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Property owners see new opportunities in outdoor amenities Go-go bands, yoga classes, poets and splash pads aren’t standard elements in a strategic plan for a real estate development. Yet on a former dirt parking lot in Downtown Columbia, they are attracting the public to a new mixed-use development and…

On Sept. 3, the Maryland Department of Environment released a draft pathway to decarbonize buildings by 2045. Major policy provisions in the draft include: An all-electric building/energy code applied to new construction beginning in 2024 with a cost-effectiveness test for commercial construction;A clean heat standard that would incrementally…

“What new leasing trends are emerging as companies consider returning to the office?” David FritzPrincipalNAI KLNB “Occupiers will continue to navigate their real estate decisions for the balance of the year based upon uncertainty of COVID-19 and its variants, measuring full-time vs hybrid work model and an…

Labor Day — the national holiday honoring hard working people — was the date on the calendar circled by many companies signaling the mass return to the traditional office environment and the symbolic end of the pandemic. Rising COVID-19 cases fueled by the Delta variant and vaccination breakthrough cases…

The industrial real estate market will experience record-high demand in 2021 and 2022, according a new CREDA study. “Demand for industrial real estate continues to be strong as the long-term trend toward e-commerce (and away from in-store sales) continues with no end in sight,” the CREDA Industrial…

As employers grapple with efforts to bring workers back to offices, large shifts in work culture and the ongoing Great Resignation, customized commercial real estate is becoming a bigger factor in companies’ success. Consequently, CRE firms need to offer new services to bolster the success of their tenants and…

When Prologis began planning its new office in Columbia, the design team focused on achieving several major goals: create a space that would enhance productivity, support changing workplace needs and capture the culture of the diverse markets the office would serve. “Our market spans Maryland, Washington, D.C. and…

A proposal by Montgomery County highlights a fundamental divide over how Maryland should go about decarbonizing buildings and how decarbonizing legislation could ultimately impact building owners. In comments submitted to the Buildings Subgroup of the Maryland Commission on Climate Change, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection recommended…

Although their corporate missions focus on engineering and constructing buildings and infrastructure, Froehling & Robertson and Stewart & Tate are leveraging their skills and donating their resources to safeguard Maryland’s most beloved waterways. This summer, Froehling & Robertson landed in the Winner’s Circle for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation…

The remote work model is proving more successful than major downtown business districts and landlords would like it to. Any effort to reenergize and establish vibrancy in major cities must begin with luring employees back to the workplace with the promise of amenities, social interaction and engagement, according to…