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The headlines only provide a glimpse of the market trend. News articles in recent months have announced plans to build a 240-unit luxury senior housing complex on six acres of the Suburban Club, a 105,000-square-foot independent living/assisted living/memory care facility at the corner of Falls Road and Northern Parkway, two…

After months of meetings and detailed debates about the nature of signs and branding in an evolving commercial world, participants in an Anne Arundel County work group are hopeful the county will soon adopt improved, if more complex, regulations about signage. The initiative was geared in part to ensure the…

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, the imposition and alteration of numerous import tariffs, shifting economic outlooks, the prospect of a new container terminal, and the completion of CSX’s Howard Street Tunnel project have conjured a mix of prospects, problems and uncertainties for traffic through the…

Professionals engaged in the commercial real estate sector join and maintain their membership in NAIOP Maryland for varied reasons and, during our 40-year anniversary celebration, we sought perspectives into the specific value propositions of the association. Their responses touch on the wide-ranging career-advancing, educational, and networking benefits provided, in addition…

In the post-Covid world, arts are playing a bigger role in investment decisions and employee retention. Photo courtesy of Howard Hughes. From the $240 million transformation of CFG Bank Arena to the $68 million Performing Arts Center in Columbia to construction of maker spaces, cultural centers, artists flats…

A spike in the price of peak-load electricity is fueling discussions about how to contain buildings’ operating costs and options to address Maryland’s energy shortage. Earlier this year, the annual auction for capacity energy — i.e. the cost of maintaining and accessing additional standby power during peak-load hours — produced…

Sustainability goals and requirements can be challenging in construction and renovation projects. But they can also be impressive, effective features that contribute to successful commercial real estate projects. Manufacturing site solutions Photo courtesy of Arium AE. Arium AE served as both the Architect and MEP Engineer for the…

Pictured from left to right: NAIOP-MD women presidents Abby Glassberg, Principal, KLNB (1998-1999); Dianna Wilhelm, Partner, Wilhelm Business Enterprises (2012-2013); Kate Jordan, Principal, Lee & Associates | Maryland (2024-present) and Cathy Ward, formerly Senior Vice President, Corporate Office Properties Trust (2006-2007). In the 40-year history of NAIOP Maryland,…

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…

Plans 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…