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During the go-go days of the warehouse/industrial market, which peaked in 2021 and 2022, developers seemingly could not construct buildings large enough and fast enough to satisfy the requirements of end-users. The real estate industry, however, is cyclical and now, the industrial market is seeing the rise of a new…

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…

The Maryland Department of Environment (MDE) has extended the deadline for the owners of covered buildings to submit energy benchmarking data under the state’s Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS). MDE will now consider benchmarking reports timely if submitted by September 30, 2025. If additional time is needed beyond September 30th,…

From European furniture, fresh design styles and upscale guest lounges to lighting packages that don’t cast shadows on the merchandise, more car dealerships are striving to become exceptional retail properties. Earlier this year, three car dealership construction/renovation projects — Acura Hunt Valley, King Kia in Laurel and…

An intimate and extremely curious gathering of Developing Leaders (professionals 35 years of age and younger) participated at the recent “Morning with Mentors” breakfast event, held at the corporate offices of MOI. Pictured left to right: Brendan Gill, MacKenzie Ventures; Liz Allison, Merritt Properties; Kate Jordan, Lee…

The Maryland Commission on Climate Change, Mitigation Working Group (MWG) has released its 2025 draft policy recommendations intended to make progress toward Maryland’s aggressive climate mitigation goals. Emissions from cars, trucks, and other modes of transportation are the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Maryland. Sluggish electric vehicle…

After lowering interest rates several times last year, an action that ended an inverted yield curve scenario, the Federal Reserve has held the line thus far in 2025, much to the chagrin of the commercial real estate community. That stance might be changing at next month’s Federal Open Market Committee’s…