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Conceptual images of the Grandview which is pending approval and subject to change. Images courtesy of Erickson Senior Living. On the site of the former Marriott International headquarters, Erickson Senior Living is planning a new kind of addition to a bustling live-work-play environment. The Grandview…

Dramatic changes to how, when and where employees engage in work over the past several years have added increased pressure on company leaders and real estate human resource professionals to support their hard-earned corporate culture, maintain a sense of fairness in the workplace and recruit and retain the best talent…

As you click through overlays on a digital map, the expanse of insights pop up in colored areas generated by data analytics. Today’s data analytics tools will show demographics by U.S. Census block: total population, median income, median age, education levels and job categories. But then there is so much…

A heated debate in Harford County about a proposed 5.2 million sf industrial development has brought a new policy question to the forefront: Have large, modern warehouses evolved beyond a reasonable definition for light industrial? For well over a year now, Chesapeake Real Estate Group (CREG) has been dealing with…

The Maryland General Assembly has crossed the midpoint of its 2023 session. After a somewhat slow start, by the 41st day of the 90-day session, more than 2,200 bills had been introduced many with important implications for commercial real estate. A select list of bills that are a high priority…

The photo of a man with a hard hat holding drawings or a power tool is still the stereotypical image for a construction worker. Since its advent in 1998, Women in Construction (WIC) Week has worked to highlight the different journeys taken by women to achieve the same goal and…

Now approaching three years since the “great work-from-home experiment” was forced upon nearly every office worker, a substantial percentage have found their way back into the traditional office setting, some have settled into a hybrid arrangement and a smaller number have vowed never to return, even if that means quitting…

Nearly three years after the work-from-home model became standard operating procedure, employees and employers alike are still trying to determine which practices and policies provide the most flexibility and fairness but, as everyone is finding out, one size will never fit all. During an international roundtable discussion, participants from France,…

High interest rates, inflation and fears of a recession are increasing challenges for CRE companies seeking financing. During the Construction Blueprint Series Economic Outlook webinar hosted by the Building Congress & Exchange, MacKenzie Capital President John Black and Vice President Brendan Harman discussed current financing conditions and the 2023 prospects…

America’s largest cities have “an outsized role in the country’s economic engine,” according to an article appearing in Business Insider, which ranked the largest metropolitan areas based on metrics that included unemployment rate, job growth, per capita GDP, GDP growth and average weekly wages. Examining several of these categories, Baltimore…