City panel nixes plans for 5-story Fells Point apartment complex

Plans to develop a five-story apartment building on the site of an empty lot in Baltimore's Fells Point neighborhood were quashed by a city historic preservation panel Tuesday.
The project at 509 S. Washington St. received strong community pushback from residents who said the planned height and mass of the building was too big and did not match the surrounding area, which is mostly comprised of two- or three-story, single-family rowhomes.Developer of the project, Brandon Chase, said it is now&he