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Overhaul of Harborplace's Pratt Street Pavilion,...

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Food halls like R. House and Mt. Vernon Marketplace aren’t just being created in the city’s coolest neighborhoods. After years of planning, deliberation and presentations, renovations of the Inner Harbor’s Harborplace Pratt Street Pavilion — set to include a new public market — are finally underway. Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp., a New York-based real estate investment firm, started the renovations about three weeks ago, with a goal of overhauling the interior and exterior of the building. On…

Less parking, more pop music: Montgomery County...

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Montgomery County is looking for a development partner to help transform two downtown Silver Spring parking garages into a 5,000-seat indoor arena and surrounding mixed-use development. The county has issued a request for development proposals for the mixed-use project. Responses are due April 17. The RFDP is being led by the Montgomery County Department of Transportation, which owns the garages at 1100 and 1101 Bonifant Drive, as well as a connecting bridge between the two. Montgomery County wants…

8 things you need to know this morning

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Good morning, happy Wednesday. It is going to be seriously cold outside today. Temperatures will remain in the mid 30s, and with the wind chill it will feel in the 20s. And, by the time I’m writing this tomorrow morning, the wind chill could be in the single digits. Here are eight things to know to get your day started. Former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis was spotted in Trump Tower yesterday to meet with President-elect Donald Trump. Lewis was among a group of celebrities — including…

Four Baltimore-area execs make Bizwomen's list of...

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They’re bankers, lawyers and educators. Entrepreneurs, scientists and marketers. Together, they are 100 business leaders who make up Bizwomen’s Women to Watch list for 2016. Each of the 100 women we’re recognizing here was featured earlier this year by one of the 43 publications of American City Business Journals. Those local efforts, which all together led to more than 1,000 women being profiled through the year, were our starting point. The staff at Bizwomen consulted with our colleagues…

Big-name CEOs unveil Baltimore-to-Richmond...

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A group of high-powered CEOs — from Kevin Plank and Ted Leonsis to David Rubenstein and Bill Stromberg — are forming a new organization aimed at spurring economic growth between the often-disconnected region spanning from Baltimore to Washington to Richmond. The Greater Washington Partnership will focus on improving infrastructure and transit, workforce development, and better branding the region as a hub for business and innovation. The idea for the group, billed as the first-of-its-kind for…

Honeygrow ready to open second Baltimore location...

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Philadelphia-based Honeygrow is set to open its second Baltimore location on Dec. 19 as part of the $160 million Exelon Corp. tower in Harbor Point. The location comes more than a month after the fast-casual farm-to-table concept opened its first location in Charles Village in the Nine East 33rd Street residential and retail development on Nov. 7. Honeygrow is the third retail or restaurant concept to open as part of the new tower, following West Elm that opened in September and CorePower Yoga…

Betamore looks to double in size in new City...

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Betamore could double the number of members the organization is currently working with through its new location in City Garage. The Federal Hill incubator announced last week it will open a second location in the Port Covington startup hub, through an expanded partnership with Kevin Plank’s business investment arm, Sagamore Ventures. The Federal Hill space was nearly at capacity earlier this year, with about 30 companies and 150 members operating out of its 8,000-square-foot space at 1111 Light…

Marylanders have more coverage, lower overall...

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The uninsured rate in Maryland has fallen by 42 percent since 2010, translating to about 278,000 Marylanders gaining health care coverage, with many more seeing increased Medicaid, Medicare and employer plan benefits, according to a new federal report. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an extensive analysis of state-level data Tuesday illustrating the impact of the Affordable Care Act over the past six years. The report comes as debate continues over what would happen to…

Johns Hopkins, UMd, joining initiative to expand...

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Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland, College Park are joining 28 other colleges and universities in an initiative to expand the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at U.S. undergraduate institutions with high graduation rates. The American Talent Initiative, supported by a $1.7 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, brings together several public and private institutions with graduation rates over 70 percent in an effort to recruit, support and graduate lower-income…

Howard County seeks proposals for Long Reach...

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A March 1 deadline has been set by Howard County planning officials for proposals to redevelop the nearly 8-acre Long Reach Village Center in Columbia. On Monday, the Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning issued a request for proposals for the project. The suburban village center was built in 1974 and renovated in 1997. It is located between Routes 100 and 29 and serves the Jeffers Hill, Kendall Ridge, Locust Park and Phelps Luck neighborhoods of Columbia. It experienced vacancy and…