Macy’s isn’t giving up on all of its brick-and-mortar stores, but it will close the one at Security Square Mall in March, and many of its longtime customers aren’t happy about it. “You have to order everything now off line, because they’re closing all the stores out,” said Sandra Smith, “and Macy’s has been here for over… I’m 56… Macy’s has been here for a long time.” “I never knew it was closing,” added Somari Hasan, “First, they got Sears and now, we got Macy’s. What’s next?” See more: https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-county-buying-macys-building-at-security-square

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WOODLAWN, Md. — Macy’s isn’t giving up on all of its brick-and-mortar stores, but it will close the one at Security Square Mall in March, and many of its longtime customers aren’t happy about it.

“You have to order everything now off line, because they’re closing all the stores out,” said Sandra Smith, “and Macy’s has been here for over… I’m 56… Macy’s has been here for a long time.”

“I never knew it was closing,” added Somari Hasan, “First, they got Sears and now, we got Macy’s. What’s next?”

Baltimore County had already purchased the old Sears property and some other parking lots there for nearly $17 million in recent years with plans to redevelop the entire site.

Macy’s announcement came as no surprise to county planners.

The county not only knew Macy’s planned to close the store, but it also has already entered into a deal with the company to purchase the property.

“We purchased the building from Macy’s,” said Baltimore County Deputy Administrative Officer Sameer Sidh, “Macy’s owned the building and a couple of pad sites out by Security Square Boulevard. So we negotiated with Macy’s and in June, we entered into a contract of sale to purchase those properties.”

At the department store chain’s request, the county didn’t publicize its $6.5 million purchase until now.

After its third major acquisition, the county now owns 39 acres of the mall’s 88-acre site, giving it more control over redeveloping it in the future and it’s not finished just yet.

“We’re continuing to talk to property owners, and we’re having robust conversations with the state right now as a transit-oriented development site, because Security Square is also a future development site for the Red Line,” said Sidh, “That is now back in play thanks to the governor.”

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The U.S. Department of Justice is taking aim at six major rental companies — including some of the largest multifamily housing providers in the Baltimore area — accusing them in a lawsuit refiled Tuesday of using an algorithm to set rental prices and minimize competition among landlords.

The lawsuit, originally filed this past August by the DOJ and eight state and commonwealth co-plaintiffs, asserts that property management software company RealPage worked hand-in-hand with the rental companies to charge inflated rents and squash free-market competition. The lawsuit alleges the landlords — Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC; Blackstone’s LivCor LLC; Camden Property Trust; Willow Bridge Property Company LLC; Pinnacle Property Management; and Cortland Management LLC — paid RealPage to coordinate pricing and gain insight into “competitively sensitive information” that worked against renters.

For example, the lawsuit alleges, with the help of RealPage’s software, the landlords would receive frequent updates on competitors’ rates, apartment availability and occupancy levels. “As competitor-landlords increase their rents, RealPage’s software nudges other competing landlords to increase their rents as well,” the lawsuit states.

The lawsuit also alleges RealPage monitored landlords’ responses to its recommendations and would weigh in on other policies meant to entice more renters, such as fee waivers and free rent for one month, and “often” succeeded in ending those concessions.

In an August statement when the lawsuit first went public, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco accused RealPage of using “modern” tactics, such as artificial intelligence, to violate a “century-old law.”

“Training a machine to break the law,” Monaco said, “is still breaking the law.”

In a statement, Greystar, which runs apartment communities across the Baltimore metro area — including several in the city — said it would “vigorously defend” itself in the lawsuit and “has and will” conduct its business with integrity. Camden Property Trust, which has complexes in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, used similar language in its statement, saying it disagreed with the allegations and would move for dismissal. Willow Bridge, which operates in Baltimore, Laurel, Annapolis, Greenbelt and Bethesda, did not respond to a request for comment.

Cushman & Wakefield, which manages properties in the D.C. area and Columbia, said while it believes revenue management software can help “prevent discrimination and bias” in decision-making, its subsidiary Pinnacle does not own any of the properties it manages and isn’t involved in choosing whether to use such software.

RealPage is the dominant provider of rent-setting software, controlling more than 80% of the market share, the lawsuit alleges. Federal prosecutors said the company has attempted to “monopolize” its power.

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Meanwhile, prosecutors said, the six landlords control more than 1.3 million units in 43 states and Washington, D.C. The attorneys general of Illinois and Massachusetts joined as co-plaintiffs Tuesday, joining the top prosecutors of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington. In 2023, Washington, D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a similar lawsuit against RealPage and 14 of the district’s most prolific residential landlords, including the Greenbelt-based Bozzuto, for using a pricing algorithm to inflate prices, saying they colluded “at a time when affordable housing in DC is increasingly scarce.”

The six nationally operating landlords, federal prosecutors said, took advantage of high housing costs to further increase their profits. They said in the lawsuit that the companies sometimes would communicate with each other and coordinate pricing strategies, effectively impeding residents from being able to seek out better offers.

“That is not how the free market works,” prosecutors wrote in the complaint. “A free market requires that landlords compete on the merits, not coordinate pricing.”

Maryland’s top housing official has effectively ruled out statewide measures that would cap increases in rental prices annually, arguing such a measure could disrupt needed housing production. Individual counties, including Montgomery and Howard, have attempted to clamp down on rent gouging on their own, winning support from renters’ rights groups and activists.

The Atlanta-based Cortland Management, according to federal prosecutors, agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department and settle the case. The agency’s proposed consent decree would require Cortland to stop using competitors’ data in rate setting and stop using the same algorithm as competitors without a “corporate monitor.”

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Hallie Miller covers housing in the Baltimore region and beyond for The Baltimore Banner. She previously reported on city and regional services for The Banner’s Better Baltimore series.

2025 kicks off with an old-fashioned snow day

Jan 6, 2025

BALTIMORE —

Here are snowfall totals prepared by the Baltimore/Washington Office of the National Weather Service as of 4:27 p.m. from Monday's snowstorm. Measurements are in inches, and this article will be updated.

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The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning from 10 p.m. Sunday through 1 a.m. Tuesday for the entire state of Maryland, saying heavy snow is possible with potential for sleet and freezing rain.

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BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md — The snow is making its way to Maryland, and many parts of the state prepared all weekend, including Baltimore County.

“Please, if you don’t have to go out, stay off of the roads as much as possible," says D'Andrea Walker, acting Baltimore County Executive.

Maryland is getting its first significant snowfall in 2025.

Sunday, officials with Baltimore County announced preparations for the winter weather.

“This is our first major snowstorm here in Baltimore County in quite a while. In addition to the snow, we are also experiencing freezing temperatures, which can create icy conditions on our roadways and our sidewalks," says Walker.

Because of the potential for dangerous roadways, David Bycoffe with the Baltimore County Emergency Management Office says people should be prepared in case they have to shelter in place over the next few days.

“Have a supply of several days of bottled water and shelf-stable food on hand. Make sure your cellphones and other devices are always charged, and keep spare batteries on hand for flashlights and portable radios," he says.

The department of public works and transportation already started pre-treating the roads ahead of the storm.

“The department has treated more than 600 miles of select roadways with salt brine; this works effectively down to 6 degrees, allowing us to begin de-icing before the storm hits," says Lauren Buckler.

Even so, Baltimore County has over 500 workers and over 400 pieces of equipment on standby at 17 locations throughout the county, and the department will continue its work on the roads as soon as possible.

“For snowfall less than 6 inches, it typically takes about 24 hours for us to clear the 2,700 miles of roadway; for more than 6 inches, it can take up to 48 hours after the storm has passed for us to clear the roads," says Buckler.

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Rosedale, Maryland 21237

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1811 Woodlawn Drive

Woodlawn, Maryland 21207

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Those shelters will remain open for the next several days until the weather improves.

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BALTIMORE - With the weather at M&T Bank Stadium chilly and missing Pro Bowl wide receiver Zay Flowers, who was out with a knee injury, the Baltimore Ravens decided to go ground-and-pound against the Steelers here Saturday night in their AFC Super Wild Card game.

Typically, that plays into the hands of the Steelers, who had the NFL's sixth-stingiest run defense in the regular season.

But most teams also don't have a dual threat at quarterback in Lamar Jackson and a hammer of a running back quite like Derrick Henry.

Unfortunately for the Steelers, the Ravens do.

Henry rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns, including 100 yards on 13 first-half carries, and Jackson added another 80 yards on the ground to go with 175 yards passing and two scores, as the Ravens ran the Steelers out of the playoffs, 28-14, here Saturday night.

"Congratulations to the Ravens," said Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. "They were the better team. That was obvious. The X-factor was Lamar's talents. Every time we got them behind the sticks, he made up for it.

"We never really found a fluid answer all day."

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The loss ends the Steelers' season in the Wild Card round of the AFC playoffs for the fourth time since 2020, with the past three of those defeats coming on the road.

The win was also the second by the Ravens over the Steelers in their past two games after the Steelers had won seven of the previous eight meetings. The Steelers had beaten Baltimore, 18-16, in Pittsburgh earlier this season, but were beaten 34-17 in the rematch at M&T Bank Stadium in Week 16.

As had been the case in the second meeting, when Henry rushed for 162 yards, the Steelers got a healthy dose of Henry early and often, as he rushed for more than 150 yards in his fourth-straight playoff game, though first with Baltimore. Henry signed as a free agent with the Ravens in the offseason.

Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson wasn't able to keep pace, despite throwing for 270 yards and two touchdowns. The Steelers had just 29 rushing yards on 11 carries as the Steelers were outained 464-280.

"We just weren't good enough," Tomlin said of his offense. "A drop here or there. When you play good people, it gets highlighted. We just weren't good enough,"

The first half couldn't have gone any worse for the Steelers.

They won the coin toss and took the football, but after picking up a first down the Steelers were forced to punt when Wilson was caught from behind on a third-and-6 scramble after just a 2-yard gain.

Baltimore took over at its own 5 and proceeded to utilize the legs of Jackson and Henry to go the length of the field. Jackson carried the ball five times for 22 yards and Henry had three for 49, the big gain coming on a Wildcat run of 34 yards, as the Ravens scored on a 15-yard pass from Jackson to Bateman for a 7-0 lead.

The Steelers again came up short on their next possession, but the defense forced a Baltimore punt and got the ball back on a nice open-field tackle by DeShon Elliott on the first play of the second quarter.

On third-and-2, however, tight end Pat Freiermuth was unable to escape the tackle of Ar'Darious Washington, getting stopped just short of the first down on a pass to the flat.

The Ravens made the Steelers pay, going on another long, sustained drive that saw them convert consecutive third-and-1s to start the possession that finished with an 8-yard touchdown run by Henry for a 14-0 lead.

The Steelers looked like they might answer when Wilson lofted a pass deep downfield for George Pickens on third-and-8 from the Pittsburgh 44. Pickens hauled the pass in at the Baltimore 7 for what would have been a 49-yard gain. But Pickens was flagged for offensive pass interference, negating the gain.

The Steelers were again forced to punt at the two-minute warning.

This time, Jackson used his arm to move the Ravens down the field, connecting on passes of 25 yards to Nelson Agholor after escaping pressure and rolling to his right and then finding Mark Andrews and Isaiah Likely for gains of 24 and 19 yards to the Pittsburgh 5 with 11 seconds remaining in the half.

On second-and-goal, Jackson again evaded pressure in the pocket and flipped the ball to running back Justice Hill in the flat. Hill went into the end zone for a touchdown with two seconds remaining in the first half to give Baltimore a 21-0 halftime lead.

At that point, the Ravens had run 41 plays for 308 yards – 164 on the ground - and held the ball for 20:27. The Steelers had just two first downs and had 59 yards on 18 plays.

The Steelers got a defensive stop on the opening possession of the second half, but the punt was downed at the 3.

On third-and-9, Wilson fired a pass over the middle to Calvin Austin, who took a big hit at the end but held on for a 25-yard gain.

Then, on third-and-5, Wilson connected down the sideline for a 37-yard gain to Mike Williams.

Finally, on third-and-10 from the 30, Wilson hit a pass to Van Jefferson down the seam for a touchdown that put the Steelers on the board and cut the Baltimore lead to 21-7.

The momentum was short-lived, however, even though Alex Highsmith sacked Jackson on first down to set up second-and-20 on Baltimore's ensuing possession.

The Ravens rolled Jackson to his right, sealing T.J. Watt to the inside, and Jackson threw a 21-yard completion to Tylan Wallace to pick up the first down.

Henry broke free for a 44-yard touchdown run up the middle of the Steelers defense to give the Ravens a 28-7 lead with 5:49 remaining in the third quarter.

The Steelers again answered quickly, taking just five plays and 2:25 to score on a 36-yard pass from Wilson to Pickens, who split the cornerback and safety help over the top to walk into the end zone and make it 28-14 with 3:24 remaining in the third quarter.

The Steelers forced a three-and-out on Baltimore's next possession, but after getting the ball out to the 45, Wilson was sacked on third down on the final play of the third quarter and the Steelers opened the fourth quarter with a punt.

The Steelers again forced a punt, but not before the Ravens had taken another 6:24 off the clock, punting the ball back to Pittsburgh with 8:36 remaining.

But after back-to-back passes to Pickens to move across midfield, the Steelers turned the ball over on downs after a false start and sack pushed them back.

The Ravens ran out the clock from there, finishing off the game in Steelers' territory.

The Steelers held the ball for just over 20 minutes in the game.

"The opportunity was there," said Steelers defensive captain Cam Heyward. "But our execution was not. That's all I can think about right now."