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Excited about cranes, concerned about crime It’s Baltimore’s version of a Tale of Two Cities. One set of news headlines celebrates massive, ongoing investment in Port Covington, Harbor East, Harbor Point, Penn Station, Lexington Market and other developments in the heart of the city. Other headlines and quieter discussions raise…

Joseph Mayer, Principal, J. Mayer Architects; Sandy Sawicki, Vice President, Interior Design, JMT Architecture and Scott Vieth, Principal, Design Collective recently gathered to discuss how their firms are reacting and presenting solutions to changes in the workplace, emerging trends including employee input requesting healthier indoor environments; the overall reimagining…

From unconventional billing systems to adaptive re-use projects to garages that look like vending machines, parking facilities are facing some intriguing, new prospects. Long before the pandemic hit, parking needs had been trending downwards as more Americans embraced live-work-play environments, ride-sharing services, transit-oriented developments and lifestyles that weren’t tethered to…

At the Port City Press Building in Pikesville, an adaptive re-use project by Garver Development Group transformed a 177,000-square-foot, 75-year-old printing plant into a modern facility supporting light industrial, warehouse and self-storage functions. A $3 million C-PACE loan underwrote the installation of energy-efficient systems and rooftop solar panels that generate…

Women comprise approximately 37% of the commercial real estate workforce and their roles are rapidly changing, with increased opportunities in the development, construction and project management functions. Kate Nolan Bryden, Senior Vice President, MRP Industrial; Gail Chrzan, Senior Vice President, Blue and Obrecht Realty and Danielle Schline, VP, Market Officer,…

After 18 months of astronomical price increases for construction materials, market watchers are tracking some supply chain developments that could moderate costs. But widespread relief from high prices, sudden price changes plus slow and erratic delivery times is not imminent nor certain. “The story lingers, the pandemic lingers, the inflation…

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…