City finance officials were wrong to close a May 20 meeting at City Hall in order to discuss and vote on details of a $107 million request for taxpayer subsidies for a luxury development at Harbor Point, the Attorney General’s Open Meetings Compliance Board found.

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Baltimore City Council member Carl Stokes introduced legislation Monday night that would require nearly $16 million be returned to a low-income area and public housing project near Fells Point that developers of the $1 billion Harbor Point project used to gain a $52 million state tax credit.

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Fells Point meets Harbor East. Geographically, that’s a stretch at Union Wharf, The Bozzuto Group’s new apartment development at Thames and Wolfe streets in Fells Point. But as the first residents of the $72 million, 281-unit project arrive this month, they are moving into units that are unusually upscale for this former working-class community, mirroring a similar transition less than a mile away on what is known as Baltimore’s Gold Coast.

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Insiders say the major Exelon Corp. project won’t happen without tax increment financing — a tax advantage offered “to make the numbers work.”

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Leighann Greenbalgh visited the new Under Armour Brand House in Harbor East earlier this week and was impressed with the store’s “hometown vibe,” including the shirt emblazoned with “Fells Point.” Greenbalgh said she comes to Harbor East often but was ...

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Helped by sweeping vistas of the city’s waterfront and skyline, sales of luxury condominiums in Baltimore have spiked recently, leading the way toward a highbrow housing recovery in the local market, experts say.

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At a raucous public hearing Wednesday night, an executive at Harbor East Development Group outlined the company’s plans for development of the 27-acre parcel and adjoining sites ...

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J. Crew and Anthropologie stores to open in Harbor East Two national retailers, J. Crew and Anthropologie, will open stores next week in the Harbor East neighborhood, it was announced this week. J. Crew, a retailer of apparel for young ...

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State officials this week released a new map of the Baltimore’s Enterprise Zone. The new map has added Pratt Street and eliminated Harbor East. That detail added...

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Erin Hesse has joined Planit as an associate account executive. She began with the company as an intern in January. Hesse will support the account team on clients that include Harbor East, Simply Asia Foods, Camden Partners, The Maryland State ...

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