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Is State Center still affordable?
A seven-page analysis of the project details a number of questions about increases in costs and how it would affect the state's operating and capital budgets.
State Center plan re-emerges, raises concerns
A refashioned $1.5 billion plan to redevelop the State Center government complex has spurred concerns about its costs and its timing.
C. Fraser Smith: Don’t gamble on next cave-in
We didn’t have 40 days and 40 nights of rain (though it seemed that long). But cracks appeared in an already compromised stretch of 26th Street between St. Paul and Charles streets.
C. Fraser Smith: State Center – Lead, follow or stand in the way
The blunt-faced, government-issue state office complex doesn’t look like a flash point.
Foes lose on State Center deal
The Court of Appeals unanimously threw out a lower court ruling that the state violated procurement laws by failing to competitively bid the project. The top court said opponents waited too long to bring their claims, calling it the “fatal flaw” in their challenge.
Top court urged to overturn State Center ruling
An attorney for Maryland urged the state’s top court Thursday to overturn a city judge’s ruling that essentially derailed the proposed $1.5 billion development of State Center in Baltimore.
Brown: P3 bill should prevent State Center repeat
Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown, who has run point for the O'Malley administration for two years on legislation that creates special procurement rules for public-private partnerships, said the bill's success this year should prevent future lawsuits.
Bill that would bolster public-private partnerships reintroduced
A measure that helped torpedo administration legislation introduced last year to create rules for public-private partnerships has been reintroduced to a House of Delegates committee.
Court of Appeals will review State Center ruling
Maryland’s top court said Tuesday it would hear an appeal of a recent ruling that derailed the proposed $1.5 billion development of State Center in Baltimore.
Gun control, offshore wind energy headline O’Malley’s legislative agenda
Gov. Martin O’Malley said Friday that altering Maryland’s gun policies would be his top priority in a legislative agenda that also includes guaranteeing a market for developers of offshore wind energy, creating special procurement rules for public-private partnerships and repealing the death penalty.
Judge voids State Center development contract
A Baltimore City Circuit Court judge has prevented a proposed $1.5 billion redevelopment of State Center in Baltimore from going forward.
State Center ruling expected this week
The planned $1.5 billion redevelopment of State Center in Baltimore was the focus of heated arguments in Baltimore City Circuit Court on Tuesday, including revelations from state documents and emails that show questions were raised about a 2008 “swap” of developers for the project without competitive bidding, a move one state employee described in writing as a “cancer.”
