The six-year controversy over a Royal Farms convenience store and gas station proposed in Northeast Baltimore churned forward this week, as opponents argued their case on appeal in Annapolis and a demolition sign went up on the vacant building at the project site, 5901 Harford Road.

At this point, the razing of the fenced-off, badly vandalized office building appears to be welcomed by all sides.

“That property is nothing but a danger to the community and an attraction for squatters,” said Roop Vijayan, who lives nearby and is a leader of the NO RoFo Hamilton group. “It needs to come down.”

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