BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Downtown Baltimore is witnessing a troubling trend as businesses continue to close, leaving employees without jobs and residents without essential services.
The latest casualty is the Sheraton Hotel, a key fixture of the Inner Harbor, which has left 69 employees jobless. Morton’s Steakhouse, located in the same building, has also shut its doors.
Economist Anirban Basu attributes the closures to a lingering perception of downtown as unsafe, deterring visitors…