Kevin Plank will step down as Under Armour CEO in 2020 to become the company's executive chairman and brand chief, marking a new chapter in the Baltimore sports apparel and footwear empire he founded.
Read More »St. John Properties signs MagView to Maple Lawn lease
Medical software firm MagView plans to leave Montgomery County for a 15,000-square-foot space in Class A building at the mixed-use Maple Lawn development in Howard County. Currently based in Burtonsville, MagView intends to relocate its roughly 75 employees to the ...
Read More »Seawall closing in on financing for overhaul of Lexington Market
Financing for the roughly $40 million overhaul of Lexington Market is expected to close in the next few weeks, Seawall Development Principal Thibault Manekin told the board of Baltimore’s economic development agency on Thursday. Funding for the Lexington Market overhaul ...
Read More »Baltimore police chief wary of aerial surveillance plan backed by GBC
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says he is reluctant to embrace an aerial surveillance program a leading business group is urging the city to adopt in its fight against crime. The Greater Baltimore Committee’s board on Wednesday called for a ...
Read More »Following Lexington Market’s vendor exodus, Seawall wants diverse roster at new building
Lexington Market has hemorrhaged merchants in recent years, but the company chosen to redevelop the market is pledging that a new lineup of vendors will reflect Baltimore’s diversity. Thibault Manekin, principal at Seawall Development, acknowledged many residents fear a rebuilt ...
Read More »New Md. laws boost Baltimore’s fight against crime, backers say
Supporters of a pair of state laws that went on the books this month said they’ll eventually improve Baltimore police operations, as violent crime continues plaguing Baltimore and the union representing police officers trades bars with City Hall over the latest crime-fighting ...
Read More »Anne Arundel Exec Pittman set to sell constituents on Preakness deal
In the days since The Stronach Group and Baltimore announced a deal to keep running the Preakness Stakes in the city, the fact that Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman Jr. must convince his own constituents of the merits of ...
Read More »Maryland opportunity zones yet to turn promise into value
Backers of opportunity zones continue touting the initiative’s potential to infuse minority-owned businesses with capital and create new prosperity, but there’s little data available to measure early results. Henry Childs II, national director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Minority ...
Read More »Preakness negotiators put hurt feelings aside to cut deal
When negotiators representing Baltimore, The Stronach Group and the horse racing industry sat down to hammer out an agreement to keep running the Preakness Stakes in the city, there were two items off the table. The first, Baltimore would not ...
Read More »Stadium Place developers launch work on new 33rd Street ‘miracle’
In 1975 the NFL’s Baltimore Colts went from winning two games the previous year to division champs after beating the New England Patriots at Memorial Stadium on Dec. 21, capping a football season fans dubbed “the Miracle on 33rd Street.” Govans ...
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