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Foundry Row Owings Mills Baltimore County Wegmans

Greenberg Gibbons, Vanguard Break Ground on Wegmans at Foundry Row in Baltimore County

by John Nelson October 21, 2015

OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Greenberg Gibbons and Vanguard have begun construction on a 110,000-square-foot Wegmans grocery store at Foundry Row, a $140 million mixed-use development in Baltimore County. The 50-acre project is a redevelopment of a former Solo Cup factory located on Reisterstown Road in Owings Mills. Wegmans expects to open its new store in September 2016. Other committed tenants at Foundry Row include LA Fitness, Sports Authority, DSW, Ulta Beauty, Panera Bread, Zoe’s Kitchen, Smashburger, Nally Fresh and LifeBridge Health. Foundry Row is expected to support 2,300 full- and part-time jobs in Baltimore County during the construction phase, and will permanently support nearly 3,100 jobs.

October 21, 2015

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Wood Partners to Break Ground on Apartment Community in Maryland

by John Nelson October 19, 2015

LAUREL, MD. — Wood Partners plans to break ground on a new 340-unit apartment community in Laurel, a city situated halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The property, known as The Residences Towne Centre at Laurel, will be located on a 5.2-acre site adjacent to the Towne Centre at Laurel, a 400,000-square-foot mixed-use development that features an Old Navy, Outback Steakhouse, Mission BBQ and Panera Bread. Designed by JDavis Architects, the new community will comprise a 640,000-square-foot, four-story building wrapping a 555-space parking garage. The units will feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes, oversize tubs, vinyl plank flooring, upgraded lighting and hardware packages and full-size washers and dryers. Community amenities will include lounge spaces, a game room, café, business center, fitness facility with a yoga studio, additional storage space, bicycle storage and a pet spa. CBRE represented the seller, Greenberg Gibbons, in the land sale. Leasing is anticipated to begin in early 2017, with construction scheduled for completion by the summer of 2017.

October 19, 2015

300 Cormorant Place Frederick The Retreat at Market Square

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Inland Residential Properties Trust Purchases Apartment Community in Metro Baltimore for $45.8M

by John Nelson October 14, 2015

FREDERICK, MD. — Inland Residential Properties Trust Inc., a non-listed REIT sponsored by Inland Real Estate Investment Corp., has purchased The Haven at Market Square, a 206-unit apartment community in the Baltimore suburb of Frederick, for approximately $45.8 million. Built in 2014 and located at 300 Cormorant Place, Inland Residential will soon rebrand the property as The Retreat at Market Square. Each unit at the property features 9-foot ceilings, gourmet kitchens and full-size washer and dryer units, and select units feature private screened-in balconies or sunrooms. The multifamily community’s amenities include a clubhouse with a 24-hour fitness center, community kitchen, Internet café, sports simulator, resort-style swimming pool, two grilling areas, an outdoor fireplace and a playground. Joe Cosenza of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions facilitated the purchase on behalf of Inland Residential.

October 14, 2015

Market Reports Maryland Retail Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Baltimore City’s Retail Market Remains Hot, But Watch Out for the Suburbs

by John Nelson October 12, 2015

An apartment building boom is encouraging a consistent march of new residents to select sections of Baltimore City, and the construction of new retail venues to support this emerging audience has followed in lockstep. The last several years has seen the opening of stylish shopping centers featuring national anchor tenants such as Harris Teeter and Target, including The Shops at Canton Crossing, a 330,000-square-foot retail shopping center situated within the city’s east side, as well as McHenry Row, located in the Locust Point section of the city (next to Under Armour’s headquarters). Other notable retail developments underway in Baltimore City are the capital improvement and re-invention program at Harborplace; The Stadium Square, a $250 million mixed-use project situated near M&T Bank Stadium; the $25 million facelift being given to Lexington Market, a collection of 100 food vendors; the ongoing retail build-out of Harbor East (the recognized “place to be and be seen” spot of the city); and the initiation of construction on Harbor Point, the site of the new Exelon Corp. headquarters (the company merging with Constellation Energy). Baltimore County is Booming Owings Mills, Towson and White Marsh are the sites of four significant projects, several of which have been …

October 12, 2015

Market Reports Maryland Office Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Shifting Blocks of Space, Apartment Conversions Help Shape Baltimore’s Office Market

by John Nelson October 5, 2015

Three major storylines are playing out in Baltimore, the northern part of the one-two city punch that combines for more than 9 million people and forms the fourth-largest metropolitan region of the country. These three sub-plots each contribute to the larger vernacular of the Charm City story. The activity in the office sector is occurring against the backdrop of a robust warehouse/industrial market, as national companies are recognizing the attractiveness of the Port of Baltimore and access to the Eastern Seaboard. Baltimore is also enjoying the healthiest retail environments seen in years, highlighted by the construction of new large-scale shopping centers to service Millennials and empty-nesters moving downtown. 1. Shifting Blocks of Space Two separate 200,000-square-foot blocks of prime office space are moving to the now-under-construction Harbor Point overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the development centerpiece of the Constellation Energy Group merger with Exelon Corp. Upon completion, the former industrial brownfield site will feature more than 1.6 million square feet of commercial office space. Add in a separate 200,000-square-foot move by the Baltimore headquarters of M&T Bank from 25 S. Charles St. (with sources indicating the company may back-fill the space themselves) and you have pretty large shoes to fill in …

October 5, 2015

Market Reports Maryland Multifamily Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Baltimore’s Resurgence as a City Supports Burgeoning Apartment Market

by John Nelson September 28, 2015

The transformation of downtown Baltimore into a contemporary world-class city began nearly two decades ago, but over the past few years it has irrefutably evolved into a true 24/7 city and a top-tier housing market that is nationally recognized by the investment community. An influx of commercial investment drove job growth, which inevitably boosted downtown Baltimore’s daytime population. But what is remarkable is how many of these individuals also decided to become city residents. The number of degree-holding young people living in downtown Baltimore increased by 92 percent between 2000 and 2010, exceeding the pace of 20-something magnet cities like New York and Boston. Whether it was the chicken or the egg, this new group of residents favored a rental urban lifestyle, and downtown Baltimore delivered nearly 4,700 new apartments between 2000 and 2010. Ambitious developers John Paterakis and Michael S. Beatty paved the way in the late 1990s with the development of Harbor East, which congregates upscale retailers, Class A office space and luxury rental apartments. Its immediate success filled a niche in the market and spurred growth in other communities around the Inner Harbor, including the Ritz-Carlton. As this wave of development continued throughout the 2000s, slowly but …

September 28, 2015

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Federal Capital Acquires Apartment Community in Suburban Maryland for $19.5M

by John Nelson September 16, 2015

FORESTVILLE, MD. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has purchased the 200-unit Capital Courts Apartments on Walker Mill Road in Forestville for $19.5 million. Capital Courts comprises 25 four-story, garden-style apartment buildings with two-, three- and four-bedroom units and amenities including a pool and a playground. FCP plans to invest in capital improvements, including window replacements, renovation of the office/clubhouse and pool areas and additional new landscaping. Gates Hudson has been retained as property manager for Capital Courts. Christine Espenshade, Scott Melnick, Robert Garrish and Kylie Belcher of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Capital One provided acquisition financing.

September 16, 2015

Church Lane Shopping Center Cockeysville

Maryland Retail Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Arranges $19M Sale of Two Shopping Centers in Baltimore County

by John Nelson September 2, 2015

COCKEYSVILLE, MD. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19 million sale of Church Lane Shopping Center and GJK Plaza, two shopping centers in Baltimore County’s Cockeysville suburb totaling 97,308 square feet. Built in 1981, the shopping centers are located at the corner of Church Lane and Cranbrook and York roads. The tenants include Party City, JoAnn Fabrics, Tuesday Morning, Sleepy’s and Meineke. Chris Burnham and Nathan Pealer of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a family partnership that had owned the centers for more than 35 years. Burnham and Pealer also procured the buyer, a private local investor.

September 2, 2015

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Gables Residential Completes Luxury Apartment Community in Metro D.C.

by John Nelson August 28, 2015

ROCKVILLE, MD. — Atlanta-based Gables Residential has completed Gables Upper Rock, a four-building, 551-unit upscale apartment community in Rockville, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Located at 40 Upper Rock Circle near I-270, the apartment community is the residential component of Rockville’s Upper Rock District, a mixed-use development that includes office space and will eventually house retailers. Gables Upper Rock features two community swimming pools, a lounge, grilling stations, 20-foot outdoor movie screen, fitness center, club room with a bar, foosball and billiards, a cyber cafe, bocce ball court, Zen garden, private meeting room and an onsite dog park and dog grooming station.

August 28, 2015

Hospitality Maryland Southeast

Laurus Corp. Completes $5M Renovation of Sheraton College Park North Hotel in Metro D.C.

by John Nelson August 27, 2015

BELTSVILLE, MD. — Laurus Corp. has completed the repositioning of the 207-room, nine-story Sheraton College Park North Hotel. The hotel is located in Beltsville, a Maryland suburb roughly nine miles outside of downtown Washington, D.C. The $5 million renovation includes an overhaul of each hotel room with new furniture, upgraded bathrooms, new Wi-Fi connectivity, remodeled club lounge, updated fitness center, new signage, recent landscaping and a renovated outdoor swimming pool with a sundeck. The hotel is now pet-friendly and will accommodate dogs up to 40 pounds. In addition to the renovations, the hotel features a new restaurant and bar known as Asado Brasserie.

August 27, 2015

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