Solar Gaines will relocate to Hunt Valley's North Park and Hannah’s Café will open a second location there this summer, bringing jobs and a new lunchtime option to the park.

Howard County’s Gateway master plan sets high‑range targets — up to 8,100 jobs and about 8,400 homes — to remake the Columbia Gateway into an innovation district. Officials point to Tradepoint investment and workforce programs as early building blocks.

Morgan State will convert downtown One Calvert Plaza into roughly 254 student beds under a multi‑year lease as the university races to handle record enrollment. The deal appears in state board paperwork ahead of fall 2026 move‑in plans.

Haven Coworking is converting the longtime Overlea events hall at 6809 Belair Road into a 33‑office coworking hub with a 3,500‑sqft event hall and 70+ parking spaces, opening in May 2026.

Investor 1500 Country Ridge Ln LLC paid $10.7M for Country Ridge Shopping Center in Essex, a 131k‑sf, 11.55‑acre retail center with national tenants and a vacant 40k‑sf anchor. The buyer is tied to investor Javed Aizaz.

A newly built, glass‑front modern home on Lake Ogleton in Annapolis is listed near $10M with a private pier, infinity pool and five bedrooms.

Amazon bought a roughly nine‑acre T. Rowe Price office parcel in Owings Mills in a sale‑leaseback; neither company has said what will happen next.

A ribbon‑cutting at Park Heights Place marked a nearly $16M rehab that refreshed 84 senior apartments and paired rehabilitation with long‑term subsidy for 76 households.

A national 'Affordable Homeownership' bus tour stopped in Baltimore as city groups pitch Buy Back the Block grants and counseling to narrow a persistent racial gap in homeownership.

A landmark 120,750‑sq‑ft office at 1750 Forest Drive sold for about $19.5M after a multimillion-dollar repositioning that converted the former MAIF headquarters into Class A space.

Howard County won $6 million in federal funds to help build Artist Flats mixed‑income housing at the former Toby’s site and to fund a Guilford Road bike path and a local STEM program.

A Coppin Heights groundbreaking on April 20 launched a West North Avenue revitalization, starting with three gut-and-rehab projects and a block-by-block plan for long-vacant homes. Community leaders framed The Mill on North as an early anchor.

Springdale Preparatory purchased the former New Windsor Middle School and announced a six‑phase plan to expand its upper‑school campus and student body. The move follows earlier county lease agreements and joint‑use arrangements.