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    The Maryland Party dazzled underneath clear moon-lit skies and comfortable temperatures at the Encore Beach Club, as more than 1800 people attended last week’s event, now in its eighteenth year. Former Maryland businessman Steve Wynn, who operated a string of bingo parlors in Anne Arundel County, addressed the…

  29 award categories presented for innovation and achievement by regional commercial real estate development firms, affiliated companies and professionals CREDA Maryland honored fifteen different companies and fifteen professionals in twenty-nine separate categories at its bi-annual “Awards of Excellence” Gala held last evening in front of more than 400 people…

  CREDA Maryland captured the national Communications Award in the “Large Chapter Size” category, which was accepted by (left to right), Brendan Gill, President, CREDA Maryland; Tim O’Ferrall, CREDA Maryland Executive Director; Kate Sanft, CREDA Maryland Associate Director, and Vince Bagli, Jr., CREDA Maryland President-Elect. The Communication Tool Award…

    CREDA Maryland captured the national Community Service award in the “Large Chapter Size” category for its Community Service Project that benefited the Patterson Park Youth and Sports Education Center, which is part of the Living Classrooms Foundation. Accepting the award were (left to right), Brendan Gill, President,…

  Robert C. Becker, Senior Vice President, for St. John Properties, Inc., has been named recipient of the 2016 CREDA Maryland “Lifetime Achievement Award” and will be honored at the commercial real estate organization’s bi-annual Awards of Excellence Gala this spring. CREDA Maryland is comprised of more than 380 professionals…

  James F. Knott, Jr. was honored with the national award for “Chapter President of the Year” by CREDA, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association that is comprised of more than 15,000 members through more than 50 chapters nationwide. Knott, President of Knott Realty Group, completed his CREDA Maryland two-year…

    Brendan Gill, CREDA Maryland President Brendan Gill of The MacKenzie Companies has been elected to a two-year term of President of CREDA Maryland, the local association comprised of more than 380 professionals working for real estate development companies, brokerage firms and affiliated companies such as…

  2016 CREDA Board of Directors CREDA Maryland, the local association comprised of more than 380 professionals working for real estate development companies, brokerage firms and affiliated companies such as financial institutions, brokerage firms and affiliated companies, has announced its roster of 2016 officers and board of directors.

    Brendan O. Gill of The MacKenzie Companies and newly elected President of CREDA Maryland, addresses the nearly 400 commercial real estate professionals attending the recent Holiday Party. With 380 members and the 16th largest chapter in the country, CREDA Maryland celebrated its 30th year of operation with…

Leveraging a successful sixteen year career as a commercial real estate brokerage professional, Jim Lighthizer recognized the enormous opportunities and endless possibilities of presenting attractive real estate deals to institutional investors. This motivated him in 2005 to found Chesapeake Real Estate Group, LLC, a full-service commercial real estate operating company…