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Laurel Realty Co. plans to demolish the 80-unit Laurel Gardens apartment development, which includes townhouses on Phillip Powers Drive, and build a new, larger complex with 114 units and its own parking lot, a plan that will displace current tenants of the affordable housing units.

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Thomas Joseph Lopresti, a longtime Towson barber and volunteer at Our Daily Bread, died April 12 of leukemia at Mercy Hospital. The Timonium resident was 72.

Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos., known for pairing urban-style entertainment districts with sports venues, will work with the San Francisco Giants to build a $1.6 billion waterfront development near the club's ballpark and is planning three more sports-anchored projects in Las Vegas, Portland and St. Louis..

Towson University on Friday kicked off a new program that officials say will help students save gas and time — and maybe help them become more fit as well.

Baltimore City Community College received a "potentially questionable" $200,000 payment from a company that was leasing it space, according to a state legislative audit released Wednesday. The matter has been referred to the attorney general's office for further review.

Baltimore is considering selling or leasing 15 historic Baltimore landmarks — including the iconic Shot Tower and stately War Memorial building — which officials believe are underused and could bring the city sorely needed cash.

The Village of Cross Keys has been sold by General Growth Properties to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a retail and office property investor, according to a notice to tenants.

Landlords seek help with lawsuits, advocates want more homes regulated

Ripley's Believe It or Not! has finalized plans to open an "odditorium" museum at Baltimore's Inner Harbor early this summer.

The Annapolis city council voted Monday night to spend $300,000 in to renovate Market House, the city-owned public market that has cost millions of dollars over the past decade in repairs and legal fees.

Baltimore developer St. John Properties Inc. has started the 10th building in an office park inside the grounds of Aberdeen Proving Ground to meet strong demand driven by federal base realignment.

Sears Holdings Corp. has announced that the Kmart store at the Carrolltown Center in Eldersburg will close in 2012. Some residents in Eldersburg — and even some county officials — had been rooting for the store to be chosen for closure.

I wish to thank all citizens who came out to the Harford County Council meeting to oppose the Livability Code last week. Bill 12-02, Livability Code, was objectionable in many parts, not just its requirement to register selected residential rental properties. It was discriminatory, and would have engendered its own discrimination.

Mamma's Cucina expects increase in foot traffic from supermarket to Italian eatery

Property owners still oppose code changes, Dion Guthrie says threats were made

Among the more mundane design guidelines for the redevelopment of the Mall in Columbia that were shared by planners came interesting bits of...

Harbor Point, a development project led by bakery magnate and developer John Paterakis Sr., has been selected as the site of the new headquarters for the combined Constellation-Exelon company if the proposed merger is completed, the two energy giants announced Wednesday.

Having the county's arts office associated with the building will serve as a reminder that, while the county is prominent in a shameful act in U.S. history, it also was a bastion of culture at a time when such civilizing influences were much needed by a growing nation.

The mall event was one of three major economic development announcements within six months for an area that has long waited for a makeover. But a battle is simmering between developers.

More than two months after a planned administrative hearing over a sober house on Mellor Avenue in Catonsville was postponed, the issue remains unresolved, as…

Macy's Inc. announced Jan. 4 that it will close its store at the Laurel Mall in early spring, and will begin clearance sales at the location beginning on…

Changes could be made to Perryville's landlord/tenant ordinance

As Columbia moves toward a more urban-style, walkable downtown center, local officials want to introduce a bike sharing program similar to those that have become popular in cities across the country.

Public and private sector efforts are under way to redevelop vacant houses in Remington.

More than 100 people gathered Wednesday evening at Towson United Methodist Church to support a proposal that would prohibit landlords from discriminating against potential tenants based on their sources of income.

Commander blames dilapidation on destructive tenants, money woes

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He's led the Columbia-based company through two recessions and overseen its growth into a nationally known developer with $5 billion in assets and a specialty in high-security buildings for defense tenants.

Perryville Board of Commissioners reviews rental dwelling code, while one questions whether it is necessary at all

Most of the long-struggling Owings Mills Mall will be torn down starting in 2013 to make room for a new retail development, Baltimore County officials announced Thursday.

Paul Frederick Obrecht, a well-known Baltimore developer whose various projects included Moravia Industrial Park, died Nov. 3 from complications of a stoke at his Lutherville home. He was 82.

Paul Frederick Obrecht, a well-known Baltimore developer whose various projects included Moravia Industrial Park, died Nov. 3 from complications of a stoke at his Lutherville home. He was 82.

An administrative hearing between Baltimore County officials and the owner of a Catonsville home cited for having one too many unrelated adult tenants has been postponed…

Baltimore officials have pressed Ripley's Believe It or Not! to tone down the design for a proposed attraction at the Inner Harbor.

A major retailer and movie theater have signed leases for space at Laurel Mall when it is renovated. Construction is also set to start with the demolition of the Route 1 parking lot.

Targets include the entrance to Hatem Bridge, water treatment plant and downtown tenants

For Eddie Germino, being unemployed for a time last year worked to his advantage in a dispute with his Maryland landlord.

A spruced-up, more cheerful version of the Broadway Market's south shed reopened Friday morning, and customers will find such new offerings as Polish dishes handmade from scratch and food cooked while they wait.

Warnings from one of its members that there is a housing crisis in part of Edgewood prompted the Harford County Council Tuesday to authorize a review of the county's property Livability Code which sets maintenance and other responsibilities for owners of rental housing and their tenants.

For more than a decade, Howard County been pushing to improve the image of the area around U.S. 1 image, touting its location, but the once run-down corridor has struggled to attract commercial tenants.

City design panel reviews Canton Crossing shopping center proposal.

Controversy over lack of air-conditioning at apartment building prompts tenants to threaten to withhold rent

In the last couple of weeks the planned State Center project has faced challenges that at the least could shift public opinion or lead to delays, but state officials vowed to push ahead with the project.

BWI announces new healthier tenants: Jamba Juice and Be Relax spa

After years of controversies that left the Annapolis Market House closed, the historic building reopened Monday with a host of new tenants.

Phillips Seafood is scheduled to present its exterior plans for a new restaurant at the Inner Harbor's Power Plant at a July 14 meeting of Baltimore City's Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel.

The Cordish Cos. seeks $3 million worth of rent breaks on two city-owned properties in exchange for making $6 million to $9 million worth of improvements