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Sep 27, 2018

Video: Baltimore housing activists rally for Fund the Trust Act

Baltimore affordable housing advocates rallied in support of the Fund the Trust Act outside of City Hall. Backers expect the legislation to provide $13 million for the city’s Affordable Housing […]

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Sep 26, 2018

Downtown Baltimore apartments sell for $3.4M

The Professional Building apartments in downtown Baltimore recently sold for $3.4 million to Liberty Group Holdings. The 33,078 square building at 330 N. Charles St. dates back to 1906, and […]

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Sep 25, 2018

Baltimore affordable housing deal signing set for Wednesday

The deal obligating Baltimore to finance its Affordable Housing Trust Fund becomes official after a ceremonial document signing at City Hall on Wednesday.

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Sep 24, 2018

Report: Only ‘luxury’ apartments delivered in Baltimore in 2017

Every apartment project with more than 50 units delivered in Baltimore in 2017 can be classified as a luxury development, according to a recent report. That doesn’t mean, however, that […]

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Sep 21, 2018

Ground Up podcast: CREG’s Matthew Laraway talks Baltimore area industrial market

The industrial sector has been the darling of Baltimore‘s commercial real estate industry for the past few years, at least that’s how one broker recently phrased it. But that’s for […]

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Sep 20, 2018

Notes from the Westside: Charred rat, burned buildings and falling trees

There was an interesting conversation piece one recent morning in the 300 block of North Eutaw Street -- about a half-mile north from Oriole Park at Camden Yards and a world away.

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Sep 17, 2018

Baltimore debates York Road commercial property surtax

Commercial property owners along Baltimore‘s York Road corridor face paying a surtax to fund a proposed business improvement district. Councilman Bill Henry introduced legislation on Monday in the city council […]

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Sep 14, 2018

Ground Up podcast: Baltimore County economic development chief Will Anderson talks growth, TIF and beer

Out the county, hon. That’s Bawlmerese for the suburbs surrounding the city. In particular Baltimore County. In the decades after World War II that jurisdiction’s population surged from more than […]

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Sep 13, 2018

Gorn: 414 Light St. leasing off to ‘really good start’

Leasing at the partially completed 44-story luxury apartment building 414 Light St. is off to what the developer described as a "really good start."

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Sep 12, 2018

Port Covington developer ‘bullish’ on Baltimore apartments

Executives from the lead developer of the $5.5 billion Port Covington project aren't sweating the potential for Baltimore to be saturated with new apartments.

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Sep 11, 2018

Maryland home prices rise, supply remains constrained

Statewide home prices increased for the seventh straight month, jumping 4.2 percent from the previous August, according to Maryland Realtors. But a lack of supply and pending interest rate hikes […]

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Sep 10, 2018

WalletHub: Baltimore ranks low as family friendly city

Baltimore is toward the bottom of the pack in terms of best places to raise a family, according to a recently released study by WalletHub on the best and worst cities in the nation to raise a family.