State board approves moving Maryland Department of Health to Metro West complex near Lexington Market

The Maryland Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to approve a new 15-year lease for the state Department of Health to move into the vacant Metro West complex. The health department is housed nearby in State Center, and the pending move is part of a broader plan by Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration to move agencies out of that aging complex of state-owned buildings and into leased buildings closer to the city’s core.