Growth and development

The empire of the once-splashy real estate developer Chasen Cos. is being divvied up, though some properties are languishing without new owners.

Approval of TeraWulf’s purchase of the Morgantown Generating Station marks an early step in the Easton-based company’s plan to overhaul the contaminated coal site and use it to power a data center complex.

The team behind the redevelopment at the former Six Flags site is asking for the public’s input on a name.

Administrative errors in Baltimore’s tax sale process put a teacher’s rental property at risk. Now the city is moving to help reverse the foreclosure.

Planning department staff said the amendment was a piecemeal attempt to address data centers that conflicts with the county’s moratorium on data center development.

The Montgomery County Council voted Tuesday to approve up to $420 million in bonds for the Viva White Oak project.

Business owners are expressing frustration after Made in Baltimore, the city’s signature program to boost small makers, closed its Harborplace location and as it prepares to rebrand.

In a new filing, Bank OZK said it was now considering splitting up the undeveloped land at Baltimore Peninsula, calling it a “complex asset with multiple parcels.”

The initiative comes from Control MoCo Spending, a group founded by Reardon Sullivan, the Republican nominee for the council’s District 1 seat.

Members of the Baltimore Community Guaranteed Income Club pledge a maximum of 7% of their take-home pay to help each other cover expenses like rent, utilities and groceries.

Montgomery County has agreed to pay $1.5 million to acquire the White’s Ferry landing in hopes that public ownership will help reopen the Potomac River shuttle.

The Prince George’s County Planning Board considered a proposal that could allow data centers in agricultural and residential areas.

Montgomery County is acquiring private land in Dickerson in hopes of eventually reopening the White’s Ferry shuttle.

Eight council members have indicated their support for an 18-month moratorium on new data center permits.

Maryland is trying to combat a housing affordability crisis — and incentivize more public transit use in the process — by building denser development near train stations. Nearly 100 acres of Prince George’s County land could be the biggest yet.

Through negotiations with developers, several jurisdictions across the country have tried to mitigate some of the environmental impacts of data centers and secure millions of dollars for local priorities.

Republican council member David Marks said he plans to introduce legislation that would extend the Baltimore County’s pause on data center development.

The Baltimore Department of Housing and Community Development recently issued a code violation to the owner of the former site of the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre in downtown Baltimore.

Industry insiders said there’s been a decline in new development proposals throughout the Baltimore metro area, a slowdown that tracks with national trends.

Amar Mukunda, 33, ran as a critic of the state Senate’s “Democratic establishment” and accused leaders in the chamber of lacking the courage to stand up to President Donald Trump.