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Slutty Vegan, the Atlanta-based burger chain with Baltimore roots, will touch down in the Baltimore Peninsula next year. Founder Aisha “Pinky” Cole plans to open a location of her uber-popular vegan restaurant in the Rye Street Market, one of five new buildings that have recently cropped up on the 235-acre South Baltimore development site, formerly known as Port Covington.

BWI is the fourth-busiest airport in the Southwest system and its largest on the east coast. The carrier offers nonstop service to more than 70 domestic and international destinations from BWI Marshall. There are more than 5,300 Southwest employees at the airport. Southwest has two major construction projects at BWI.

Baltimore’s downtown Harborplace will welcome a handful of new temporary tenants in the coming weeks, even as MCB Real Estate plans to eventually tear down the two pavilions along the waterfront. On Wednesday, the Baltimore-based development company said an art showcase, tech incubation and youth engagement center, a pop-up store and an all-day breakfast spot will open in the Light Street Pavilion.

Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a Texas-based company, is looking to build a 750,000-square-foot data center on a 151-acre site as part of the planned Quantum Loophole campus in Adamstown. On Tuesday, the Rowan Frederick project team held an open house forum at Camp Shoresh to share their plans with area residents, local business leaders and members of the county’s data centers work group.

A national cookie chain known for its ever-changing weekly lineup will open its first Harford County location this week. Crumbl Cookies, a Utah-based company, will debut during a grand opening on Oct. 27 at 551 Baltimore Pike in Bel Air. The store will mark the chain’s 11th location in Maryland, with another planned for Lutherville-Timonium in the next two months. It currently has locations in Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Charles, Frederick, St. Mary’s and Montgomery counties.

EcoMap Technologies, a Baltimore-based ecosystem AI software company, Tuesday announced the appointment of co-founder Sherrod Davis as CEO as the company moves forward in the wake of the death of co-founder and CEO Pava LaPere. Davis was elevated from chief operating officer to take over as CEO. Since joining EcoMap in 2021, Davis has played an important role, securing nearly $8 million in funding to advance EcoMap’s next-generation technology and expand the team to 30 members, including recruits from cities such as Chicago, Boston, Dallas and New York City.

Topgolf Baltimore — the upscale place to get a drink and drive golf balls — just hit the market for $59.3 million. The three-level sports entertainment facility that opened to great fanfare in late October 2022 near M&T Bank Stadium has been listed for sale and is being hailed in a brochure as the anchor of the emerging $10 million Warner Street Entertainment District on property owned by Caves Valley Partners and Caesars Entertainment.

Pitango Gelato’s first franchise will debut in Northern Virginia next spring as the Baltimore company looks to expand through franchise agreements. Franchisees Sam and Semy Lee signed a lease to bring Pitango to Alexandria, Virginia. Known for its chain of bakery, gelato and coffee shops, Pitango Gelato at 115 S. Union St. in the city’s Old Town neighborhood will be the first of three stores the Lees plan to open in Virginia.