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a 768,000 rate, while

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permits would edge up to an 815,000 rate. Khan said that part of the increase was

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driven by a 25% jump in the start of apartment

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buildings of five or more units. That number

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can be fairly volatile and there could be a retreat in

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In Atlantic City,

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for example, he said, casinos have created jobs and revenue for the state but failed to lift the city itself.A casino at National Harbor “will

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generate some jobs, some tourism, some spending,” Mr. Fuller added, but it could be “a distraction” for a county that might not “strive to build on its natural

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assets” to develop a more diversified economy.

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Nonetheless, he said,National Harbor is “certainly a logical location for a casino.”The huge Potomac River development where Maryland’s sixth casino would probably be

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located had failed to materialize under a succession of developers over 30 years. Then, Peterson Companies stepped in.Peterson’s alliance with the Gaylord convention

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center, which had indirect personnel ties to casinos elsewhere, led to speculation that gambling was on the table. But as construction got under way in 2004,

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Milton V. Peterson, the company’s patriarch and chairman, disavowed any such intention, yielding both to local opposition on moral grounds and to what he said were his

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own personal feelings about gambling. But those feelings have changed.“The whole perception of gaming in this country has changed,” said Mr. Peterson, a lanky, 76-year-old

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New Englander. When he first rejected the idea, he said, fewer than a dozen states had legalized gambling; now more than half do. “Then, gaming was an anomaly, strange,

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not normal.”Initially, National Harbor seemed to thrive despite the sagging economy, as organizations and trade groups booked conventions at the Gaylord. Thirty restaurants

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and six hotels opened, and a marina was built. But the economy took its toll. Condo sales stalled. Then Disney canceled plans to build a 500-room resort hotel.

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Over all, Mr. Peterson said, his company has lost