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News February 28, 2013

Baltimore Co. firms acquired by two company execs

The Baltimore County-based commercial real estate group CSG Partners and its asset management subsidiary, Property Management Associates, announced this week they had been acquired by two longtime company executives, Alan C. Grabush and Matthew W. Steinmeier.

News February 21, 2013

Bond agencies rate Harford Co. highly

Harford County officials this week got good news: The county has maintained top bond ratings from all three rating agencies — Moody’s Investor’s Service, Fitch Ratings and Standard and Poor’s Government.

News February 14, 2013

8 acres at Spring Grove may become park

Part of the historic Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville would become a regional park if Baltimore County planners have their way.

News February 8, 2013

Charles Village site to be developed for mixed use

A development team that includes Harbor East developer Michael Beatty has been selected to build a mixed-use retail and residential building at a busy corner in Charles Village that has been vacant for years.

News February 7, 2013

Retail outlook shows growing strength

Baltimore’s retail outlook for the year is optimistic, according to a research report released this week by Cushman & Wakefield.

News January 31, 2013

New homes at Uplands ready by March

The first homes for sale at the new Uplands community in West Baltimore will be ready for delivery in March.

News January 31, 2013

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra rocks for the Ravens

Is the Super Bowl going classical?

News January 25, 2013

Auction date set for Westport Waterfront site

A Valentine’s Day auction has been set for the 43-acre waterfront property.

News January 24, 2013

28-acre mixed-use center coming to Annapolis

St. John Properties, Inc. broke ground recently for a 28-acre mixed-use business center called Annapolis Commons.

News January 17, 2013

Cancer center at University of Md. topped out

The $200 million Maryland Proton Treatment Center at the University of Maryland BioPark held a topping out ceremony Thursday on the city’s West Side.

News January 10, 2013

Work starting on Columbia mall expansion

Work on a 40,000-square-foot expansion of The Mall in Columbia will begin Tuesday morning.

News January 3, 2013

State assessments show 7% dip in values

The downward trend in housing values continues for another property tax cycle in the state.

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This photo, courtesy of the Maryland State Police Aviation Command, shows the Francis Scott Key Bridge and the shrinking amount of steel wreckage remaining in Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Federal Channel. Unified Command cleared a 400-foot-wide swath of the federal channel May 20, permitting all pre-collapse, deep-draft commercial vessels transit of the Port of Baltimore. Unified Command continues to clear wreckage from the bottom of the Patapsco River, projecting to fully restore the Fort McHenry Federal Channel to its original 700-foot width and 50-foot depth by June 8-10. (Maryland State Police Aviation Command)

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Legal ethics: The intersection with our daily lives

MD Supreme Court affirms disbarment for intentional dishonesty

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MD General Assembly limits local zoning authority on energy, housing

MD General Assembly limits local zoning authority on energy, housing

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Nonprofit workers missing out on lower-cost retirement options, coalition says

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BCCC stonewalls faculty, violates labor law to silence us

BCCC stonewalls faculty, violates labor law to silence us

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