The Maryland Board of Public Works voted today to hit the restart button on the massive State Center overhaul project that has been more than a decade in the making, though a lawyer representing the developer said that’s not going to happen without a fight.

The Sun’s Michael Dresser first reported last night that the spending board was planning to vote on whether to nix an agreement between the State and developer State Center LLC. Seven years ago, former Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration reached an agreement with the developer for a $1.5 billion overhaul of the aging 28-acre government complex located at W. Preston Street off of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

However, the project never moved forward after the state grew concerned about going over its borrowing limit, Dresser reports. When Gov. Hogan took office, he declined to resubmit a proposal from State Center LLC to reduce the size of the planned parking garage at the site, which could have reduced costs.

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