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The 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…
Read MoreSummerlin in Harford County Almost Didn’t Happen
MLA Helped One Developer Shift Project to Another At Last Minute What do you do when you would like to pass on a large project that only a few developers can take over? You call Maryland Land Advisors, of course. We were proud to represent one of Maryland’s largest apartment owners when they decided not…
Read MoreSelling Large, Unserviced Tracts of Land No Problem for Maryland Land Advisors
Bell Family Land Now Kingsview Phase II We sold a 600-acre tract for the Bell family–one of the largest land owners in Prince George’s and Charles counties–to a regional developer who has now developed the project into Kingsview Phase II. The assemblage of land was challenging, as it had no water, no sewer, no roads…
Read MoreMarketing and Municipal Know-How Make for a Happy Valley Summer Camp
Site on the Susquehanna Took Complex Negotiations The team at MaryLand Land Advisors was honored to represent the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic for the Presbyterian Church based in Richmond, Virginia, in what had to be a quick sale of a remote 112-acre summer camp overlooking the Susquehanna River. The client requested that we market the…
Read MoreHomewood Seniors’ Complex Thanks to Right Mix of Partners
Owner’s Limited Zoning, Firm’s Desire to Create Seniors’ Housing a Perfect Fit An out-of-state investor hired Maryland Land Advisors to maximize the value of his property which had a zoning restriction limiting development to seniors-only housing. Lead broker Stephen Ferrandi and his team worked hard to find and recruit an investment-development firm. Stephen brought the…
Read MoreMaryland Land Advisors Helps Make Thriving Communities
Knowing How to Get Approvals Saves Time and Money Maryland Land Advisors helped a family in conflict settle their differences surrounding the family farm, and saw the land through entitlement. Once the land was fully entitled, MLA represented Hamilton Communities in the sale of a 58-unit townhome community–Strawbridge Commons to Lennar Homes. In addition to…
Read MoreFive Years to Turn Family Farm Into Arundel Forest
High-Quality Development Team Was Key In 2008, we represented the Miklasz family in the development of the family farm. Under a for-fee development agreement, we assembled and managed a development team that included a civil engineering firm, land-use attorney, traffic consultant, archeologist, geotechnical consultant, and biologists to help create a development plan for the farm.…
Read MoreStrawbridge Commons
Strawbridge Commons at the Village of Honeygo in Perry Hall – Baltimore, Maryland Planning Phase One of our latest collaborative projects is Strawbridge Commons at the Village of Honeygo, in Perry Hall (greater Baltimore). To this established and highly-regarded neighborhood, we are bringing a thoughtfully-planned high-end town home community. Because we believe in smart growth,…
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