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Discussion of the legislation between the County Council and Howard Hughes at a work session June 21 showed communication problems and a power struggles that hint at a strained relationship and raise questions about how successful that partnership can be.

Howard County Council members sparred with Howard Hughes senior vice president John DeWolf last week over the proposed structure of the Downtown Columbia Partnership.

Affordable housing advocates Monday told the council they were surprised and disappointed the bill County Executive Ken Ulman introduced to set up a Downtown Columbia Partnership has the Howard County Housing Commission as the agency responsible for administering funds and ensuring requirements are met for affordable housing in downtown.

Howard County embarks on the next frontier in Columbia: a 30-year redevelopment of the center, home to the Mall of Columbia, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Symphony Woods, many office buildings and some 3,000 residents.

A teen suspected of intentionally setting a fire at the Columbia mall last month and seven other fires in Columbia was indicted on 12 criminal charges June 6, according to Wayne Kirwan, spokesman for the state's attorney's office.

Legislation to create an authority to manage affordable housing, transportation, security, maintenance and other services for downtown Columbia has been prefiled with the County Council.

Finding little to fault in the design of the first building project in the downtown Columbia redevelopment process, residents at a community meeting Tuesday night presented concerns regarding traffic and affordable housing

Local officials say they are excited that construction on the first new building could soon be beginning, and encouraged about what that building could look like.

Developers unveil preliminary plans for $100 million Town Center project in Columbia

The first new building in what will become a significant investment in downtown Columbia is itself a sizable investment — an estimated $100 million project that will bring 380 apartments and about 14,000 square feet of retail and a public promenade to land near the Columbia mall

A Columbia teen is facing sixteen criminal charges after being accused of intentionally setting a fire that shut down the Sears store at the Columbia mall and several other fires that caused damaged at properties elsewhere

New Wegmans, Warfield plans will mean lots of new stores in Columbia

Town Center Village Board concerned about traffic with coming Warfield development

The narrow footbridge that crosses U.S. 29 in Columbia opened three decades ago with the promise of connecting the town's commercial center with the residential communities to the east

Columbia Association has revealed its new logo, replacing the familiar "People Tree" tree symbol with another tree, this one a logo that CA actually owns

In its first vote on a redevelopment project for downtown Columbia, the Howard County Planning Board Thursday unanimously approved a plan for a mix of new residences and retail in the Warfield neighborhood to the west of the Mall in Columbia.

Negotiations to bring a Whole Foods Market to the Howard Hughes Corp. building at the lakefront in downtown Columbia have ended without a deal, according to a Howard Hughes official who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of private negotiations between two publicly-traded companies.

Columbia had between 99,000 and 100,000 residents as of December 2011, and that number has essentially held steady for the past several years due to a lack of housing construction.

The Columbia Association has for the third time submitted plans to the county government that would eventually allow it to begin turning Symphony Woods into a park, seeking approval for a project that is still expected to begin construction in early 2013

The Genesis of Columbia: Nearly 50 years have passed since James Rouse began secretly buying up the land that became Howard County's largest city

For one day, at least, there was the slightest of teases of what a grocery store might look like in downtown Columbia

After years of talking about finding another location for its headquarters, the Columbia Association could finally be putting money aside for its new home

What has been a centerpiece for Columbia since its founding could be redeveloped by its 50th anniversary

Plans for redeveloping downtown Columbia came Wednesday, Nov. 9, before the county's Design Advisory Panel, a group of experts that gives its input on proposals but whose recommendations only serve to inform the government's future decisions.

The Howard Hughes Corp. moved closer this month to firming up plans for an 817-unit residential development in Columbia's town center by naming two partners who well help carry out the project.

Howard Hughes Corp. names 2 partners for project

Three buildings proposed for downtown Columbia could bring 817 residential units, more than 76,000 square feet of retail space.

In its first major project planned for downtown Columbia since emerging from bankruptcy last November, the town's master developer has proposed up to 817 residences and 70,000 square feet of retail space.

General Growth Properties, a Chicago-based company that owns the Mall in Columbia, announced Monday, August 1, the transfer of 30 malls into a new real estate trust named Rouse Properties, Inc.

Pink poodles, Big Brains and giant caterpillars — they're all part of the glory that is the American Visionary Art Museum's annual Kinetic Sculpture Race