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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…

Maryland’s climate goals are aggressive and likely to become more rigorous when the General Assembly reconvenes in January 2022. At least that’s the indication from a preliminary study by the state’s climate consultant. Click image for report Maryland has already adopted policies to transform how utilities generate…

Maryland accelerated into the #12 position in CNBC’s annual “America’s best states for business” list, climbing 19 places from its former #31 ranking in 2019. CNBC did not release its list last year due to the pandemic. The rankings are based on 85 metrics in 10 different categories, including…

Consumer trends and retailer strategies are spurring growth in the retail sector, according to retail outlook research published by JLL in June. Net absorption of retail space in Q1 of 2021 was 5.5 million square feet, marking the second quarter since 2019 of positive net absorption. Retailers announced…

Shelter-in-place guidelines mandated by federal and state government during COVID-19 accelerated changes in consumer shopping habits that were already in motion pre-pandemic. As the country continues its emergence from mass shutdowns, retailers and developers are being forced to adjust to new shopping patterns, delivery methods and the physical presence…

As state legislatures and local governments across the country seek options to lower greenhouse gas emissions, the prospect of moving more commercial buildings off fossil fuels and onto electric-powered systems has become a topic of intense debate. On the one hand, more than 30 local governments in California…