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Giacomo Bologna

Giacomo

Giacomo "Jack" Bologna covers business and development at The Baltimore Banner. Before that he worked at The Baltimore Sun, The Baltimore Business Journal and newspapers in Mississippi and Missouri. Jack is originally from Michigan.

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Daniel Taylor of the Baltimore Development Corp. led a walking tour of the Superblock in December. Later this year, he'll take on a new role as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore names new president
Dan Taylor, a longtime executive at the Baltimore Development Corp., will take over as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore later this year.
Drew Greenblatt, who owns the South Baltimore steel fabrication plant Marlin Steel, can't wait for Trump's tariffs.
This Baltimore manufacturer can’t wait for Trump’s tariffs
The owner of South Baltimore's Marlin Steel has been imploring someone to do something about the “cheaters” in other countries — especially China.
Luxury apartment buildings, such as a high-rise in Harbor Point, have faced challenges in finding renters.
Baltimore keeps building luxury apartments as some units sit empty
About one-tenth of the 4- and 5-star apartments in the Baltimore region are empty, according to data from the real estate analytics firm CoStar.
Dr. Devesh Kanjarpane shows a room at Charm City Health Center in April 2024.
West Baltimore methadone clinic opening soon despite lawsuit, owner says
Dr. Devesh Kanjarpane has been trying for years to convert a former auto parts warehouse in West Baltimore into a health center that will also dispense methadone.
Workers at the Social Security Administration, headquartered in Woodlawn, could be exempt from Trump’s executive order.
Maryland federal workers, Trump wants you back in the office
President Donald Trump signed a 65-word executive order that appeared to have a big effect on Maryland — a state that depends on federal jobs like no other.
For decades, the John Glenn has broken ice up and down the Potomac River. For at least two years, it's been at the General Ship Repair Corp. in Baltimore.
A fatal plunge, an icy DC river and a rescue boat stuck in Baltimore
As emergency crews responded to a submerged vehicle, they didn’t have access to a boat with ice-breaking capabilities because it has reportedly been in Baltimore for repairs.
Laurie Schwartz will retire this June after leading the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore for 20 years.
After a career spent making Baltimore better, Waterfront Partnership president retires
Laurie Schwartz will retire on June 30 as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a role she has held since the nonprofit’s creation in 2005.
Dan Taylor has been working to get the Superblock redeveloped for about a decade.
The man leading the Superblock redevelopment believes fourth time’s a charm
For the past decade, Dan Taylor and his team have been tasked with solving one of Baltimore’s trickiest development challenges: the Superblock.
This is a photo of a 24-story building in Harbor East.
A controversial tax break for a Baltimore office tower ends after 15 years
Fifteen years after it opened its doors, Baltimore’s most valuable office tower will pay a full tax bill in 2025.
Crews are preparing the site at Wagners Point in South Baltimore for a proposed cable plant that would manufacture the undersea cables needed for offshore wind farms.
The new factory coming to South Baltimore that (almost) no one is talking about
With virtually no fanfare, a Greek-based company called Hellenic Cables has started work on a factory that will employ 120 people in an industrial corner of the city known as Wagner’s Point.
Jordan Kerr, who identifies as an "advantage player," said he was losing money at a blackjack table when security for Horseshoe Casino approached and detained him.
Card counter claims Horseshoe Casino illegally detained him
A well-known card counter filed a lawsuit against Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore, claiming the venue illegally detained him when he had committed no crime.
This is a picture of the Residence Inn Baltimore at the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus
Chinese nationals say Baltimore developer ‘duped’ them into $47M boondoggle
A lawsuit filed this month in Baltimore Circuit Court says developer Ron Lipscomb lured Chinese investors seeking U.S. citizenship for a hotel project in East Baltimore that had wildly inflated construction costs.
This is a photo of two former hotel buildings in downtown Baltimore.
Lender forecloses on newly renovated apartment tower in downtown Baltimore
A financial firm is suing Vivo Baltimore over missed payments on a $45 million loan. The newly renovated apartment building is located downtown.
The 262-unit apartment complex is the only project La Cité completed in its plan to revitalize Poppleton. It is struggling to find renters.
Poppleton apartment complex for sale as investor wants its money back
Following a lawsuit filed this summer, an investor is forcing La Cite Development to sell a troubled apartment complex in West Baltimore, court records show.
Professor Dale Glenwood Green gives a virtual presentation about historic preservation for the Maryland State Archives.
Morgan State professor fined for presenting himself as licensed architect
A Morgan State University professor has been misrepresenting himself as a licensed architect for years. The Maryland State Board of Architects fined him $20,000 this month, the largest such fine in more than a decade.

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