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8221 Preston Court

8221 Preston Court

8221 Preston Court offers 32-foot clear height, generous 48 feet by 34 feet column spacing, a commanding presence and a separate front parking area. The front glass entrances allow for prestige office space, showroom, or retail operations.  Ample parking is provided in the front with ancillary parking in the rear loading dock area.
 
8221 Preston Court is situated in the heart of the Baltimore Washington Corridor, near Fort Meade, NSA, Columbia, Laurel and Odenton. Located in the established Baltimore-Washington Industrial Park, 8221 Preston Court lies between Interstate 95, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, Route 32 and Route 175. Tenants will be about 15 minutes from Columbia or BWI Airport, 20 minutes from Downtown Baltimore, 30 minutes from DC, and 45 minutes from Alexandria. The building has a commanding presence from the street and is nearby several institutional quality users.  Welcome to 8221 Preston Court.

Speakers and Panels

Reid Townsend

Reid Townsend

Co-Founder

MRP Industrial

Bobby Lanigan

Bobby Lanigan

President

Merritt Properties

Chris Massey

Chris Massey

Managing Principal

Brennan Investment Group

Lisa Goodwin

Lisa Goodwin

SVP

MRP Industrial

Karen Cherry

Karen Cherry

VP, Market Officer

Prologis

Mustafa Popal

Mustafa Popal

Investment and Leasing Officer, Mid-Atlantic

EQT Real Estate

Michael Brown

Michael Brown

President

Baltimore Windustrial

Nicholas Salameda

Nicholas Salameda

Associate

Rockefeller Group

Andrew Hudson

Andrew Hudson

Director

ARCO Design/Build

Reid Townsend

Co-Founder

MRP Industrial

D. Reid Townsend has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate development and investment. He co-founded MRP Industrial in 2013 and has primary responsibility for the sourcing, design, construction, leasing and overall financial performance of the company’s portfolio. In his career, Reid has managed the development of over 12 Million square feet of commercial real estate with a stabilized value of nearly $1.5 Billion.

Prior to MRP Industrial, Reid founded the Maryland/Pennsylvania office as a Partner at Panattoni Development Company. During his five years at Panattoni, he grew the local operation into the most profitable business unit within the company, establishing a pipeline of over 4.5 Million square feet with a stabilized value in excess of $350 Million. Prior to joining Panattoni, Reid worked with the founding partners of MRP Realty at Trammell Crow Company in Washington DC. During his eight years there, Reid served the firm’s institutional capital partners on a wide variety of office, industrial and health care projects. He began his career as a Project Manager with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Baltimore.

Reid received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Chris Massey

Managing Principal

Brennan Investment Group

Chris Massey is a Managing Principal of Brennan Investment Group. He is responsible for identifying and underwriting industrial property investments & developments throughout the mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States and oversees all operations including management and leasing within the region. Mr. Massey has nearly 30 years of experience with over $4 billion of underwriting, acquisition, and asset management including loan workouts. Most recently, he was responsible for sourcing approximately $250 million of industrial, office, retail, and multifamily assets for a variety of clients at Magnolia Partners. Previously, he was Managing Director of Gladstone Commercial Corporation where he acquired $180 million of single-tenant office and industrial assets in multiple Midwest and mid-Atlantic markets, as well as Canada. Prior to Gladstone, Mr. Massey asset-managed a $400+ million, 3.3 million square feet portfolio of office and industrial properties in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic for Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel, now BentallGreenOak. Mr. Massey earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Virginia Tech and is active in the local community through his support of several charitable and civic endeavors.

Lisa Goodwin

SVP

MRP Industrial

Lisa Goodwin is a Senior Vice President at MRP Industrial and is responsible for leading the

marketing and leasing of the company’s development portfolio.

Lisa has more than 25 years of experience in industrial real estate and has negotiated over 15

million square feet of lease agreements with many of the nation’s leading Fortune 500

companies. Prior to joining MRP Industrial in 2017, Lisa was Vice President/City Manager at

Liberty Property Trust and has held positions as a senior Asset Manager and Vice President at

Goldman Sachs and New Boston Fund respectively.

Lisa is a former member of the board of directors for the Maryland Chapter of NAIOP and holds

a B.S. in Marketing from Arizona State University.

Mustafa Popal

Investment and Leasing Officer, Mid-Atlantic

EQT Real Estate

Mustafa Popal is the Investment and Leasing Officer for EQT Real Estate covering the Mid Atlantic region (DC, MD, VA). Prior to EQT Real Estate, Mustafa was a Senior Director at Tishman Speyer and focused on the residential and development platform and spear-headed the regional development projects. Furthermore, Mustafa has spent his career working on over $6B in transaction volume across various functions including acquisitions, asset management, and development of institutional retail, residential, and office properties both at Tishman Speyer and AvalonBay.

Nicholas Salameda

Associate

Rockefeller Group

Nicholas Salameda is Associate for Rockefeller Group’s Mid-Atlantic Region. He currently supports the region on the development of the Port 460 Logistics Center and other projects within the region, supporting the formulating of asset strategies and providing financial analyses for new projects. Mr. Salameda is instrumental in supporting the Mid-Atlantic teams push to build the region’s industrial pipeline.

Prior to joining Rockefeller Group, he has accrued a few years of commercial real estate experience, having spent time at One11 Advisors, a leading New York City-based real estate advisory firm, where he provided support on multiple projects for real estate strategic planning, business continuity planning, business process improvement, and system implementation.

Mr. Salameda holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, philosophy, and economics from Colgate University.

Andrew Hudson

Director

ARCO Design/Build

As Director of Operations, Andrew leads the overall operational strategy and execution

of the Baltimore office. This includes hands-on leadership and mentoring of our
Design/Build managers, oversight of project delivery and profitability, and ensuring
consistent project controls in alignment with ARCO’s enterprise-wide operational
framework.
Andrew is actively engaged in the process from front-end engineering and strategic
planning through final delivery of each project. His focus on operational excellence
and risk management helps identify, mitigate, and manage challenges early and
delivering high-quality industrial facilities faster and with fewer surprises. Andrew’s
industry expertise and commitment to providing a seamless, turnkey experience for
clients, partners, and teammates drive successful outcomes and lasting relationships.

Why You Can't Miss This Year's Mid-Atlantic Industrial Summit

What You’ll Learn:

  • Where industrial leasing demand is strongest across the Mid-Atlantic.

  • How tenants are approaching site selection today and what building specs, location factors, and lease terms are driving decisions.

  • What the region's active development pipeline looks like, where projects are breaking ground, and what's keeping deals on the shelf.

  • How developers are structuring and capitalizing projects as construction costs stay elevated and financing conditions remain selective.

  • Where investor conviction is strongest, how deals are being structured from equity to debt, and what it takes to get a transaction across the finish line.

  • What the Mid-Atlantic industrial market looks like heading into 2027 as the national supply wave recedes and local demand stays firm.

Why This Matters:

Nationally, the industrial supply wave is receding, new construction starts are slowing, and absorption is outpacing deliveries and the Mid-Atlantic industrial market is one of the most supply-constrained in the country. Across the region from Maryland and the Baltimore corridor to Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Hampton Roads, leases are getting signed, capital is moving, and developers are selectively moving projects forward along the region's major transportation corridors. But getting deals done, whether leasing, building, or buying, requires navigating a more complex environment. Financing is selective, land is scarce, and underwriting has gotten more rigorous across the board. Join us as we bring together the region's leading owners, developers, investors and more to explore where demand is concentrating, which projects are moving forward, how deals are getting structured and financed, and what it takes to stay ahead of the market as the next industrial cycle takes shape across the Mid-Atlantic.

For questions, recommendations, comments, press inquiries, or if you are interested in sponsoring, please email Ian Wheeler at ian.wheeler@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact janet.fernandez@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.

Agenda

Time Activity
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
9:00 AM
9:45 AM
Investing in Industrial: How Capital Market Providers and Investors are Sourcing, Financing, Underwriting and Acquiring Mid-Atlantic Industrial

Buyers are back, debt is available for the right assets, and the region's fundamentals are drawing institutional capital and private equity at a pace that hasn't been seen in several years. But underwriting has gotten more rigorous. Cap rate expectations, rent growth assumptions, and debt costs are all being scrutinized, and not every deal is penciling. This panel breaks down where conviction is strongest, how deals are being structured from the equity down to the debt, where capital is flowing, what's holding deals back, and what the Mid-Atlantic industrial investment landscape looks like as the next cycle builds.

9:45 AM
10:00 AM
Networking Break
10:00 AM
10:45 AM
The Industrial Leasing Outlook: Demand Drivers, Tenant Priorities, and the Submarkets Winning Mid-Atlantic Industrial

The Mid-Atlantic industrial leasing market is active and leases are getting signed from Baltimore to Hampton Roads. Logistics firms are expanding their I-95 footprints, and last-mile and flex demand is filling in gaps across Maryland and suburban DC. At the same time, tenants are more deliberate and strategic. Power availability, clear heights, dock configurations, and workforce proximity are driving decisions as much as rent. This panel examines where leasing demand is real and growing, how tenants are approaching the market today, which submarkets are winning, what the next wave of leasing looks like, and what it takes to attract, retain, and close the users that matter most to the Mid-Atlantic's industrial future.

10:45 AM
11:30 AM
Pipeline, Cost Pressures, and Development Strategies Shaping Industrial's Next Wave in the Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic industrial development pipeline is increasingly selective and land is at a premium. The path from selection to completion has gotten longer and harder with rising construction costs, tightening financing conditions, utility and infrastructure constraints, and lengthy entitlement timelines forcing developers to be disciplined about which projects move forward. However, projects are breaking ground and being planned across major transportation corridors with access between Baltimore and D.C., down to Richmond and Hampton Roads. This panel explores the region's active construction pipeline, how projects are being designed for the next generation of tenants, how deals are getting capitalized, and what the region's industrial development story looks like as the national supply wave recedes and local demand stays firm.

11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Closing Networking

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