Chesapeake Real Estate Group acquires 34,000-square-foot building in Nottingham for $4.2 million

BALTIMORE, MD—Chesapeake Real Estate Group, a Baltimore-based commercial real estate development and operating company that has completed more than 45 projects totaling more than $1.5 billion in value in the greater Baltimore area, has acquired 9900 Franklin Square Drive (21236), a 34,000-square-foot single-story office building situated in Nottingham, for $4.2 million. The real estate owned (REO) asset, which was formerly […]

Harford County Executive Cassilly signs legislation limiting new apartments

BEL AIR, MD—Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly has signed amended legislation banning high and mid-rise apartments on properties zoned B-3 for general business. County Executive Cassilly originally proposed the legislation to prohibit any apartments in B-3, in response to projects built or approved before his term in office without the proper infrastructure to support residential living. However, amendments to his […]

Manns Woodward signs 10-year lease in White Marsh, once-vacant office building now fully occupied

WHITE MARSH, MD—Kenwood Management Company recently completed a 10-year, 10,500-square-foot lease with Manns Woodward, a nationally recognized and award-winning architectural firm specializing in the design of public safety and community-driven facilities and campuses. Kenwood will perform a $550,000 renovation to the single-story White Marsh office building for Manns Woodward, with occupancy anticipated in January 2024. With the completion of this […]

Maryland officials issue joint statement on selection of Greenbelt for FBI’s new headquarters

ANNAPOLIS, MD—This week, members of Maryland’s federal, state, and local governments including Governor Wes Moore, Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone, and Glenn Ivey, and Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks released the following statement regarding the General Services Administration’s […]

Officials to hold community input meeting to discuss revitalization of Rosedale Plaza

ROSEDALE, MD—A community input meeting will be held later this month to discuss the future of the Rosedale Plaza shopping center. The event will be held 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on November 30 at Mount Pleasant Church. Attendees will include representatives from the State of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City. Mount Pleasant Church & Ministries is located at 6000 […]

Councilman Marks: Developer no longer pursuing 17-acre housing development in Perry Hall

PERRY HALL, MD—Councilman David Marks this week announced that developers are no longer pursuing housing at a 17-acre property interior to Joppa Road and Cowenton Avenue. Councilman Marks had downzoned the land in the 2016 rezoning cycle, and introduced legislation that further restricted development in sensitive areas that would have been impacted by the project. During that process, key testimony […]

Attorney General Brown joins coalition to protect Maryland homeowners from discriminatory insurance practices

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 15 Attorneys General filing an amicus brief (PDF) supporting the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in a legal challenge to HUD’s prohibition on housing practices that may appear neutral but in reality are discriminatory under the Fair Housing Act. The HUD regulation, known as the Disparate […]

Attorney General Brown charges Harford County home builder with violating laws protecting home buyers

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced this week that the Consumer Protection Division’s Home Builder Registration Unit filed charges against Korey Homes Building Group, LLC, and its principals, Kenneth W. Smith and his son, Korey Wayne Smith, for failing to comply with the Consumer Protection Act, New Home Deposits Act, Custom Home Protection Act, and Home Builder Registration […]