Julekha Dash | Bisnow, Baltimore BALTIMORE (July 16, 2016) — Sure, you know Baltimore County is on the receiving end of billions of investment dollars, from Towson to Owings Mills to White Marsh. The county boasts access to I-95, relatively low business fees, and property and income tax credits. But if you’re cornered at a summer BBQ […]
The Diamondback | Samuel Antezana College Park, MD (June 22, 2016) — The University of Maryland and St. John Properties are partnering to create a multi-functional development in Riverdale Park to meet the needs of technology companies that are attracted to the university and city communities. “What we are trying to do is provide a product with a platform […]
Washington Business Journal | Daniel J. Sernovitz College Park, MD (June 9, 2016) — Another University of Maryland alum-turned-developer has set his sights on the state’s flagship campus. St. John Properties Inc. has proposed teaming up with the University of Maryland to develop a trio of buildings, including a pair of flex structures aimed at attracting tech business […]
Baltimore Business Journal | Melody Simmons Baltimore (June 8, 2016) — South Moon Under, a contemporary clothing chain that started out in 1968 as a humble surf shop in Ocean City, is moving its headquarters from the Eastern Shore to Annapolis this summer to prepare for a national expansion that includes hiring a team of […]
RE Business Online | Haisten Willis White Marsh, MD (May 18, 2016) — Construction has begun on Greenleigh at Crossroads, a $750 million component of Baltimore Crossroads, a 1,000-acre mixed-use development in White Marsh in the eastern section of Baltimore County. The completed Greenleigh at Crossroads will contain 1,000 single-family homes and townhomes, 500 multifamily units, three mid-rise […]
Baltimore Business Journal | Melody Simmons Baltimore (May 17, 2016) — Baltimore County’s answer to the successful mixed-use Maple Lawn community in Howard County is set to begin construction this week. The 200-acre, $750 million Greenleigh at Crossroads development will be located on Route 43 in White Marsh and, when built out, will contain 1,500 residential […]
The Baltimore Sun | Pamela Wood White Marsh, MD ( May 16, 2016) — When planners and politicians extended Route 43 from White Marsh to Middle River, they envisioned a “road of opportunity” that would be home to half a dozen factories. But as manufacturing declined, developers of the area — dubbed Baltimore Crossroads — […]
Baltimore Business Journal | Melody Simmons White Marsh, MD (May 3, 2016) — Weeks before the official groundbreaking of the 200-acre Greenleigh at Crossroads project in White Marsh, the Goddard School announced Tuesday it has signed a lease for a 13,000-square foot facility at the Baltimore Crossroads development. The nationally franchised child care and preschool […]
The Baltimore Sun | Natalie Sherman Baltimore (February 26, 2016) — Bob Becker didn’t plan to enter real estate. He just wanted a summer job. But that stint in 1975 as a driver for Ed St. John turned into a 40-year career working at St. John’s company, helping St. John Properties grow from a roughly […]
The Daily Record | Adam Bednar Baltimore (February 24, 2016) — Robert C. Becker’s career in commercial real estate started off behind the wheel of a car. In 1975, while still a student at what was then Loyola College, Becker answered a newspaper ad looking for a corporate driver. When he went in for an interview […]