The M on Madison developer is planning another affordable housing complex downtown

City officials last week got their first look at plans for an affordable housing complex proposed for the west side of downtown — and it will be similar to another successful housing project nearby.

The Baltimore Development Corp. has agreed to sell city-owned land to Columbia developer Wally Scruggs, the principal of Housing Trust of America and the developer of M on Madison. Scruggs told the Urban Design and Architecture Review Panel that he wants to replicate the success of M on Madison, which…