180 single-family homes planned for West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood [Video]

BALTIMORE — NVR Ryan Homes just signed an agreement with New York-based La Cité Development to build 180 single-family homes to West Baltimore’s Poppleton neighborhood.

It’s part of the CenterWest development on nearly 33 acres, and construction is slated to start later this year.

But a community leader says she doesn’t think La Cité is allowed to move forward with the project. The residents have even been looking for a new developer because they weren’t seeing any progress.

The announcement of the mixed-income development comes after tension between Poppleton residents and the city, including a complaint filed by a consumer-rights group last year for lack of progress on the site, despite residents losing their homes through eminent domain. Residents had been trying to save homes by getting them listed as historic.

Community activist Sonia Eaddy said she was “shocked” to hear La Cité plans to break ground on the single-family homes. She said she believes that …