Mayor approves tax breaks for State Center project

If the long-delayed $1.5 billion redevelopment project at State Center ever gets built, Baltimore has tax breaks waiting for it.

The city’s Board of Estimates, which is controlled by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, authorized Wednesday a 20-year payment in lieu of taxes deal for the project, which now generates no city tax revenue but could contribute millions of dollars if the tract is redeveloped. Click here for complete story.