Limits of Transform Baltimore to streamline development exposed

August 16, 2018 Leave a comment

A pair of recent building proposals in Baltimore show why an overhaul of the city’s zoning code can only go so far in making the development process more efficient. Transform Baltimore, the title given to the city’s first comprehensive revision ...

COPT unveils new Pratt Street retail design

August 16, 2018 Leave a comment

COPT presented new schematics for a proposed retail pavilion at 10. E. Pratt Street, currently called Pratt Street Annex. (Renderings Courtesy COPT)

Corporate Office Properties Trust showed off its revamped design of a retail pavilion on Pratt Street that Baltimore officials hope leads to transforming the corridor into a shopping destination. The Columbia-based real estate investment trust unveiled new renderings of a ...

Gibson: Baltimore on ‘slippery slope’ after commission approves cross removal

August 15, 2018 Leave a comment

01.12.12- BALTIMORE, MD- Larry S. Gibson, Professor of Law at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in Baltimore. Here he is pointing to a map of Maryland that displays the counties in different colors for a story on political gerrymandering. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

A decision by a Baltimore preservation commission to allow crosses to be removed from a historic church may create religious liberty headaches for the city in the future, according to one member.

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Baltimore terminates bike share program

August 15, 2018 Leave a comment

Bikes outside of City Hall in October before the ceremonial launch of the Baltimore Bike Share program. (Adam Bednar/The Daily Record)

Baltimore’s woebegone bike share program is no more.

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Byrnes family: Moving Md. agency in Baltimore hurts the poor

August 14, 2018 Leave a comment

The amount of leased office space north of Lombard Street downtown has decreased significantly during the last two decades. It peaked at 9.7 million square feet in 2006 and is now at 7.6 million square feet. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

They’re focusing on the repercussions for a segment of the population not usually considered in the equation of tenant loss, property devaluation and declining tax revenue.

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Baltimore historic commission rejects Fells Point apartment design

August 14, 2018 Leave a comment

Brendan Chasen, of Chasen Construction & Development, testifies before Baltimore's Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation on Tuesday. The panel voted against the design of an apartment proposed by Chasen in Fells Point. (Adam Bednar/The Daily Record)

The developer behind a controversial proposal to build apartments in Fells Point will pursue alternative uses for the site after Baltimore's historic commission disapproved of the project's design.

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Baltimore affordable housing deal saved by last-minute negotiations

August 13, 2018 Leave a comment

One veteran real estate expert thinks the impact of the April riots on the Baltimore housing market has been overstated. (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

Destiny Watford was working Friday afternoon at United Workers’ offices in a play area without air conditioning when she received a phone call. Activists and officials from Mayor Catherine Pugh’s administration recently had agreed on parameters for a deal to ...

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