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How airlines serving BWI rank by flight delays, cancellations and more

If you’re flying this summer, your best chance for an on-time flight could be Delta Air Lines, the third largest carrier at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Worried about canceled flights? Alaska Airlines, BWI Airport’s seventh-busiest carrier, is a concern. Apprehensive about getting bumped off your flight? Maybe steer clear of Frontier Airlines, the sixth-biggest carrier locally.

Silver Spring medical offices trade hands

An aging medical center that’s part of a larger development opportunity site in Silver Spring has changed hands. Avison Young announced June 6 the sale of Doctors Medical Park, about 98,000 square feet of 1980s-era, low-rise medical office buildings at 10301 Georgia Ave., for $15.25 million. The property includes two main buildings and a smaller one in between, plus parking lots on 4.8 acres about three-quarters of a mile north of the Red Line’s Forest Glen Metro station.

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Faidley’s is finally open at the new Lexington Market. The pressure is on.

Jumbo lump crab cakes weren’t the standard in Baltimore until Nancy Faidley Devine started making them. She traveled the world on behalf of the city, “this Baltimore girl with her crabs,” as her maiden name became almost synonymous with the classic dish. Surrounded by familiar memorabilia and signs from Faidley’s old home — including one saying “Forget Viagra, Eat Oysters”— hanging in a newly constructed stall with bright windows, the 88-year-old reminisced about the legacy of her family’s business as excitement for their latest change hit its peak.

 

Report finds MD firms not benefiting enough from $68B procurement economy

Maryland’s substantial government procurement economy comprises 18% of its gross domestic product and is primed to grow, but Maryland-based businesses aren’t benefiting enough, according to a Drexel University study released Thursday. Like the federal and state governments, Maryland’s local governments, especially its largest jurisdictions such as Baltimore city and Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, have their own procurement systems.

Fells Point coffee shop Daily Grind opening a location at Baltimore Peninsula

Fells Point coffee shop Daily Grind is opening its ninth location at Baltimore Peninsula in South Baltimore. Daily Grind will open in the new 2455 House Street building, which is also home to the CFG Bank headquarters. Daily Grind was founded in 1991 in Fells Point and roasts its coffee in Little Italy. It has locations at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Saint Joseph Hospital, Greenspring Station, and University of Maryland BioPark.

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Prince George’s has more new businesses than any MD county. What’s behind the surge?

Prince George’s County has long been considered the poor step-sibling of the Washington area’s more affluent and business savvy counties. But that image is starting to change as the county becomes an increasingly attractive location for new companies, including many that are developing innovative products and services.

Rockville’s I-Mab, Bristol Myers Squibb to collaborate on new cancer study

I-Mab LogoI-Mab, the Rockville-based global biotech company focused on cancer treatment, Wednesday announced it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb to evaluate the combination of two drugs as a potential first-line treatment for patients with advanced Claudin 18.2-positive gastric and esophageal cancers.

Pickleball among first leases at new White Marsh industrial park

A mammoth new industrial complex in White Marsh has signed its first tenants — and one will bring 10 indoor pickleball courts to the mix. Merritt Properties has signed deals with Dill Dinkers, Restaurant Depot and Sensi Auto to join White Marsh Interchange Park at 10301 Philadelphia Road near Interstate 95 and Route 7.

As Baltimore ends deal with Poppleton developer, the community wants a say on what’s next

This week, Baltimore City said it was unwilling to wait any longer on the redevelopment that New York developer La Cité has been promising for almost 20 years in West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood. In all that time, La Cité has completed only one project, a 252-unit apartment complex, on the up to 14 acres of land it was supposed to redevelop.

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Managing Editor Sam Davis to retire from Baltimore Sun; Tricia Bishop to take over newsroom management

The Baltimore Sun’s longtime managing editor is retiring and will be replaced by a 24-year veteran of Maryland’s largest news organization, Baltimore Sun Media said Tuesday. Tricia Bishop, The Sun’s director of opinion and features content since 2019, will take over management of the newsroom later this month from Sam Davis, who plans to retire from his role at the end of June.

 

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