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NAIOP Maryland’s bi-annual Community Service program benefited U.S. military troops stationed around the globe who, in the next several weeks, will be receiving care packages stocked with essential toiletries such as wipes, soap, and toothbrushes. Last week, more than 160 Chapter members descended upon the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in…
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The new 4MLK facility at the UMD Biopark is creating new opportunities to launch high-tech ventures in Baltimore. Photo courtesy of University of Maryland Biopark. Federal and state initiatives around tariffs, taxes, reshoring manufacturing, bolstering high-tech industries or cutting research funding have been claiming headlines. But on quieter…
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Governments put new pressure on office market
May 6, 2025Plans by federal and state governments to shrink their office holdings are creating new challenges for the already troubled office market. In February, the federal government announced its intention to terminate nearly 1,000 office leases nationwide and sell 443 buildings, including 62 in suburban Maryland. The Trump Administration subsequently walked…
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Combing through 2,600 bills to determine possible impacts on the commercial real estate industry and actively tracking, testifying on and lobbying 70 to 90 of them has become standard work of NAIOP Maryland’s Legislative Committee during a General Assembly session. Creating such an extensive, informed and effective legislative operation, however,…
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Edward St. John, Founder and Chairman of St. John Properties, Inc. is recognized as NAIOP Maryland’s longest-tenured member. Since starting the full-service commercial real estate company as MIE Properties, Inc. in 1971, he has presided over the company’s national expansion strategy that now features more than 24 million square feet…
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April 16, 20252011 Community Service with Living Classrooms. NAIOP Maryland has a strong tradition of giving back, earning three Chapter Merit Awards for Community Service from NAIOP on the national level. And we’re not stopping now! Our past award-winning community service projects included work with House…
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Coalition adopts high-tech approach to downtown safety
April 16, 2025A coalition of city organizations is preparing to use Artificial Intelligence to improve public safety and quality of life in downtown Baltimore. The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore – in collaboration with the University of Maryland, Baltimore and other key partners — plans to pilot a Strategic Operations Center (SOC) this…
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Click to view the full dashboard. The 2025 Maryland General Assembly Session is in the books. The NAIOP State Legislative Committee, under the leadership of Tom Pilon of St. John Properties, continued to serve as the leading advocate for commercial real estate in Annapolis. The…
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CRE-related bills in limbo days before Sine Die
April 2, 2025As the General Assembly enters the last week of its 2025 Session, bills related to commercial real estate taxes, fees, and building energy codes remain unresolved. The House of Delegates has passed House Bill 49, the Maryland Department of the Environment’s request for authority to set enforceable…
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Industrial market in aftermath of Key Bridge collapse
April 2, 2025Twelve months after the container ship Dali collided with a support pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the 1.6-mile span to collapse, port operations and the industrial real estate market have rebounded to near-normal levels, with local commercial real estate brokerage professionals indicating the event has little to no…