Business

When we last checked in with Port 44, the all-female development group was making a splash in this canal town with the renovation of venerable buildings on Conococheague and Salisbury streets. Nearly half a dozen businesses had moved in, and seven newly redesigned, upscale apartments were occupied. That was last fall.

Pompeian Olive Oil staffers spent three weeks this spring making daily calls to a ship in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to pull off an expensive gamble: getting a ship across the ocean just in time for the reopening of a channel into the Port of Baltimore. The journey required precise timing to prevent the vessel from waiting for the wreckage of the Key Bridge to be cleared, but Pomepian officials deemed it worth the risk given the high costs associated with trucking imports from other ports. In the end, the trip was a success.

Baltimore's Atapco Properties is expanding into the southern Virginia industrial market. The development and investment firm on Tuesday said it had acquired 124 acres near the Port of Virginia. The site within the Virginia Port Logistics Park can hold a warehouse of up to 1.5 million square feet and is Atapco's first acquisition in the Hampton Roads market, a strong competitor to the Port of Baltimore.

About 150 Southwest Airlines flights in and out of BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport were delayed Wednesday because of what the airline described as a power outage at one of its data centers. Southwest Airlines confirmed delays were caused because of the power failure in the Dallas, Texas, area.

Former American Visionary Art Museum director Jenenne Whitfield has joined MCB Real Estate, the owner of Harborplace, in the newly created position of Harborplace Director of Experience. In an announcement on Tuesday, MCB noted that executives learned from recent community engagement sessions that the general public believes art, culture and experience are important components of a reimagined Harborplace.

A family-owned printing company in downtown Baltimore is under new ownership for the first time in decades. Entrepreneur Ketan Bhalani of Ellicott City acquired Curry Printing in February and has brought the business into the network of Alliance Franchise Brands, a Michigan-based company with more than 600 locations in North America.