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Titan Hospitality Group will open a restaurant in North Baltimore next year, marking its first expansion into the city. The Anne Arundel County-based group will open a restaurant called The Barn & Lodge within the Rotunda development in Hampden, Titan CEO James King said Tuesday. The move into the North Baltimore center owned by MCB Real Estate is the latest expansion for Titan, which reopened a restaurant in Annapolis this week and started construction on another in Columbia.

Mark Anthony Thomas has basked in the limelight of Baltimore winning a federal tech hub designation long enough. The CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee says there’s plenty of work to do before Baltimore can capture the millions of dollars in federal investment the program can generate for the region’s economy. Thomas got a taste of the national spotlight as he introduced President Joe Biden at the White House during an Oct. 23 tech hub announcement in which the president gushed about how $10 billion in federal grants could impact cities like Baltimore.

Liquor connoisseurs and retailers might have a reason to be thankful if they claim one of the limited whiskey lotteries available from the Montgomery County’s Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS). ABS, the sole source of retail liquor sales in the county, will open registration Dec. 3 for the opportunity to purchase highly sought-after spirits, including Pappy Van Winkle 23 Year, Old Forester 2022 Birthday Bourbon and several rare releases from the Willett Distillery.

Two high-profile Baltimore developers have joined up to build a $100 million multi-family community in Southern Maryland. Officials of Greenberg Gibbons and MCB Real Estate said Monday they have formed a 50-50 joint venture partnership to develop the 302-unit apartment complex in the emerging Waldorf Station project in Charles County. The 150-acre mixed-use development located off Route 301 in Waldorf kicked off this month with Greenberg Gibbons as master developer. It’s expected to be completed in mid-2025.

A new program in Prince George’s County aims to help small businesses retain and attract employees by subsidizing workers’ child care costs, but it’s still unclear how the program will be funded. County lawmakers passed legislation on Nov. 14 establishing a grant program through which local businesses can apply for funds that could then be used to allay child care expenses for lower-income employees.

Two nonprofit developers received a key approval from the city’s preservation panel Tuesday afternoon to redevelop a blighted corner into housing on the west side of downtown. The vote by the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, or CHAP, advances a joint venture by nonprofits Episcopal Housing Corp. and Health Care for the Homeless to build affordable apartments at the intersection of Park Avenue, West Fayette and North Liberty streets.

Space is open for business, and Maryland is now positioned as a player in the space economy. Rocket Lab, a direct competitor of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, is establishing a footprint in Maryland, moving forward with a facility in Middle River, Baltimore County, at a location that also honors the past. A new aerospace facility is taking shape at an enormous warehouse that has been home to aerospace manufacturing since 1929. A ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday was low-tech for a facility that’s about as futuristic as they come.

A city panel told architects behind the $100 million redevelopment of a North Baltimore block to revamp their plans after they presented designs for new apartments, offices and a grocery retailer Thursday. Presenters designing two parcels of MCB Real Estate’s 8-acre Reservoir Square project off North and Park avenues showcased the layout for the project to the city’s Urban Design and Architecture Advisory Panel Thursday afternoon.