LAND LESSONS- Phase One Environmental Site Assessment  

July 9, 2024

What is a Phase One Environmental Site Assessment?  You’re a developer searching for a great site for a residential community driving a road you seldom drive. You see water and sewer lines being installed, new homes under construction, as well as a new grocery-anchored shopping center.   A mile down the road, you see a homemade “For…

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LAND LESSONS- What is Lot Line Adjustment?

June 14, 2024

What is lot line adjustment?   A lot line adjustment is the process that involves altering the property lines of existing parcels of land in order to create two or more properties with different legal property boundaries than before the adjustment.   Depending on local regulations one may merge up to 4 adjoining parcels into one single…

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Lots of Trouble

January 1, 2015

Selling vacant land becomes a struggle in down market Ryan Sharrow Baltimore Business Journal The Diamond Group has cut its asking price for a 2-acre lot in the city’s Morrell Park neighborhood in half. The lot has room for 20 new townhomes. Anne Arundel County home builder William Douglas Homes has four parcels of vacant…

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