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“Cruising is back in Baltimore,” declared Jonathan Daniels, executive director of the Maryland Port Administration, as passengers began arriving Saturday at the Cruise Maryland Terminal. The festive occasion marked the first cruise ship to arrive and depart the Port of Baltimore since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26.

A 24,000-square-foot strip mall in a popular Howard County suburb has traded for $5.4 million. Mosaic Realty Partners acquired the Columbia Gateway Plaza at 7185 Columbia Gateway Drive on May 3. The retail complex is about 90% leased with anchors that include Dunkin, Weight Watchers, Columbia Bank and the Backstage Dance Studio.

The way Harvey Blonder sees it, his proposal to build a 190-room hotel, restaurants with different themes, a wedding venue and a pool with a swim-up bar would only enhance the area off Route 2 overlooking the South River. Blonder said the proposal to transform the site of the Liberty Marina would bring new jobs and boost the tax revenue that flows to Anne Arundel County and the state.

Maryland has joined the U.S. Justice Department’s case filed Thursday against Live Nation Entertainment Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ticketmaster LLC for monopolistic and anti-competitive practices in the live entertainment industry. “When the world’s largest live entertainment company illegally dominates ticket sales, artist management and promotion, and venue choices, fans are the ones who are hurt the most,” Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said in a statement announcing the state’s participation in the case.

Three years after it was founded, the women’s wellness startup Modern Revival finally has a place to call home. Co-founders Mikel Blair, a D.C.-area philanthropist, and Courtney Smith have opened the company’s first physical location at 7809 Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda, the pair announced in a press release this week. Until now, their wellness sessions, focused mainly on mental health and emotional well-being, had been held in temporary locations in Greater Washington and Southern California, where Smith is based.

Towson-based Sylvan Learning is laying off dozens of workers just months after being acquired by a Texas franchise portfolio company. Sylvan Learning notified 48 workers on Tuesday that they will be laid off after 60 days, according to a Work Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) log filing and a company spokesperson.

A Montgomery County wine company is raising money to expand its retail footprint and eventually open a tasting room in Greater Baltimore. Boyd Cru Wines wants to raise $124,000 through community investors to help its various growth efforts throughout the region. The 1-year-old company hopes to establish a brick-and-mortar space and a community marketplace in Greater Baltimore and expand its distribution.