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Shipley 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…
Shipley’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…
Heritage 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…
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…
Two 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…
Shipley’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…