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  • Companies tap into the lure of artful space

    Companies tap into the lure of artful space

    From vibrant abstracts and minimalist landscapes to custom-made sculptures, digital displays, graffiti walls, motivational phrases and manipulated drone imagery, art is becoming a more prominent part of the workplace. In an era when employers are struggling to entice workers back to offices and building owners are searching for…

  • Senior Moment: Aging boomers fuel development opportunities in tough market

    Senior Moment: Aging boomers fuel development opportunities in tough market

    Conceptual images of the Grandview which is pending approval and subject to change. Images courtesy of Erickson Senior Living. On the site of the former Marriott International headquarters, Erickson Senior Living is planning a new kind of addition to a bustling live-work-play environment. The Grandview…

  • Industry Roundtable: Recruiting and Retaining CRE Talent

    Industry Roundtable: Recruiting and Retaining CRE Talent

    Dramatic changes to how, when and where employees engage in work over the past several years have added increased pressure on company leaders and real estate human resource professionals to support their hard-earned corporate culture, maintain a sense of fairness in the workplace and recruit and retain the best talent…

  • Data analytics heightens location intelligence for CRE firms

    Data analytics heightens location intelligence for CRE firms

    As you click through overlays on a digital map, the expanse of insights pop up in colored areas generated by data analytics. Today’s data analytics tools will show demographics by U.S. Census block: total population, median income, median age, education levels and job categories. But then there is so much…

  • Harford County protest sparks policy debate over ‘mega warehouses’

    Harford County protest sparks policy debate over ‘mega warehouses’

    A heated debate in Harford County about a proposed 5.2 million sf industrial development has brought a new policy question to the forefront: Have large, modern warehouses evolved beyond a reasonable definition for light industrial? For well over a year now, Chesapeake Real Estate Group (CREG) has been dealing with…

  • It’s Showtime! Developments aim to create entertainment hub in Baltimore

    It’s Showtime! Developments aim to create entertainment hub in Baltimore

    Redevelopment has kicked off at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. Image courtesy of The Oak View Group. In case the prospect of seeing Bruce Springsteen, Janet Jackson, Lizzo or other superstars perform in Baltimore doesn’t excite you, consider a few numbers instead. Current investment…

  • General Assembly to debate taxes, decarbonization, and land preservation

    General Assembly to debate taxes, decarbonization, and land preservation

      Minimum wage increases, gun control, abortion rights and recreational marijuana will be headline issues for the 2023 session of the Maryland General Assembly. During the 90-day session, lawmakers will also focus on a number of other areas of direct importance to commercial real estate, including…

  • Developers weigh the value of C-PACE

    Developers weigh the value of C-PACE

    Along Key Highway in Locust Point, crews are erecting a 15,000-square-foot commercial building which is pre-leased and slated to become a Goddard School this spring. Developer Goodier Properties financed $800,000 of the $6 million project through C-PACE, the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy funding program.

  • Industry Roundtable: An Economic Outlook

    Industry Roundtable: An Economic Outlook

    Impending recession expected to be grinding, enduring and especially difficult for Class B and C office space. With all signs pointing to an economic recession — presumably arriving mid-year or Q3 — how can the commercial real estate community best plan for this event? Recessions cause hardships, but there may…

  • Industrial outdoor storage settles into sustainable growth pattern

    Industrial outdoor storage settles into sustainable growth pattern

    On an 80-acre site in Cecil County, the first cars in a planned delivery of 10,000 vehicles have started arriving at a newly created industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility. Developed by Greenspring Realty Partners, the Insurance Auto Auctions facility demonstrates both the continued high demand for IOS space in Maryland…