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Michael Tait, Leasing Representative, St. John Properties, Inc., has been named 2025 NAIOP National Developing Leader of the Year. Tait is one of only four other members among the nearly 60 NAIOP chapters to be awarded the honor this year. The National Developing Leader of the Year is awarded to…

The Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order on June 13, 2025, directing changes to how utilities charge new customers for natural gas service and mainline extensions. The order directs the PSC technical staff to draft regulations by December 1, 2025, that require new natural gas…

Dianna Wilhelm — in her role as Membership Committee Chair in 2010 — knew NAIOP Maryland needed to attract younger members to assure its future. She elicited the support of James F. Knott, Jr., to uncover creative ways to attract new industry professionals, and borrowed an idea successfully being…

The Maryland State Archives has abandoned a plan to put plats, deeds, mortgages and other critical public land records behind a paywall. The reversal comes after pushback from a broad coalition of real estate groups. NAIOP first argued against the fee during the 2025 General Assembly session…

The trend started with workplace foosball tables, state-of-the-art fitness centers, yoga classes, free juice bars and free lunches. Companies were thinking of, and investing in, a variety of programs and incentives to entice their employees to return to the traditional workplace on a regular basis. Oxygen therapy Recently,…

Brokerages for the Archdiocese of Baltimore are currently working to sell the first five properties on a list of 38 surplussed Catholic parishes. The real estate specialty of selling shuttered churches, however, is far bigger than the selloff of Catholic properties and analysts say that niche practice is about to…

NAIOP Maryland mourns the recent passing of Richard (“Dick”) William Story, 79, of Betterton, MD. Beginning in the late 1970s, Story worked for several county economic development groups, including the Carroll County Economic Development Commission, where he became the first full-time Executive Director, and the Howard County Economic Development Authority,…

In the early 2000s, Cathy Ward, then-Chairman of NAIOP Maryland’s Legislative Committee, was concerned about the volume and complexity of state issues arising annually that affected commercial real estate. Managing new legislative and regulatory proposals had also become time-consuming work. “We had a small team of people working on…

“From the bottom of my heart, I say thank you. Thank you for choosing Maryland. Thank you for choosing to work together,” said Governor Wes Moore at an event hosted by NAIOP Maryland, MBIA, and ULI Baltimore at the Encore in Las Vegas last week. Collaboration among the private sector,…

A provision buried in the 2026 Maryland budget proposes funding the operations of the Maryland Archives by implementing a $0.20 per page fee to view or download public real estate documents, such as plats, deeds, mortgages, and liens on MDLANDREC.net.