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Temperatures may be dropping, but The Village of Cross Keys has ice cream on their minds. Caves Valley Partners announced on Wednesday that Always Ice Cream Company will open a store in the Village Shops, promising to bring its crafted blend of premium, homemade ice cream to Cross Keys. “The store’s sleek, contemporary design will create a cutting-edge allure in the new jewel box building being constructed near the main entrance to the Village Shops,” read the press release announcing the arrival of the latest cool tenant.

Constellation Energy Inc. has finalized its purchase of a stake in one of the nation’s largest nuclear plants for $1.75 billion after months of uncertainty. Baltimore-based Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) completed its purchase of a 44% ownership stake in the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station after receiving approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Oct. 30, which was the final regulatory hurdle before the deal could close.

Baltimore got a look this week at new renderings of the proposed $500 million redesign of Harborplace — and reactions aren’t as glowing as developers might hope. The reimagined Haborplace would include four new buildings and nearly 1,000 new residential units, along with shops, restaurants, a park and an amphitheater. P. David Bramble and his firm, MCB Real Estate, which is spearheading the redevelopment, laid out their vision for the Inner Harbor area on Monday alongside government and business leaders.

Kaiser Permanente has named its next Mid-Atlantic leader, about six months after Ruth Williams-Brinkley, its regional president of more than three years, announced her intention to retire. The Oakland, California-based health care giant said Tuesday it has tapped Chicago-area public health executive Israel Rocha as its next regional president, set to assume the position Dec. 4.

Troy A. LeMaile-Stovall believes that the way to rev up Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies is through inclusive entrepreneurial innovation. As CEO of Columbia-based TEDCO, LeMaile-Stovall, 59, has ensured that the state’s tech industry continues to find support as it grows. “[We want to] serve the entire ecosystem and all those in it to ensure that all ideas, all innovations have a place to be seen, heard, nurtured, launched and grown in Maryland.

Nearly 35 years after playing a key role in the design and construction of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Janet Marie Smith is at the forefront of another groundbreaking in the city. The former Orioles vice president is opening a Baltimore office for the Canopy Team, the planning and development firm specializing in the design of professional sports venues and their neighborhood surroundings she founded in Los Angeles.

The Mount Airy Planning Commission on Monday reviewed a detailed summary for the proposed Greentree Village project — a mixed-use development that received pre-concept sketch plan approval from the town in September 2022. The proposed development — the first of its kind to go through the town’s development review process — would be built on 12.67 acres near the intersection of North Main Street and Candice Drive on the Carroll County side of town.