Baltimore’s latest plans for the Superblock go super-bust

Two decades after Baltimore first solicited plans to redevelop a shopping district west of downtown, the Superblock has once again gone bust. The Baltimore Development Corp., or BDC, said Monday that it canceled its contract with Westside Partners, after the group couldn’t show it had obtained financing for a mixed-use development. President and CEO Colin Tarbert said the BDC plans to start a new bidding process and solicit fresh ideas for the Superblock early next year. It’s the latest delay for a city-led redevelopment that formally began in 2003.