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Downtown Baltimore celebrates 2019 amid uncertain 2020
Baltimore’s downtown maintained its progress toward emerging as a full-fledged live, work and play neighborhood in 2019, according to a booster organization’s annual report, but faces an uncertain future amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While the current “State of Downtown Report” found reason for optimism about the neighborhood’s future, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore acknowledged the new[...]
JLL lands One Light Street leasing
JLL said it’s now in charge of leasing and marketing office space at the high-visibility One Light Street building in downtown Baltimore, but the assignment arrives as the office sector faces unprecedented challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. One Light Street, in competing with other office towers, has advantages, including the fact M&T Bank’s regional […]
Chasen bullish on coworking space at $12M The Brixton
Chasen Companies plans to deliver The Brixton, a $12 million mixed-use property featuring coworking space, in Fells Point next year, despite the shared office sector’s struggles amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The building is planned for the longtime vacant lot at 421 S. Broadway and will include retail, 33 apartments along with 14 so-called “executive suites.” […]
Top acts support federal relief for independent concert venues
Several popular performers have signed a letter to Congress on behalf of an umbrella group advocating for independent music venues, including 20 in Maryland, asking lawmakers to approve federal funds to keep those concert spaces afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter, sent on behalf of the National Independent Venue Association and shared with news […]
Hopkins study finds population density not driving COVID-19 spread
Urban density in and of itself doesn’t contribute to the spread COVID-19, according to a recent Johns Hopkins’ study, and the illness’s spread in Maryland mirrors those findings. Assumptions that urban areas perpetuate the spread of the new coronavirus were contradicted in a study by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published last week […]
Landlords join tenant activists in pushing COVID-19 rent relief program
Calls for Gov. Larry Hogan to create a rental assistance program to stave off COVID-19 related evictions are growing, as some policy experts advocate for alternative solutions. The Baltimore City Council is expected to approve a resolution Monday calling on the governor to create a statewide rental assistance program. That follows a letter sent last […]
Pugh pleads guilty to perjury charge
Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Friday to a perjury charge stemming from the sale of her self-published “Healthy Holly” children’s book while she served as a state senator. As part of a plea agreement with the Office of the State Prosecutor, Pugh admitted guilt to the charge, […]
9/11 terror judge assigned coach’s lawsuit against Baltimore schools
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Virginia who previously heard high-profile cases will preside over hearings for a lawsuit filed by former University of Maryland basketball star Keith Booth against Baltimore City Public Schools. Judge Leonie Brinkema, who oversaw the trial of 9/11 terrorist attack accomplice of Zacarias Moussaoui, and who garnered national […]
Baltimore spending board OKs $148M for Port Covington
Baltimore’s spending board Wednesday approved issuing $148 million in debt to finance infrastructure work supporting the proposed $5.5 billion Port Covington development. Baltimore’s Board of Estimates, controlled by Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, who supports the project, approved the first tranche of what could be up to $660 million in tax increment financing for the [&he[...]
COVID-19 supply chain woes boost Tradepoint Atlantic
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in the supply chains of numerous businesses across a variety of industries, which benefits the ongoing redevelopment of Sparrows Point, a Tradepoint Atlantic executive said Wednesday.
Exelon’s Butler joins M&T Bank’s board
Buffalo-based M&T Bank said Exelon Utilities CEO Calvin Butler Jr., a Baltimore resident, was elected to the firm’s board of directors Tuesday. Electing Butler to the firm’s board adds a local voice to M&T’s leadership from a region where the bank has raised its profile with the help of strategic sponsorships and brand placements on […]
Marian House takes over Baltimore’s Woman’s Industrial Exchange building
The Woman’s Industrial Exchange, a nonprofit created during the Victorian Era to help women discreetly earn a living, has ceased operations and transferred its historic downtown building to Marian House. Marian House, which provides rehabilitative services and housing to homeless women and their children, said Monday it now controls the property at 333 N. Charles […]
