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Only four women have served as President of NAIOP Maryland since the Chapter’s founding in 1985, including the recently elected Kate Jordan of Lee & Associates | Maryland. The select group recently gathered in Columbia for a friendly and wide-ranging conversation designed to dole out helpful guidance as Jordan begins…

Despite economic challenges, the commercial real estate sector contributed $2.5 trillion to the U.S. GDP in 2023, generated $881.4 billion in personal earnings and supported 15 million jobs. That’s according to 2023 Economic Impacts of Commercial Real Estate study by the NAIOP Research Foundation. In Maryland, the CRE sector contributed…

Renew Baltimore – a group of local faith leaders, business owners and economists – is running a petition drive to put a question on November’s ballot that could, if approved, lower city taxes. The Baltimore City property tax rate of $2.25 per $100 of value is notoriously high – more…

The General Assembly committee charged with providing oversight of the regulatory activities of State agencies has officially notified the Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) that it intends to put adoption of the Building Energy Performance Standard regulations on hold. The request by the Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review (AELR) Committee…

After months of negotiations and significant concessions from the landlord, Bethany Hobbs was confident she had secured an attractive deal to provide 6,000 square feet of office space to a family-owned company. “We got all the way to docu-sign,” said Hobbs, Vice President of MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services. But…

Could a new, little-noticed, federal law – conceived to block money laundering through LLCs and other legal entities – impact your company’s operations? Bryan Saxton, Real Estate and Corporate Partner at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP, is recommending commercial real estate business leaders research the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to ensure…

A state proposal to double the amount of stormwater treated on development sites using small-scale infiltration practices is flawed, according to analysis by stormwater practitioners. In response to more frequent and intense storm events, the General Assembly passed legislation in 2021 requiring the Maryland Department of the…

A “beta test” of how to reimagine workspace in order to attract employees back to the office has landed an ABC Greater Baltimore Diamond Excellence Award for office renovation. The award went to the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Headquarters project for its success at meeting the…

After graduating from high school, Baltimore City resident Travis Roberston bounced from job to job, searching for a situation that would provide long-term stability, a place to thrive, and a nurturing environment. Things got more challenging when he became a single father. His life took…

Buoyed by a national retail vacancy rate under 5 percent, a record 200 million shoppers over the Thanksgiving holiday, strong Black Friday sales figures and predictions of a 4 percent boost in holiday spending to nearly $970 billion this year, participants at the recent ICSC…