington, D.C., will open at the planned development site of the Promenade at Lottsford.
    Savista will lay off 39 workers in Bethesda
    The impacted employees work at transitioning Capital Medical Group offices.
    The impacted employees work at transitioning Capital Medical Group offices.
    The Key Bridge rebuild gets a new workspace — and a squishier deadline
    Crews have largely completed the installation of trestles — overwater wooden platforms that jut over the Patapsco River — to use during the construction of the bridge.
    Piles are lifted by crane into the water next to an older section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md. on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
    Baltimore landlords would pay storage fees for evicted tenants under council proposal
    The Baltimore City Council is debating a bill that even its sponsor acknowledged rattles landlords and property managers.
    Ashley Simms speaks during a public hearing for eviction legislation in City Hall, in Baltimore, on Tuesday.
    Can this woman make ‘downtown’ Owings Mills a thing?
    A TikTok video got people thinking: Does Owings Mills have a downtown?
    Tierra Gardner outside her favorite spot in Owings Mills, Don Tigre.
    Attman’s Delicatessen to arrive at BWI Airport next year
    Attman’s Delicatessen, a staple of Baltimore’s Corned Beef Row, will open a branch at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport next year.
    A hotdog from Attman's Delicatessen in Baltimore, Monday, June 30, 2025.
    Will a $35 million park makeover liven up the ‘boring’ side of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor?
    Crews have been working through the summer to complete an overhaul of Rash Field Park. Officials hope it will boost the Inner Harbor area even as the Harborplace redevelopment inches along.
    Crews have been working through the summer to complete a $35 million overhaul of Rash Field Park, which has faced multiple weather delays.
    Café Dear Leon owners to open bagel shop in Patterson Park neighborhood
    Café Dear Leon co-owners Cheolsoo “Charles” Lee and Min Kim and their new partner, Byung Kang, will open Little Ian’s Bagels in the fall.
    August 21, 2026 - The former location of Pie Time at the intersection of East Baltimore Street and North Ellwood Avenue. The space is set to reopen as a new business under the owners of Cafe Dear Leon.
    New east-west bus lanes are coming as Baltimore waits for the Red Line
    The $50 million RAISE project will finally break ground in August with a promise of speeding up east-west public transit across Baltimore.
    July 29, 2026 - A woman boards the Maryland Transit Administration CityLink Orange at the West Baltimore MARC Station. A new MTA project breaking ground this month aims to speed up crosstown bus routes like the Orange.
    Construction permits filed for Inner Harbor, Harborplace redevelopment
    This month, a contractor for Baltimore-based MCB Real Estate filed an application with the city for construction permits on several parcels along and near Baltimore’s waterfront.
    Water levels are low in Baltimore's Inner Harbor as the tide starts to come in on Thursday.
    Baltimore’s longest-vacant rowhouse has sat empty for 43 years. It didn’t have to.
    More than 3,000 Baltimore buildings have been vacant for two decades or longer.
    A house with a tree growing out of it is the oldest vacant in Baltimore.
    Maker of Narcan will lay off 34 at its Gaithersburg headquarters
    The company, the manufacturer of Narcan, estimated that its restructuring will save close to $40 million per year.
    The Emergent BioSolutions facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, seen on Monday, August 5, 2024.
    Baltimore is getting rid of vacant homes. But what about all the empty lots?
    Baltimore faces growing challenges from 21,000 empty lots. Mayor Brandon Scott’s aim to eliminate vacant buildings could create more of them.
    A vacant lot in West Baltimore was transformed into The Urban Oasis, an outdoor event space.
    Maryland awards 5 local groups to boost small businesses and affordable housing
    Organizations in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties secure nearly $200,000 in state funding.
    Maryland awarded $195,000 to five organizations in Prince George's and Montgomery counties to support affordable housing, small businesses and community development projects.
    Developer plans nearly 2,000 homes in northern Anne Arundel with a coal plant next door
    A prolific developer plans to build a sprawling residential community in northern Anne Arundel County on land once identified for conservation, in the shadow of a coal-fired power plant.
    A developer is looking to turn 324 acres in the shadow of the Brandon Shores coal plant into a residential community with commercial amenities.
    Can this long-awaited concert venue fill a gap in Baltimore’s music scene?
    After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
    After a start-and-stop construction process, The Paramount, an $86 million venue hosting up to 4,000 concertgoers, is expected to open soon near M&T Bank Stadium.
    EchoStar to lay off 330 employees in Montgomery County
    The cuts to Hughes Network Systems, a satellite subsidiary of EchoStar, come as the telecommunications company navigates financial woes and debt repayment.
    Annapolis considers annexing 5.4-acre site where developer plans townhomes
    Annapolis has received a petition to annex about 5.4 acres of land along Bay Ridge Road — property that would potentially be developed into about 40 townhomes.
    Annapolis City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.
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