COLUMBIA, MD. — Holland Properties has broken ground on Lakeside Center, a planned 85,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Columbia. The project will comprise 55,000 square feet of retail space and 30,000 square feet of medical and office space. The office space will be designed with COVID-19 in mind, and will include features such as touchless building entry, touchless elevators and medical-grade HVAC systems. The property will also offer a parking ratio of five spaces per 1,000 square feet and exterior building signage for primary office or medical tenants. The property is situated near the intersection of Dobbin Road and Snowden River Parkway, 16 miles southwest of downtown Baltimore. Holland Construction is the owner, property manager and general contractor for Lakeside Center. Ryan Minnehan and Matt Copeland of KLNB will oversee retail leasing at the property, while David Fritz and Spence Daw, also with KLNB, will oversee office leasing. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.
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HALETHORPE, MD. — Barker Steel Mid-Atlantic has signed a 133,520-square-foot industrial lease at 1954 Halethorpe Farms Road in Halethorpe. The landlord, Blue Ocean, acquired the historic property in 2015. The 692,492-square-foot building was once used to manufacture aircraft components during World War II. The property is located near Interstates 95 and 695, eight miles southwest of downtown Baltimore and five miles north of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Milford, Mass.-based Barker Steel will use the property as a block manufacturing and distribution site. Jared Engel and Steve Cornblatt of Trout Daniel & Associates represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Toby Mink of CBRE represented the tenant.
MacKenzie Commercial Brokers Sale of 43,000 SF Industrial Property in Baltimore County
by Alex Tostado
TIMONIUM, MD. — MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services LLC has brokered the sale of 1919 Greenspring Drive, a 43,000-square-foot industrial property in Timonium. The facility was originally built in 1962 and sits on 1.8 acres about 13 miles north of downtown Baltimore. The building features both dock and drive-in loading and several mezzanine areas for additional storage space. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to tenants including Opfer Auctioneering, GSI Corp., Wood Floor Warehouse and H&N Printing. The buyer, 1919 Greenspring LLC, purchased the property as part of a 1031 exchange. Dan Hudak and Andrew Meeder of MacKenzie Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
Federal Realty Investment Trust to Implement Program for Contactless Exchanges at its Properties
by Alex Tostado
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Federal Realty Investment Trust will implement a new program dubbed The Pick-Up at its properties beginning Friday, May 15. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, the Rockville-based company said the program will offer a singular service across its tenants to limit physical contact. Federal Realty will introduce the new service where permitted by local jurisdictions. When a customer places an order with a retailer or restaurant within a Federal Realty-owned property by phone or online, the customer can designate a pick-up time and will be assigned a designated parking space. Employees will then bring the order to the customer’s car. Federal Realty owns properties including Bethesda Row and Pike & Rose in Maryland, Santana Row in Northern California, and other properties in Florida, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts and Illinois.
ELLICOTT CITY, MD. — KLNB has arranged the $9.4 million sale of North Ridge Professional Center, a 38,894-square-foot medical office building in Ellicott City. The building was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to anchor Ellicott City Ambulatory Surgery Center, Howard County Government, Seton Medical Group (a division of St. Agnes Healthcare) and Infectious Disease Associates. The property is situated at 2850 N. Ridge Road, 15 miles west of downtown Baltimore. Don Schline, Craig Morrell and Brad Berzins of KLNB represented the seller, Foulger-Pratt, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
COLUMBIA, MD. — KLNB has arranged the $14.5 million sale of Mike’s Train House, a 123,000-square-foot warehouse in Columbia. The property is situated at 7020 Columbia Gateway Drive within the Columbia Gateway Business Park. Mike’s Train House is the only distribution center within the park. The building offers 20-foot clear heights and the option to add more loading doors. Chris Kubler and Don Schline of KLNB represented the seller, MPW Enterprises LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — JLL has brokered the sale of Colesville Medical Campus, a three-building, 212,153-square-foot medical office campus in Silver Spring. The asset is situated at 10720, 10750 and 10770 Columbia Pike, 10 miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. The property is positioned within a 10-mile radius of 12 hospitals with more than 3,000 beds. Trinity Health and Holy Cross Health, which operates its home care and hospice operations at the property, anchor the campus. The seller, Beckham Gumbin Ventures, acquired the asset in 2016 when it was 43 percent leased. At the time of sale, Colesville Medical was 82 percent leased. The campus features amenities such as a fitness center, conference center facility and parking for more than 789 vehicles. Ben Appel, Dave Baker, Jim Meisel, Andrew Weir and Matt Nicholson of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Robert Carey, Daniel Turley and Evan Parker of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyer, Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital.
BALTIMORE — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has launched an internal program to aid the restaurant industry in the communities it serves. CRC owns and operates retail centers and multifamily properties in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Between April 14 and May 15, any CRC employee who provides a receipt for food items bought locally will be reimbursed up to $200. “We feel extremely strongly about initiating a program that benefits our loyal and hard-working team members and supports the restaurant sector,” says Crystal Frey, senior vice president of human resources for CRC. “With restaurants reduced to handling carry-out and curbside orders, we encourage other companies to follow our lead to minimize the disruption impacting both locally owned and nationally operated locations.” CRC is based in Baltimore and focuses on value-add properties throughout the Southeast.
CURTIS BAY, MD. — Germany-based GLL Real Estate Partners has acquired Brandon Woods III, a two-building industrial development in Curtis Bay, for $90 million. Chesapeake Real Estate Group LLC (CREG) and EverWest Real Estate Investors LLC sold the buildings. The sale also includes two land parcels with the potential for another 250,000 square feet of development. The two assets span 840,000 square feet at 7550 Perryman Court and 7659 Solley Road, just south of Baltimore near the Patapsco River. The building at 7550 Perryman Court is considered the largest speculative industrial building ever constructed in Anne Arundel County, according to CREG. Best Buy leased the entire building in summer 2018 and currently employs approximately 300 workers at the facility. The building is used as a warehouse and distribution center for large products, as well as a repair site for major appliances and televisions. The other building, 7659 Solley Road, is a recently delivered, 340,000-square-foot speculative property. It features a clear height of 36 feet, 87 dock doors, four drive-in doors, a 130-foot truck court and parking for 257 cars and 61 trailers. CREG was retained to oversee the construction, leasing and management at Brandon Woods III, which should total approximately …
BALTIMORE — In response to the spread of COVID-19, Under Armour Inc. (NYSE: UA) will temporarily lay off some 6,000 employees at its outlet stores around the country and approximately 600 workers at its U.S. distribution centers, effective Sunday, April 12. The Baltimore-based sports apparel retailer also said it would extend current store closures until further notice. In addition, the company’s board of directors and executive vice presidents will be taking 25 percent pay cuts during the public health crisis. Under Armour workers at distribution centers that continue to work will be paid premium bonuses. The company will cover full health benefits for employees for approximately two months during the layoff period. “In these unprecedented and challenging times, the majority of stores where Under Armour is available remain closed, contributing to a significant decline in revenue,” says Patrik Frisk, the company’s president and CEO. “While we’re thankful for the meaningful balance sheet improvements we’ve driven over the past two years and are seeing some early signs of recovery in our Asian-Pacific region, this unanticipated shock to our business has been acute, forcing us to make difficult decisions to ensure that Under Armour is positioned to participate in the eventual recovery of demand.” Prior to …