Baltimore Properties News

Merritt Properties Closes On 35-Acre Aberdeen Site
BALTIMORE----Merritt Properties announced today that it has closed on the purchase of a 35.64-acre site at 635-660 McHenry Road in Aberdeen, Maryland. Merritt plans to develop the property, which is less than two miles from Aberdeen Proving Ground, to serve the increasing need for Class A office space and retail amenities in the area surrounding the base.

Commercial Real Estate: Merritt Properties plans office park near Aberdeen
The groundbreaking took place Wednesday for the $275 million Village South at Waugh Chapel being developed in Gambrills by Greenberg Gibbons of Owings Mills. The mixed-use project is to bring Wegmans and Target to west Anne Arundel County, according to Greenberg Gibbons information.

NewsWatch: LaSalle buys Philadelphia and San Francisco hotels
LaSalle Hotel Properties is spending upward of $300 million to buy three hotels, while shedding a fourth.

Events & Networking
Jack D. Gunther (left) and Richard W. Story, both with the Howard County Economic Development Authority, visit with Barbara Nicklas of General Growth Properties in Columbia at the Howard Technology Council's End of Summer Bash on Tuesday at Clyde's of Columbia.

On the Move - Business edition
Accounting Jason Dobrzykowski and Kaitlin Garvey have been named senior account executives in Weber Shandwick’s Baltimore office. Dobrzykowski has a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Garvey received her bachelor’s degree from Towson University. Architecture Mark L. Swanson has joined the staff of Purple Cherry Architects, of Annapolis. He will be the studio manager. His work ...

Three former Boscov's stores in Baltimore area head to auction
Sept. 13 sale date set for Baltimore-area properties Three former Boscov's stores at Baltimore-area malls are due to hit the auction block next month.

Former Boscov's, including at Glen Burnie, head to auction
Sept. 13 sale date set for Baltimore-area properties Three mall storefronts that have remained vacant since Boscov's department store exited the Baltimore market under bankruptcy nearly two years ago are headed to the auction block next month. Alex Cooper Auctioneers is set to auction off the former department store buildings at White Marsh Mall and Owings Mills Mall in Baltimore County and ...

Few takers for cheap homes at county auction
In the midst of Macomb County's struggling economy, one might expect that an auction offering homes for as little as $3,000 would generate a crowd of people searching for affordable housing.