Posts by Shelley Bindon
Arundel Woods
When the CSX railroad wanted to sell a 28-acre tract of land that paralleled their railroad tracks in Anne Arundel County, we got the call. After six months of aggressive marketing, we walked the property with lots of prospects, but the proximity to the tracks limited the amount of development the land could support and…
Read MoreMetropolitan at College Park
We represented a family that purchased 5-acres in College Park, Maryland home to the University of Maryland many years ago as an investment. Unable to find a buyer capable of settling on their property during the Great Recession, their attorney hired us to market the property to the regional development community. Within nine months, the…
Read MoreSchott Farm
We represented the Schott estate in the sale of a well located 9-acre tract of land in Perry Hall. Though multiple potential buyers placed the property under contract, it was ultimately sold to Perry Hall Family Worship Center for the construction of their church home. Perry Hall, Baltimore County, Maryland Buyer: Perry Hall Family Worship…
Read MoreBrock Bridge Road
We represented a local developer with the sale of a 9-acre property with zoning for 9 lots on well and septic. Once we learned more about his finances, we suggested that he sell the land to a church for half of the appraised value. By doing this, he was able to take a charitable contribution…
Read MoreShipley Homestead
A grandson received a huge gift when he was willed the 88-acre family farm. We marketed the farm, now a prime development site to every developer and builder in the region. Needless to say, with an $18 million windfall, he was happy with our services. Today Shipley’s Homestead, the name an nod to his grandfather’s…
Read MoreShipley’s Meadows
When the three Shipley Siblings decided it was time to sell their 43-acre farm where they had each raised their families, we found them the perfect developer to transform their farm zoned for one acre lots into a 43-lot community. Elm Street Development was our purchaser, Dan Ryan Builders was the home builder. Jessup, Anne…
Read MoreHeritage Crossing
In 2007, we represented the Sewell Estate in the sale of 8-acre tract of land to Elm Street Development/Ryan Homes who built a community of 15 single homes. This parcel of ground represented the last parcel of undeveloped land purchased by Harry Matthews, a freed-slave whose farm had been subdivided over the last hundred years…
Read MoreThe Willows at Centreville
When one of the largest landowners in Queen Anne’s County wanted to sell a portion of their landholdings approved for tax-credit housing, we expanded our marketing from local to regional, getting the property in front of every tax-credit developer in the Mid-Atlantic. To handle the anticipated response, we created a competitive bid process, received multiple…
Read MoreTwo Counties, Two Transactions, One Kingsview Phase II
One of Our Most Complex Deals Is One of Our Favourites In 2005, we represented the Bell Family estate in what was of our most complex and complicated deals. The project involved a 600-acre parcel of developable land that straddled the border of Prince George’s and Charles counties. This meant that the property and any…
Read MoreShipley’s Grant: From Farmland to Thriving Family Community
Hard Work and Great Partners Help Build Howard County This development was years in the making. We began talks with out-of-state sellers in 1997, and in 2002 it went under contract, and the final transaction was made in 2008 after complex zoning changes. In the end, we sold 56 acres from the Shipley-Curtis Farm to…
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