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The best time to acquire commercial real assets is “when things are at the bottom” and “that was six months ago.” That was one conclusion delivered by Spencer Levy, CBRE’s Global Client Strategist and Senior Economic Advisor, at NAIOP Maryland’s annual Capital Stack event. Speaking one day…

Photo credit: A.J. Billig & Co. Auctioneers Recent high-profile auctions fetching $4.4 million for One Charles Center, the 23-story office tower formerly owned by Peter Angelos, and $3.2 million for Kevin Spacey’s 9,000-square-foot waterfront condominium received their fair share of media attention. But most auctions don’t command bold…

A coalition – including the National Association of Homebuilders, The Restaurant Law Association, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the Maryland Building Industry Association, Washington Gas, the Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington Laborers’ District Council and Teamsters Local 96 – has filed suit in federal court to block Montgomery County’s ban on natural…

New Urbanism principles – in which consumers rely less on automobiles to move around cities and instead use bicycles and mass transit options to participate in daily work and personal activities – are taking root throughout sections of the United States, including Maryland. Rendering of…

The University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), the Baltimore Peninsula project team and MCB Real Estate, LLC are among the Maryland-area entities now partnering with Sweeten Enterprise to facilitate the hiring of Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBE). The Baltimore-based company has developed a proprietary software platform that connects…

The Anne Arundel County Council is considering CB 75-24 which would make changes to mixed-use zoning districts that could have major implications for uses permitted in existing buildings and in new construction.    The bill would administratively rezone parcels currently designed as mixed-use and apply…

At an e-commerce warehouse in Poland last week, Will O’Donnell looked on as a fleet of American-designed robots moved through the building, communicated with workers in Polish and assembled orders for shipment. For O’Donnell, Managing Partner of Prologis Ventures, it was one example of how Prologis is combining its knowledge…

Two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings could have broad and as-yet untold ramifications for the commercial real estate industry. The Sheetz decision creates new opportunities for Americans to challenge and change impact fees imposed on developments by legislative actions. The Loper decision sets the groundwork for court challenges to a…

Could a cluster of real estate investment and redevelopment initiatives fuel an economic turnaround in a long-struggling stretch of Baltimore County? Faced with abundant under-performing properties in Woodlawn and Randallstown, shortages of retail offerings and community amenities, and a long history of under-investment in the region, Baltimore County created three…

The value of a mentor-mentee relationship cannot be overstated. The connection should always be viewed as a two-way street and it’s critical to understand the boundaries and ground rules of any affiliation. That is the takeaway from a recent discussion with Eric Balderson, Assistant Vice President, First…