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As the state’s year-end deadline approaches for developing a framework to decarbonize buildings, various professionals are trying to determine how the resulting legislation could impact commercial real estate companies. For months, the state’s climate consultant, Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), has conducted an in-depth analysis of building decarbonization scenarios to…

Property owners see new opportunities in outdoor amenities Go-go bands, yoga classes, poets and splash pads aren’t standard elements in a strategic plan for a real estate development. Yet on a former dirt parking lot in Downtown Columbia, they are attracting the public to a new mixed-use development and helping…

Shelter-in-place guidelines mandated by federal and state government during COVID-19 accelerated changes in consumer shopping habits that were already in motion pre-pandemic. As the country continues its emergence from mass shutdowns, retailers and developers are being forced to adjust to new shopping patterns, delivery methods and the physical presence and…

As state legislatures and local governments across the country seek options to lower greenhouse gas emissions, the prospect of moving more commercial buildings off fossil fuels and onto electric-powered systems has become a topic of intense debate. On the one hand, more than 30 local governments in California and others…

The future of the fledgling tech company seemed threatened the morning the co-founders arrived at work to discover the lights were off and the locks had been changed. MD Energy Advisors had sublet a small space within an occupied office – just big enough to accommodate a few desks –…

The Clearview Group’s headquarters in Owings Mills and Merritt Properties’ Core community lounge in Columbia embrace growing trends in office design – colorful, comfortable, inviting interiors, communal space, outdoor space and ample amenities. Photos courtesy of JMT Architecture and Merritt Properties. As Maryland approached the July 1 expiration of…

While planning Port Covington, a team from Weller Development studied other high-tech centers, including Boston and Silicon Valley. The team tailored development plans to appeal to tech innovators, investors and workers. Early tenants, such as LaunchPort, say City Garage and the Port Covington technology mission could help Baltimore grow its…

Following the dramatic defeat of a sweeping climate change bill on the final day of the 2021 General Assembly session, stakeholders are trying to determine how to move forward with Maryland’s ongoing debate over how to decarbonize buildings. “The failure of the large, Senate climate bill was emblematic of the…

After a year of mid-pandemic slowdowns, challenges and uncertainties, Central Maryland’s office market is beginning to revive and adapt. We caught up with several NAIOP-MD members to get their impressions of current trends in office leasing. Leasing Levels While office leasing is not roaring back, it is experiencing heightened activity…

The Biden Administration’s $1.7 trillion proposal to repair the country’s aging infrastructure system takes aim on improving how Americans move around cities and towns, the speed of Internet connections, the quality and availability of energy and water and the enhancement of our nation’s educational institutions. If enacted, the plan is…