News

Perspectives from NAIOP-MD Members Harborplace, the symbol of Baltimore City’s renaissance, needs help. What is your vision? Brendan HarmanVice PresidentMacKenzie Capital, LLC “Harborplace partly made its name due to its free entertainment on the promenade, and a return to this concept would increase activity and drive…

“Connecting with brands is the future of retail,” said Howard Saunders, the featured speaker at this week’s ICSC Mid-Atlantic Deal Making Session. “The consumer of today has everything and, with its mobile device in its hands, has access to everything,” Saunders said to the lunchtime crowd at the Gaylord National…

Amid the drive to improve energy efficiency in buildings, commercial real estate companies have shown a strong commitment to advancing building performance and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In 2009, leading CRE companies signed onto the Urban Land Institute Greenprint and made a commitment to cut energy use 50 percent by…

Some developments make great waves. When Plano-Coudon Construction began a $3.8-million renovation of Broadway Market for Baltimore Public Markets, the project team knew they would face a plethora of construction challenges. They would have to preserve and restore the North Shed’s historic façade, but gut everything else. Upgrading the site’s…

Developers of new commercial and residential properties will soon have to install electrical infrastructure to support electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on a percentage of parking spots. The recently approved 2021 version of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) will require new commercial properties with two or more parking spaces…

Developments in Montgomery County may soon have to satisfy new adequate public facilities tests for transportation and schools. As part of an update of the county’s Subdivision Staging Policy (SSP), Planning Department staff are currently working to develop the tests which could go into effect in late 2020 or early…

Could alterations in building products, designs and operations make buildings more bird-friendly and more energy efficient? That’s a question currently before members of the Maryland General Assembly. Following an emerging trend of developing bird-friendly design standards or goals for commercial buildings, House Bill 192 proposes to establish bird-friendly standards for…

With a lively fire dancing behind him in the community center at the Marketplace at Fells Point, Daniel Klein, President of Klein Enterprises, traced the trajectory of his real estate career upon becoming the fourth generation to work at the family-owned real estate company founded by his grandfather in 1948.

Food halls stoke small business success, community growth Food halls, such as R House (above), are providing food entrepreneurs with fresh opportunities to grow their businesses and prodding food markets, such as Broadway Market (below), to embrace today’s retail trends. Photos courtesy of Seawall Development and Plano-Coudon Construction. The swirl…

This article appeared in the March/April 2020 issue of NAIOP-MD InSites Newsletter A dramatic forecast of a looming housing shortage in the Greater Washington region is fueling discussions about the adequacy of Greater Baltimore’s housing supply. Last fall, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) released an analysis of that…