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2011 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…

A 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…

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…

As 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…

Twelve 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…

Through a $15 million renovation with an acutely local viewpoint, Tide Realty Capital is attempting to reinvigorate a long-struggling retail center and contribute to a broader wave of economic growth in northwest Baltimore. Crews led by Chesapeake Contracting Group began work on the first phase of renovations of the 63-year-old…

  Prior to its formation in 1985, NAIOP Maryland was known as the National Association of Industrial Properties (NAIP). A local chapter of the national commercial real estate association, the group provided valuable networking opportunities and legislative work, but its leaders wanted to do more. In the mid-1980s, grassroots…

Moore administration legislation to set and enforce electricity use limits in large commercial and multifamily buildings is being prepared for passage by the Maryland House of Delegates. HB 49 would authorize the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) to set Energy Use Intensity (EUI) limits and impose…

The Maryland General Assembly is again considering legislation that would require additional studies, review and mitigation based on the cumulative impacts of a wide range of air and water permits. SB 978 / HB 1484 would require the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE)…

In 2002, Southern Management Companies transformed the former 15-story Standard Oil Building on 501 St. Paul Street from its previous commercial office configuration to a multifamily use, initiating a wave of conversions across the greater Baltimore region. This trend has continued for more than two decades, including high-profile transformations of…