A development wave will bring 1,500 homes and change to Annapolis

The edge of Annapolis changes in 20-year waves. Today, right on time, a new swell of homes and retail is shaping up, promising to create the latest transformation of an area named for a long-ago prisoner-of-war camp, Parole. More than 750 new apartments in five- and six-story buildings are welcoming their first tenants. Another 750 townhouses, apartments and condos loom in various stages of planning.