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The owners of the Holiday Inn Express on Russell Street, as well as other businesses in the area, said they are betting on the Horseshoe casino to put Carroll-Camden on the map, and hope it will bring spillover economic development to the largely industrial zone.

A Baltimore-based commercial property manager bought the Arundel Village Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn Park for $6.5 million last month.

Saying she's convinced Baltimore's high property taxes are driving residents and business away, Del. Maggie McIntosh has introduced legislation aimed at helping retain current homeowners while launching studies of ways to reduce the rate.

About 60 people gathered in front of a Bel Air house Thursday morning, where the previous owner was shot and killed by his then-teenage son two years ago, as prospective buyers offered bids during an auction of the property.

Columbia chemical maker W.R. Grace is about to go where it hasn't been for nearly 13 years: out of bankruptcy court.

It's just not something we want to deal with, something so uncertain. But for anyone who has some extra cash lying around, is willing to take the risk and likes the challenge, boy, have I found the house for you

Last year my wife, Leslie, and I, after 20 years of marriage and five houses -- Cape Cod bungalow, brick Colonial, one-level ranch, a spec contemporary and a 6,000-square-foot McMansion -- downsized into a 2,200-square-foot farmhouse within walking distance of Washington, D.C.'s East Falls Church Metro station.

A 59-acre parcel with a Walmart in Port Covington has sold for $35 million, the property's longtime owner announced Tuesday.

Harford County had made not one but two offers on the Joppatowne pool site that residents have been pushing to re-use as a community center, but the owner turned both of them down.

It is disappointing that the County is unable to purchase the Joppatowne Swim Club property. A Youth-Senior Center to serve the Joppatowne community remains in the long term plans of the County. We will continue to look for an appropriate site.

Dissent over the latest Harford County appropriations for parkland appear motivated by political gamesmanship in this election year, rather than actual concern for public recreational opportunities.

Annapolis Mayor Mike Pantelides is in the early stages of exploring whether to buy two controversial properties.

Baltimore finance officials concerned about $1.7M in revenue annually

A 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse in Cecil County leased to Restoration Hardware sold last month between $74 and $75 million, the latest sign of strength in the area's industrial market, Cushman & Wakefield of Maryland said Monday.

Advocates for and against plans to build a retirement community and an adjoining housing development on 152.5 acres east of Bel Air have been working to put out as much information as possible in advance of a community input meeting scheduled for Jan. 6.

The Bel Air Town Commissioners received an overall clean audit report during their work session Monday, although it must undergo a final review before the formal presentation during the Jan. 21 town meeting.

The year just ended brought a number of significant milestones, most of them good, to the area covered by The Record, including a couple of noteworthy sports accomplishments, completion of a major highway project, the end of a couple of eras in our history, the celebration of another and possibly the beginning of another of historical proportions.

Looking back at the month of July 2013 in Harford County.

The development, called Simpson Oaks, will be built adjacent to the 80,000 sq. ft headquarters of W.R. Grace, a technology company that sells chemicals and specialty building materials, off of Grace Drive near the intersection of Route 32 and Cedar Lane.

After what Brian DiMaggio describes as a "long battle" for him, the Board of Carroll County Commissioners is scheduled to render its decision Dec. 19 on what has become a zoning quagmire.

Advocates for saving the Mariner Point Swim Club in Joppatowne, as well as having the county purchase the property and turn it into a community center, have been meeting with top Harford County officials in recent weeks.

A historic Bel Air-area home, dating back to the 1830s, remains on the market after its owner was not able to sell it at auction Saturday.

Developers are planning greater commercial and residential building in the Constant Friendship Business Park in Abingdon, and are seeking the community's input as they proceed with their projects.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake has made a commitment to grow Baltimore by 10,000 families in the next decade. Vacants to Value supports that goal by preserving and enhancing our city through a series of transformations that attract new residents and businesses.

Baltimore officials hope prospective home buyers can be enticed with three words: Cold, hard cash.

Baltimore-area home prices and the number of sales continued to rise in October, prompting a rush of would-be sellers to put their houses on the market, according to numbers released this morning.

Makeup giant Sephora Americas plans to open a massive, tailor-made warehouse in Harford County to serve as the distribution hub for its East Coast customers, adding 200 full-time jobs to support its growth, an attorney for the company said.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake has made a commitment to grow Baltimore by 10,000 families in the next decade. Vacants to Value supports that goal by preserving and enhancing our city through a series of transformations that attract new residents and businesses.

The transformation of a vacant, 12-story eyesore into a gleaming office building has brought workers, shoppers and diners to the northern edge of downtown Towson — thanks in part to a public financing package that waived repayment of millions of dollars in loans to a developer. The county grants these so-called conditional loans that do not require repayment if certain conditions, such as job creation, are met.

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Harford County officials are looking into the possible acquisition of the Mariner Point Swim Club now that a Baltimore-based church has canceled a contract to purchase the Joppatowne property.

As part of a plan to sell off public property for private development, Baltimore County officials have selected proposals to build a Royal Farms gas station in Towson, a shopping center in Dundalk, and expanded parking for a nursing home in Randallstown, they announced Thursday.

Amazon.com is bringing 1,000 jobs to Baltimore, but reports about the company's employment practices give reason for concern.

It behooves the county government to be on the lookout for land that can be used for parks and recreation facilities.

Officials with the Southern Baptist Church of Baltimore have terminated their initial contract to purchase the Mariner Point Swim Club of Joppatowne, but that does not mean they have lost interest in acquiring the property and building a church and community center on it.

Harford County council members were very divided Tuesday about the county's proposal to buy waterfront properties in Havre de Grace for $3.47 million.

Baltimore's government on Wednesday sold land for $1 to a developer promising to restore the long-vacant Parkway Theatre on North Avenue.

Even before local and federal agents raided Jade Heart Health in Towson and charged its operators with prostitution and human trafficking, what went on at the massage parlor at 1404 E. Joppa Road was hardly a secret.

Baltimore City's design review panel is holding off on giving final approval to plans for 25th Street Station, a shopping center with a Wal-Mart on 11 acres in Remington.

The city of Aberdeen is considering buying property near a city storage facility on North East Road that it hopes to use for its water system someday.

Joppa residents echoed their desire for a community center at a community council meeting Monday night, and again discussed plans to buy the now-defunct swim club on Joppa Farm Road to make that happen.

After a contentious series of hearings, the City Council is expected on Monday to grant developer Michael Beatty $107 million in public financing for Harbor Point, the capped hazardous waste site envisioned as home to a new office tower as well as housing, shopping and parks.