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Growth and development

Developer Chasen Cos. is unraveling — and leaving a mess across Baltimore

Work at 1400 Aliceanna St., a major Chasen Cos. development, has been stopped for months.

Maryland overhauls process for releasing aging and sick prisoners: ‘It’s about mercy’

Maryland lawmakers passed a bill that makes several changes to medical and geriatric parole.

5 things we learned from the Ravens’ draft

Safety Malaki Starks, second from right, the Baltimore Ravens first round draft pick, 27th overall, poses with defensive coordinator Zack Orr, left, head coach John Harbaugh, and general manager Eric DeCosta during an NFL football press conference at the Under Armor Performance Center in Owings Mills, Md., Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Falcons on the 33rd floor: Webcams let you get up close with nature around Maryland

A screenshot from the Chesapeake Conservancy's peregrine falcon webcam, which is watching a nest on a skyscraper in Baltimore.

Inside Malaki Starks’ ‘appealing’ talent: Here’s what first-round pick can do for Ravens’ defense

Safety Malaki Starks won’t turn 22 until November, and the Ravens can afford to be patient with his development.

Sheriff’s office won’t cooperate with Maryland power line developer ‘under any circumstance’

Apr 23, 2025

An existing set of transmission lines crosses over Old York Road near the start of the proposed route of the Maryland Piedmont Reliability Project (MPRP) in northern Baltimore County.

Baltimore County Public Library takes a page from the Pratt with marquee author series

Apr 23, 2025

Bestselling authors Erik Larson, Jennifer Weiner, and Percival Everett are three of the upcoming speakers at the Baltimore County Public Library's author series.

Baltimore’s proposed tax cut could come at a cost — like a new trash fee

Emily Opilo and Hallie Miller

Apr 22, 2025

Trash cans on North Chester Street are set out for pickup in the afternoon of Thursday, August 29, 2024.

A troubled New York investor started to flip a Baltimore community. Then he died.

Apr 21, 2025

The Dutch Village apartment complex was home to as many as 120 students at Yorkwood Elementary School last year.

Moore’s Asia trip helped by baseball talk and a slight football gaffe

Lee O. Sanderlin

Apr 18, 2025

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore presented Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa of the Kanagawa Prefecture a signed Tomoyuki Sugano Baltimore Orioles jersey. A pitcher for the Os, Sugano is from the Kanagawa Prefecture and is a three-time MVP in Japan.

Eastern Baltimore County is changing. Will its representation?

Apr 16, 2025

A construction worker drives a backhoe past the Berkleigh luxury apartment complex in the Greenleigh community of Middle River.

The city sold this land for $40. With nothing built, investor wants to cash out.

Giacomo Bologna

Apr 14, 2025

La Cite had been planning to build an age-restricted apartment building on this lot until it lost the development rights. Photographed in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025

Gov. Wes Moore kicks off Asia trade trip with maglev train ride: ‘This is the future’

Lee O. Sanderlin

Updated Apr 13, 2025

Gov. Wes Moore smiles as he departs a Central Japan Railway Company SCMAGLEV train Saturday, April 12, 2025. "Wow" is how he described the experience, a 311 MPH futuristic train ride.

5 more Black-owned businesses to move into Baltimore’s downtown amid DEI backlash

Apr 11, 2025

The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore announced its next cohort of the Black Owned and Operated Storefront Tenancy program Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring Downtown Partnership President Shelonda Stokes, center.

Judge weighs fate of one of Baltimore’s most controversial land deals

Giacomo Bologna

Apr 9, 2025

A portion of the La Cite development can be seen beyond older homes in the Poppleton neighborhood of Baltimore on February 26, 2025.

A Baltimore housing program is leading the nation in a key metric

Apr 9, 2025

West Baltimore housing

Baltimore County Council advances measure to make it harder to build in rural areas

Apr 8, 2025

The Baltimore County Council had made it harder to develop in designated rural areas of the county. The urban-rural line protects the Gunpowder River and county reservoirs, including Loch Raven, shown here.

Baltimore could pay for downtown’s facelift using this one weird trick

Giacomo Bologna

Apr 3, 2025

The Baltimore Convention Center on April 2, 2025.

Choate House was a national historic landmark. A Baltimore County developer bulldozed it.

Apr 2, 2025

The old Choate House, photographed in 1989, was a 215-year-old tavern on Liberty Road. A developer demolished the historic property in March to make way for new townhouses.

Baltimore sues Poppleton developer over unpaid water bills

Giacomo Bologna

Apr 1, 2025

$The Center\West apartment complex in Poppleton, developed by La Cité, has unpaid water bills. The city is now suing.$

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