Locals praise PlanMaryland clarifications
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2012
Tags: Blaine Young, Frederick Board of County Commissioners, frederick county, funding, gov. martin o'malley, Maryland Department of Planning, officials, planmaryland
ANNAPOLIS — Frederick County officials are praising clarifications to PlanMaryland, a statewide development plan criticized by many local officials from rural parts of the state. Gov. Martin O’Malley signed the measure on Tuesday. Supporters say the bill clarifies that the plan may not be used to establish a new cause for state denial of projects, [...]
Gehry offers changes in Eisenhower Memorial design
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: architect frank gehry, d.c., Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, Eisenhower Memorial design, memorial, national mall, sculpture, washington
WASHINGTON — Architect Frank Gehry and his design team proposed changes Tuesday to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial planned for a site near the National Mall after hearing complaints from Ike’s family for months. The family had complained the design focuses too much on Eisenhower’s humble Kansas roots, rather than his accomplishments. Members of the [...]
Hagerstown aims for usable new ballpark by 2015
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 15, 2012
Tags: hagerstown, hagerstown city council, Hagerstown Suns, mayor robert bruchey, minor league baseball, municipal stadium, stadium, washington county, washington nationals, winchester
HAGERSTOWN — The city of Hagerstown is pushing to have a downtown minor-league baseball stadium built by the 2015 season. Mayor Robert Bruchey tells the Herald-Mail of Hagerstown that he wants to proceed with formal architectural designs despite the lack of a funding commitment from the state and a long-term contract with the Hagerstown Suns. [...]
A push to remake Oliver’s image 
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 8, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, come home baltimore, community, Development, east baltimore, hoffman street, hopkins, neighborhood, north bond street, oliver, the wire
Freshly planted spring flowers and a large “Welcome Johns Hopkins Employees” sign at the corner of North Bond and Hoffman streets is a novel sight in Oliver, for decades one of the city’s most troubled and blighted neighborhoods on the east side. But it sums up the approach by a group of developers that recently [...]
Hillman: Superblock project is unfair
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 7, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, david h. hillman, Development, Finance and Economic Development Committee, harbor east, letter, Lexington Square Partners, maryland, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, pilot, Southern Management Corp., superblock, tax revenue, Taxation
A Baltimore developer has written a blistering letter to City Hall disputing proposed tax breaks for the $150 million Superblock project downtown. The May 1 letter from David H. Hillman, chairman and CEO of Southern Management Corp., to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the 14 members of the City Council, states that a plan to give [...]
Harbor Point off new Enterprise Zone map
BY: Alexander Pyles
POSTED: May 3, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, baltimore development corp., Enterprise Zone, Harbor East Development Group LLC, Harbor Point, map, maryland, Michael S. Beatty
![Michael S. Beatty, president of Harbor East Development Group: ‘To me, [Harbor Point] is the poster child of what an Enterprise Zone should be.’](http://thedailyrecord.com/files/2012/05/3a-Beatty-MichaelMF23_web-150x150.jpg "3a-Beatty-MichaelMF23_web")
Baltimore’s proposed new Enterprise Zone map excludes the waterfront Harbor Point parcel in Harbor East, complicating the developer’s plans to build a $120 million office tower for Exelon Corp. The map — which outlines areas eligible for large property tax credits — was approved Thursday in a 4-0 vote by the Baltimore City Council’s Taxation, [...]
New plan to raze Mechanic
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: May 1, 2012
Tags: arrow parking, baltimore planning commission, Baltimore Sun, charles center, Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, david s. brown enterprises, demolition, Development, downtown partnership, howard brown, Kirby Fowler, mechanic theatre, morris a. mechanic theatre, onewest llc, parking garage, razing, Retail
A local group is seeking to demolish the 45-year-old Morris A. Mechanic Theatre and replace it with two 30-story towers that would add 600 market-rate apartments to center city, a 150,000-square-foot retail complex and an underground parking garage. The $150 million project at Baltimore and Charles streets would commence this year — if hurdles are [...]
Building council considers green standards, Plan Maryland
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 25, 2012
Tags: General Assembly, gov. martin o'malley, green building construction codes, green technology, international green construction code, maryland green building council, plan maryland
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ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Green Building Council is scheduled to receive presentations on Plan Maryland and new green building construction codes enacted by the legislature earlier this year. The council is expected to meet Wednesday morning to consider the measures. The new construction codes passed by the General Assembly mirror that of the International Green [...]
Green Spring Station plans spur opposition
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: April 24, 2012
Tags: baltimore county planning board, Development, green spring, maryland, plans, station
Inside the upscale corridors at Green Spring Station, window displays show the latest fashions and whimsical accessories. But the ornate and colorful frills offered daily to hundreds of visitors to the Lutherville development mask a tug of war that has been going on behind the scenes for years over future growth of the center. Last [...]
City Council to get Superblock tax proposal
BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: April 23, 2012
Tags: baltimore city council, baltimore development corp., Lexington Square Partners, litigation, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, payment in lieu of taxes, pilot, superblock, Taxes, westside initiative
A 20-year city property tax break for the developers of the $150 million Superblock development downtown was introduced in the City Council Monday night to provide an incentive city officials say is needed for the long-stalled project to move forward. The payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, calls for a 95 percent tax break [...]
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