Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has blocked a local developer from carrying out a previously-approved plan to convert the historic Tractor Building in Woodberry to 98 apartments.
In a 23-page opinion this week, three judges with the appeals court ruled that Baltimore’s Planning Commission was wrong to approve the proposed conversion and ordered that its action be vacated, effectively preventing the developer from moving ahead with the construction of the project as designed.
The decision marks the latest in a growing series of rulings in which judges have reversed pro-developer decisions by Baltimore’s planning commission under chair Sean Davis, a principal of Morris & Ritchie Associates, a planning firm hired by developers and others.
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