Tremont Hotel to relaunch as Embassy Suites
Staff Baltimore Business Journal The Tremont Suites Hotel will be rebranded this month as an Embassy Suites, a Hilton product known for spacious rooms with kitchenettes, cook-to-order breakfasts and...
View ArticleBaltimore wins $400,000 to spur development of brownfields
Kevin Litten Staff Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Baltimore City will receive $400,000 in federal funding to assess brownfield sites over the next three years, with half...
View ArticlePaper or plastic? In Baltimore, both could cost 10 cents per bag
Staff Baltimore Business Journal Baltimore could impose a 10-cent fee on plastic and paper bags used by retailers, the Baltimore Sun reported. Councilman Brandon M. Scott on Monday introduced a bill...
View ArticleBaltimore-area home sales near three-year high in May
Ryan Sharrow New Media Editor- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Baltimore-area home sales rose 17 percent in May, reaching the highest sales total the region has seen for any month...
View ArticleCummings seeks end to IRS probe
Staff Baltimore Business Journal Claiming that closed-door interviews with Internal Revenue Service staff show neither the White House nor officials in Washington had a hand in targeting conservative...
View ArticleHanover engineering firm moving operations to Columbia
Ryan Sharrow New Media Editor- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ A Hanover engineering and construction firm paid $4 million for a Columbia office building where it plans to relocate...
View ArticleCoppin again targeted for transformation
Staff Baltimore Business Journal Baltimore's historically black Coppin State University has again been targeted for transformation, the Baltimore Sun reported Sunday. According to an analysis of data...
View ArticleMichael's Cafe Raw Bar & Grill in Baltimore County to update building, menu
Sarah Meehan Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Michael’s Cafe Raw Bar & Grill is slated to receive a makeover, starting with its patio. The Timonium restaurant at 2119...
View ArticleRackTop Systems leases Fulton lab, warehouse for data storage operations
Sarah Gantz Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter A Howard County data storage company has a new, expanded headquarters in Fulton. RackTop Systems, a company that develops systems used...
View ArticleSix-acre East Baltimore park gets initial OK from design panel
Kevin Litten Staff Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ The city’s Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel approved the schematic design on Thursday for a park that will be...
View ArticleHagerstown Suns plan move to Fredericksburg
Staff Baltimore Business Journal Western Maryland's Hagerstown Suns will leave the Free State and move to Fredericksburg, Va., if the Virginia city approves construction of a multi-purpose baseball...
View ArticleMarylander Thomas Perez receives high marks at U.S. Labor Department
Staff Baltimore Business Journal President Barack Obama's labor secretary, Thomas E. Perez, is receiving praise from unions and wariness from business groups, the Baltimore Sun reported. Perez is the...
View ArticleCordish linked to new Atlanta Braves stadium project
James Briggs Associate Editor- Baltimore Business Journal Email Baltimore-based Coridish Cos. could be among the developers vying to build a $400 million to $600 million entertainment complex...
View ArticleMaryland House travel plaza expected to reopen by end of 2013
Staff Baltimore Business Journal The redeveloped Maryland House travel plaza in Harford County along Interstate 95 will open between October and December, members of the state House Appropriations...
View ArticleCordish won't be redeveloping Baltimore community college site
Ryan Sharrow New Media Editor - Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter Baltimore City Community College plans to unveil details Wednesday for the future of downtown's Bard building - and the...
View ArticleAs 47-unit Fells Point Station opens, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake touts Vacants...
Kevin Litten Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Henson Development Co. Inc. on Monday opened its 47-unit Fells Point Station apartment project in Upper Fells Point during a...
View ArticleCordish attracts fans, haters across the U.S.
John R. Karman III Reporter- Business First Email | Twitter Baltimore-based Cordish Cos., which has developed entertainment districts across the country, seems to inspire extreme reactions everywhere...
View ArticleBaltimore arts districts win $200K to add European flare to public transit
Sarah Meehan Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Baltimore’s three arts districts received $200,000 from ArtPlace America to go toward projects that will transform their...
View ArticleTowson Square project brings on three restaurants
Sarah Meehan Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email The first three restaurants in an $85 million planned entertainment complex will soon join the list of dining options in downtown Towson. Nando’s...
View ArticleArchitecture geeks can get their fix at historic Mount Vernon building
Kevin Litten Staff Reporter- Baltimore Business Journal Email | Twitter | Google+ Architects and other construction aficionados this week will have a unique opportunity to see several eras of work on...
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