Rentals

Luxury apartment complex in Fells Point is nearing completion

2013-06-19 04:00:00

Greenbelt-based developer The Bozzuto Group has added another unique property to its portfolio of luxury apartment buildings in Baltimore. The $72 million complex, called Union Wharf, consists of 281 residential units in a new, waterfront Fells Point...

Author Wes Moore got undeserved tax breaks

2013-06-18 08:59:00

Baltimore resident Wes Moore has a standout resume. He's a best-selling author, Rhodes scholar and TV show host, and his rising public profile is fueling speculation he may be eyeing a run for political office. But like many of his fellow city...

Remember Baltimore's displaced poor

2013-06-17 08:15:00

The recent commentary regarding landlord-tenant court hit home to me the other day ("Justice eludes poor tenants in Baltimore," June 13). I had been witnessing for days the meteoritic building of a housing development on a entire block in East Baltimore...

Smart transportation projects could improve the quality of life in Baltimore City

2013-06-18 04:30:00

I was happy to see the benefits of intermodal transportation for city residents so clearly described in a recent Sun commentary ("Put people ahead of cars," June 5). I've begun to see a transformation over the last decade in Baltimore, and I am encouraged...

Police identify woman found dead at Reisterstown townhomes

2013-06-15 20:12:49

Baltimore County police have identified the woman found dead in the rental office of a Reisterstown development as 29-year-old Melinda Schaefer. It appeared as though she had stab wounds, department spokesman Ofc. Shawn Vinson said Saturday. A full...

Police report armed robbery of couple in Russett

2013-06-14 09:45:00

A couple who told police they were waiting to see someone about renting an apartment in Russett were robbed by three men Thursday, and one man had a handgun. Anne Arundel County Police said the armed robbery was reported around 6:30 p.m. June 13. A...

Property manager killed at Reisterstown townhomes

2013-06-15 13:24:03

The property manager of a Reisterstown housing development was killed in the rental office Friday morning, breaking the early morning peace at the tidy suburban complex. Police identified the woman Saturday as 29-year-old Melinda Schaefer. An autopsy was...

Harris Jones, Malone made nearly $150K lobbying city in 2012

2013-06-14 13:03:00

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's close friend Lisa Harris Jones and her husband, Sean Malone, made almost $150,000 last year lobbying the city on behalf of business clients, according to reports filed with Baltimore's ethics board.� The forms show...

'House of Cards' to take over State House

2013-06-14 17:41:00

The marble hallway trod for centuries by Maryland politicians will host perhaps its most sinister character when actor Kevin Spacey arrives for work next week. Television crews from the political thriller "House of Cards" began transforming Maryland's...

New community center opens in Ellicott City

2013-06-16 00:00:00

The old low-income Hilltop Housing project in Ellicott City has given way to another world: new apartments with facades of soft-colored siding and stone, and a recreation center with the latest in exercise gear, including a retractable-roof indoor...

Justice eludes tenants

2013-06-12 11:43:00

On most days in landlord-tenant court in Baltimore City District Court, the only issue is: "Did you pay your rent?" If not, you are on the street. No defense is allowed, such as "I was sick and lost time from work," "My benefit check did not arrive," or...

The mayor and the lobbyist

2013-06-13 08:41:00

Based on what we know so far, there does not appear to be anything illegal about the way Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has carried on her friendship with City Hall's top lobbyist, Lisa Harris Jones. Strictly speaking, there may not be anything...

A for rent sign hangs in front of a home in LaSalle, Ill.

2013-06-18 15:43:16

The Spiller House in Venice: a two-story rental apartment in the front and a four-story owner's residence at the back, both sheathed in corrugated metal.

2013-06-18 13:58:45

Cruise down in a semi-lazy river on a large yellow tube in Farmington. There will be plenty of time for hand-holding as you start off on a smooth course, but after snaking around certain turns in the river you will come across exciting rapids.

2013-06-17 00:00:00