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It takes a community of talented and hardworking professionals to foster an outstanding commercial real estate industry in Maryland. At the 2022 Awards of Excellence, NAIOP Maryland recognized several individuals for their outstanding contributions to the CRE industry and to the chapter. David Fritz received the Broker Award,…

Between the sleek new apartments, Class A office developments, eclectic restaurants and retailers, a one-of-a-kind hotel, extensive entertainment offerings, and access to miles of trails and greenspaces, a new vision for a live-work-play community has materialized in downtown Columbia. BEST MIXED USE AWARD…

Through innovative thinking and expert construction, some project teams transformed unusual — even unsightly — materials into extraordinary commercial spaces over the past year. At the former Maryland National Guard Armory in Towson, a project team lead by Chesapeake Contracting Group enabled Greenberg Gibbons and Towson University to realize their…

BEST BUILD TO SUIT AWARDTo meet Wayfair’s precise and urgent needs, MRP Industrial rapidly completed a 200,000-square-foot expansion to its Eastgate property. Photo courtesy of MRP Industrial. MRP Industrial had just completed the shell of a 1 million-square foot Class A industrial building at…

From biophilic designs and yoga lawns to nitro coffee bars, myriad workspaces, bold color schemes,  Bohemian interiors, original murals and the occasional giant Lite Brite wall, today’s workplaces are taking on new, eclectic and attractive styles. BEST INTERIOR AWARDTenable’s new headquarters provides employees with…

12 award categories presented for innovation and achievement by regional commercial real estate development firms, affiliated companies and professionals. Baltimore, MD (May 6, 2022) – NAIOP Maryland honored 10 different companies and seven commercial real professionals in 12 separate categories at its bi-annual Awards of Excellence held recently in front…

With many employees still balking at returning to the traditional workplace at pre-pandemic regularity, professionals participating at a recent webinar sponsored by Office + SpaceIQ stressed the need for increased listening, empathy and flexibility. While workers, in large part, have demonstrated the capability of remaining productive in a work-from-home environment,…

In light of this spring’s passage of the Climate Solutions Now Act, Maryland developers may want to conduct an additional type of planning as they plan new commercial construction projects. The final version of the bill did not include an all-electric building code. Instead, it directed the Department of Labor…

Although climate-related legislation occupied a large part of the legislative agenda in 2022, the General Assembly took up a number of other initiatives of interest to commercial real estate.  Over the next several editions, NAIOP 360 will focus on legislation related to taxes and fees, building codes, forest conservation, water…

The 2022 Maryland General Assembly Session will be remembered for Senate Bill 528 – The Climate Solutions Now Act, a sprawling, 100-page climate bill which establishes an emissions and energy standard for existing buildings. The headline requirements for buildings are a 20% reduction in direct building emissions…