The conference planners were concerned. Early in 2017, when the planning got underway in earnest, the headlines coming out of Baltimore were not heartening. Just two years earlier we had experienced the uprising in response to the death of Freddie ...

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I recently attended part of a meeting that takes place every year in Washington, D.C. — the Federal Forum organized by the International Economic Development Council. With more than 5,000 members, the IEDC bills itself as the largest organization of ...

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On a trip inspired by my wife, earlier this year I had the wonderful experience of transiting the Panama Canal. I had the opportunity to observe firsthand how the locks – a set of three compartments comprising the initial Gatun ...

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Just north of Penn Station and the Amtrak parking lot on Lanvale Street is the soon-to-be-opened Nelson-Kohl building. This eight-story structure will contain 103 market-rate apartment units and space for two ground-floor retail outlets. Other amenities at the Nelson-Kohl, the ...

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As the old year drew to a close and 2018 was almost upon us, Bisnow, the national producer of digital real estate news and live events, gave us a chance to look forward – and to look back.  At a ...

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In 1961, Jean Gottmann authored his book, “Megalopolis, The Urbanized Northeastern Seaboard of the United States.” He was describing the vast urbanized area stretching from the Boston suburbs extending into New Hampshire and south to D.C.’s outer reaches in northern ...

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With the start of the 2017-2018 school year, some 82,000-plus Baltimore City schoolchildren have returned to their classrooms and the next round of academic adventures and challenges. As the result of the Baltimore 21st Century Schools initiative, some of the ...

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The Congress will soon be returning to work after its August recess and, along with other pressing matters, will be turning its attention to the task of overhauling the nation’s tax code. It’s still to be determined as to whether ...

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It’s now almost fourteen years since the winds and storm surge generated by Hurricane Isabel headed up the Chesapeake Bay and wreaked havoc on Baltimore and other waterfront communities. The promenade along the edge of the Inner Harbor was completely ...

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  It’s now just about a decade since the onset of the Great Recession and the ensuing collapse of the nation’s housing market. We are just now beginning to approach the level of housing prices that were in effect a ...

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