I receive daily emails from the Maryland Public Policy Institute. Today’s email contained the following information:
“If you’ve been to our website recently (and seen the new feature on our main page), you’ve probably seen that we’re really going to be focusing on the gas tax increase for the next couple months during the 90-day legislative session. Specifically, we’ll be doing our best to inform the electorate about how unnecessary this tax increase truly is, and on some better ways to plug the holes in our infrastructure budget.
To this end, we’ll be sending emails out specifically pertaining to the gas tax increase whenever we publish new content on the subject. Today, we begin with a brief list of myths and realities.”
If you are not a fan of the proposed gas tax then you probably should keep up with the Maryland Public Policy Institute.
If our gas taxes actually went to funding public transportation (heavy rail subway lines in Baltimore) then we probably would not have the vacant property problem we have in the city. A few weeks ago Mike Subelsky compiled a list of major Baltimore vacant property owners. The city of Baltimore is by far the biggest owner of vacant properties in Baltimore. It is a shame that they did not liquidate their portfolio back in 2005 (like I recommended) when housing was extremely overvalued. Most of the portfolio is now worthless.
One of these days I want to search through all the private owners and find out if any gave political contributions to our local leaders.
Mike’s lists:
Largest Vacant Property Owners in Baltimore, Grouped by Name
| Owner | # Vacants |
|---|---|
| Baltimore City | 1407 |
| UP# BUSINESS TRUST | 38 |
| SS# BUSINESS TRUST | 25 |
| JAMES E. CANN | 24 |
| NB# Business Trust | 24 |
| State of Maryland | 19 |
| 2008 DRR-ETS, LLC | 18 |
| BALTIMORE RETURN FUND, LLC | 18 |
| EAST BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT LLC | 18 |
| COMPOUND YIELD PLAY, LLC | 17 |
| CE REALTY, LLC. & EPHRAIM WEINGARTEN | 16 |
| KONA PROPERTIES, LLC | 16 |
| CE REALTY, LLC | 15 |
| J.A.M. numbered corporations | 15 |
| BALTIMORE PREFERRED PROPERTIES LLC | 14 |
| DRUID HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | 14 |
| HOLABIRD INVESTMENTS, LLC | 14 |
| NEW HORIZON DEVELOPMENT, LLC | 14 |
| DOMINION PROPERTIES LLC | 13 |
| COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, LLC | 12 |
| M&S JOINT VENTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | 12 |
| MAHS-BE HOLDINGS, LLC | 12 |
| BALDWIN TRUSTEE, LEROY | 11 |
| HARRISON DEVELOPMENT, LLC | 11 |
| HUD | 11 |
| CHESAPEAKE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC | 10 |
| KGB numbered corporations | 10 |
| University of Maryland | 10 |
| L.A.M.B., INC. | 9 |
| REBUILD AMERICA, INC | 9 |
| CARTER, NATHAN | 8 |
| EQUITY TRUST COMPANY | 8 |
| KREISLER, SANFORD | 8 |
| LAMB, DERRICK | 8 |
| N-#, INC. | 8 |
| OAKMONT DESIGN LLC | 8 |
| SANDTOWN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | 8 |
| DOMINION RENTALS, LLC | 7 |
| GREEN, CARL | 7 |
| HARBOUR PORTFOLIO | 7 |
| LEO, CAROLINE G. | 7 |
| N10 BUSINESS TRUST | 7 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES-4, INC | 7 |
| SAUNDERS TERRAINE | 7 |
| EAST BALTIMORE DEVELOPMENT, INC | 6 |
| APP CONSULTING GROUP, LLC | 6 |
| DJ LAND CO, LLC & WODA GROUP LLC | 6 |
| EMERALD BAY DEVELOPMENT GROUP & ONE, INC. | 6 |
| FIRST NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LLC | 6 |
| JOHNSON, MARTIN | 6 |
You can also download the entire list of non-owner-occupied vacant building owners in Baltimore.
Largest Vacant Lot Owners in Baltimore, Grouped by Name
| Baltimore City | 2926 |
| B&D PHASE III, LLC | 64 |
| METRO II OLDHAM, LLC & SUNNYS ASSOCIATES, LLC | 42 |
| CAMDEN ASSOCIATES, LLC. | 40 |
| HARBORVIEW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO. # | 35 |
| State of Maryland | 32 |
| LOWMAN ST.,LLC | 31 |
| Oblate Sisters of Providence | 27 |
| BG&E | 23 |
| COMPANY, LLC & FEDERAL HILL HOLDING & SCC CANYON II, LLC | 23 |
| ATLAS MD I SPE, LLC & BB&T BANK (CREO), ATTN: T. GEORG | 19 |
| J & J PARTNERSHIP, INC. | 19 |
| Baptist Church | 18 |
| SANDTOWN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | 18 |
| NANTICOKE INVESTMENT CO., LLC | 17 |
| L.A.M.B., INC. | 15 |
| CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. & TAX DEPARTMENT | 13 |
| DRUID HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | 13 |
| SINGER PARK & PLAY, INCORPORATED | 13 |
| STATION PLACE LLC | 13 |
| TRIMARK MANAGEMENT | 13 |
| ASSOCIATION, INC & MCHENRY POINTE HOMEOWNERS | 12 |
| Benedictine Society of Baltimore | 12 |
| CHESAPEAKE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY & INC | 12 |
| JUBB JR, WALTER H & JUBB, EDWARD H | 12 |
| CASTLEWOOD COMMUNITIES, LLC | 11 |
| MOUNT SINAI BAPTIST CHURCH & OF BALTIMORE CITY | 11 |
| MARYLAND JOCKEY CL | 10 |
| CONVENTION AND AUXILIARIES & OF BALTIMORE, INC. & UNITED BAPTIST MISSIONARY | 9 |
| DUNN, GREG | 9 |
| RIVERSIDE WORK FORCE LLC | 9 |
| BALTIMORE URBAN LEAGUE, & INC.,THE | 8 |
| C&P TELEPHONE COMP | 8 |
| CORPORATE SECRETARY, AMTRAK & NATIONAL RAILROAD & PASSENGER CORPORATION | 8 |
| DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION & DRUID HEIGHTS COMMUNITY & JACQUELYN D CORNISH | 8 |
| FRP HOLLANDER 95, LLC | 8 |
| HOLABIRD PARK APTS. INC | 8 |
| MUELLER HOMES, INC. | 8 |
| NEWSTAR DEVELOPMENT AT CANTON & PEAKS, LLC | 8 |
| SCARFIELD SR, FRANK D | 8 |
| THE KCR DEVELOPMENT GROUP & SPICER’S RUN HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION | |
| BALTIMORE SCRAP CORP. | 7 |
| BRIGHTON DEVELOPMENT GROUP & LLC | 7 |
| CHURCH, THE & VESTRY OF MOUNT CALVARY | 7 |
| FLAG HOUSE RENTAL I, L.P. & METRO PLAZA II | 7 |
| FOWLKES, ROBIN | 7 |
| PARADIGM BUILDERS, LLC & RICHARD MIRSKY – OFFIT KURMAN | 7 |
| URBAN HEALTH INSTITUTE OF & WASHINGTON, THE | 7 |
| CANN JAMES E | 6 |
| CHURCH OF THE REDEEMED OF THE & LORD, INC, THE | 6 |
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