Dismissal Motion Denied In State Center Suit
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A Baltimore judge says a suit against the $1.6 billion State Center redevelopment project can proceed.
Circuit Judge Althea M. Handy denied a dismissal motion on Wednesday.
Attorneys defending the project say Baltimore business and property owners who filed suit in December waited too long to object to a project started in 2005. Plaintiffs' attorneys say their clients did not have a case until the state entered into
definitive agreements in 2009 and 2010. The suit alleges the state did not seek competitive bids for master developers in 2005 and the redevelopment will hurt the central business district.
Plaintiffs attorney Alan Rifkin says the ruling means the plaintiffs now have the opportunity to further uncover how one of the state's largest construction projects was awarded without competitive bidding.
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