ColumbiaNational Real Estate Finance’s Brett Weil just entered the world of multifamily finance from his previous gig consulting on apartment energy, water, and cost savings for greeNEWit. With a new University of Baltimore master's in finance in hand, he's also done some photography on the side, snapping this crowd on the Inner Harbor watching Tuesday’s US/Belgium World Cup match from his new company’s office on the 25th floor of 100 E Pratt. Weather pending, the office boasts spectacular views of the Fourth of July fireworks, too.

A recent Transwestern report says Baltimore metro payroll employment increased by 23,800 jobs from May 2013 to April '14 (the 20-year annual average is half that, 11,300). Which leaves us with just one question: Don’t all these people have jobs?