At a one-of-a-kind, 30,000-square-foot facility inside a former bus depot, a cluster of companies is advancing initiatives they hope will profoundly change human health and Baltimore’s future. LaunchPort, a medtech venture center located inside Port Covington’s City Garage, was designed…

As the first buildings at Port Covington begin to rise, the project’s developers have a vision for the mini-city sprouting on a South Baltimore peninsula as the nation’s next big biotech hub. The waterfront neighborhood of apartments, offices, stores and…