Electrician auctioning bayside island

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 20, 2009
Tags: Ocean City, Real Estate, worcester county

OCEAN CITY — A West Ocean City electrician who needs money to keep his business going is auctioning a private bayside island that features a sandy beach and hunting lodge.

The 30-acre parcel, called South Hammocks, is comprised of two separately deeded isles in the Assawoman Bay wetlands.
Gary Frick bought the island in 2001 from another [...]

City gets 19 applications for federal Recovery Zone bond money

BY: Robbie Whelan
POSTED: November 20, 2009
Comments: 1

The Baltimore Development Corp. Friday announced that interest from developers in federal Recovery Zone Facility Bonds far outstrips the available money to be offered under the stimulus program.
The city received 19 applications, totaling $185.4 million, seeking uses for the city’s $30.8 million in tax exempt bond funds authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
In [...]

Cordish courting applicants for casino jobs at Arundel Mills

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: November 19, 2009
Comments: 1

Cordish officials courted applicants for 4,000 jobs on Thursday — from butchers to bartenders, equity partners to concrete workers — for a proposed Anne Arundel County casino that has yet to receive state and local approvals.

French firm Areva getting ready for Calvert Cliffs 3

BY: Danielle Ulman
POSTED: November 19, 2009

When — and if — UniStar Nuclear Energy gives the go ahead to build Calvert Cliffs 3, French design and construction firm Areva wants to be ready.
Areva, which has partnered with UniStar’s Electricite de France on other nuclear projects, held a “supplier day” in Baltimore Thursday to identify potential vendors for the Lusby reactor. Interest [...]

Farmer asks Campbell Soup to help restore barn

BY: Capital News Service
POSTED: November 19, 2009

For most of his life, Jay Mackenzie wanted to own a farm.
“I have wanted a farm since I was about 10. When I was 20, I was going to have a 500-acre farm,” said Mackenzie, 50, of Union Bridge. “As you get older, it gets smaller and smaller.”
When he finally managed to purchase his 125-acre [...]

Pikesville and Chevy Chase auction firms partner 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009

Fox Residential Auctions LLC, of Pikesville, a real estate marketing firm that uses the auction method exclusively to sell non-distressed residential properties, said it has agreed to a strategic partnership with Chevy Chase-based Sloans & Kenyon Auctioneers and Appraisers, an antique and fine art auction company.
Under the arrangement, FRA will send clients with antique and [...]

On the Move - Business edition 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009

Architecture
Kann Partners, a Baltimore-based architecture firm specializing in retail, mixed-use, senior living, and historic preservation, has made Chief Operating Officer Chris Lesjak an associate principal. He has been with the firm since 2005. Also,  Katelin Crook has been hired as marketing director. She previously was a graphic designer and the marketing manager for CSD Architects.
Awards
Maryland [...]

Editorial: Time to take a fresh look at unemployment fund 

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: November 19, 2009

It’s good that Gov. Martin O’Malley and his administration are willing to take a fresh look at the burden that Maryland’s unemployment insurance contribution system is going to impose on businesses at exactly the wrong time.
Just when we need businesses to begin hiring again to help drive the economic recovery, their contributions to the Unemployment [...]

Another credit card fee is about to fly

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 18, 2009

Another fee is coming in the new year for airline and hotel customers — this time from your credit card company.
The message: Pay your bill on time or forfeit the miles or points you thought you earned for making purchases on your card during that month.
To get the rewards back, it’s going to cost you.
American [...]

Camden Yards and M&T to get energy makeovers

BY: Nicholas Sohr
POSTED: November 18, 2009

While not as flashy as new high-definition scoreboards or noticeable as bleacher repairs, the Maryland Stadium Authority expects its latest round of upgrades to Baltimore’s football and baseball venues to be easier on the environment and the authority’s balance sheet.
The Board of Public Works approved on Wednesday $12.2 million to make M&T Bank Stadium and [...]