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Will Anderson
Fireside Chat

Will Anderson

Director - Economic & Workforce Development

Baltimore County

Arnold Jablon
Fireside Chat

Arnold Jablon

Director - Permits, Approvals and Inspections

Baltimore County

Brian Gibbons

Brian Gibbons

CEO

Greenberg Gibbons Commercial

Kevin McAndrews

Kevin McAndrews

President

Atapco Properties

Josh Fidler

Josh Fidler

COO

Chesapeake Realty Partners

Jim Lighthizer

Jim Lighthizer

Principal, Managing Partner

Chesapeake Real Estate Group

David Bookhout

David Bookhout

SVP, Development & Investments

Greenberg Gibbons Commercial

David Karceski
Moderator

David Karceski

Partner

Venable

Brian Gibbons

CEO

Greenberg Gibbons Commercial

Mr. Gibbons became Chairman of the Board in October, 2010. Since joining the company in 1999, Mr. Gibbons has overseen the acquisition, finance, leasing, development and management of over 8,000,000 square feet of award-winning mixed-use and revitalization projects with a value in excess of $1.2 billion. Major Greenberg Gibbons projects led by Mr. Gibbons include:

Ground up development of Village at Waugh Chapel and Waugh Chapel Towne Centre in Anne Arundel County, MD

The redevelopment of Hunt Valley Mall, now known as Hunt Valley Towne Centre in Baltimore County, MD

Annapolis Towne Centre at Parole in Annapolis, MD

Edgewater Village Center in Anne Arundel County, MD

Woodmore Towne Centre in Prince George’s County, MD

Towne Centre Laurel in Laurel, MD

Foundry Row in Owings Mills, MD

Prior to joining Greenberg Gibbons, he was a Partner and member of the management committee of Fedder and Garten, P.A., a Baltimore, Maryland law firm. Mr. Gibbons earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Maryland. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and serves on the boards of Sinai Hospital, Hospice of the Chesapeake, and the University of Maryland at Baltimore.

In 2013, Mr. Gibbons received the Distinguished Citizens Award from the Boy Scouts of America’s Baltimore Chapter for exemplifying strong community leadership and personal integrity. Most recently, he was named to the State of Maryland’s Private Sector Economic Development Commission, a group formed to recommend strategies to help map the future growth of Maryland’s economy.

Kevin McAndrews

President

Atapco Properties

Kevin McAndrews is Atapco Properties’ President and has primary responsibility for Atapco’s development and investment strategy and execution. He joined Atapco in 2002 as Vice President of Acquisitions and Development and was promoted to President in 2011.

Kevin began his career with Trammel Crow Company in Texas in 1983 and has held senior management positions with Philadelphia’s Toll Brothers, New York’s The Harlan Company and ran his own commercial real estate company for five years. His experience throughout his career has covered a broad spectrum of commercial real estate investment and development activity.

Kevin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Brown University and Masters of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Chicago.

Josh Fidler

COO

Chesapeake Realty Partners

Mr. Fidler is a respected member of the Maryland business community. He is Co‐Chairman of

Chesapeake Realty Partners, a diversified real estate development business, Founding Partner of

Boulder Ventures, a venture capital fund active in the Mid‐Atlantic and Colorado, and President of the

family office for the Macks and Fidler families.

Chesapeake Realty Partners has developed nearly 10,000 apartments. CRP is presently building Avenue

Grand at White Marsh – 324 units adjoining The Avenue and White Marsh Mall in Baltimore County;

SouthLake Apartments – 325 units in a 1,300 home PUD developed by CRP and The Michaels Company

in Bowie, Maryland; and Woodmore Grand – 163 units in Woodmore Town Center, Prince George’s

County. Recent projects include: Belvoir Square – 283 apartments and 10,000 s.f. of retail space in Fort

Belvoir, VA; Waterside at Reston – 276‐units in Reston, VA; Paragon Columbia – 320‐units in Columbia,

MD; The Winthrop – 295‐units in Towson, MD; 1901 South Charles – 193‐units in South Baltimore, MD;

and 2 East Wells – 153‐units with 6,000 s.f. of retail space in South Baltimore, across from our 1901

South Charles Street location.

In 1998, the Macks and Fidler families contributed 3,300 apartments to Home Properties (NYSE: HME) in

an UPREIT transaction. He served on the HME Board from 2004‐2011. In 2018, he contributed 670 units

in 3 communities to BroadTree Residential, a successor to Home Properties, in another UPREIT

transaction. He now serves on the BroadTree Board.

CRP has also developed more than 30,000 lots and was the largest non‐national home builder in the

Baltimore metro area into the '90's. Current for‐sale projects include: SouthLake (described above);

Coastal Village and Saltwater Landing – 800+ lots in Selbyville, DE; Creekside Village – 820 lots developed

with ATAPCO Properties in Glen Burnie, MD; Simpson Oaks – 184 lots in Columbia, MD; Banyan Bay –

305 lots on a 251‐acre waterfront property in Stuart, FL (Martin County); Parkeside Preserve – 70 single‐

family homesites and 86 townhome lots to be developed in Annapolis, MD; and Severn Meadows – 116

townhomes in Crestwood, MD.

Other active real estate projects include: WeWorkU (the first WeWork co‐office community on a

University campus at University of Maryland, College Park); and numerous self‐storage projects under

the RightAway Storage brand.

Mr. Fidler is also an active venture capital and private equity investor. He is Chairman of Private Client

Resources and serves on the Boards of AgriFiber, BroadTree Residential, and BurnAlong. He was a

member of the Board of First Mariner Bank from its recapitalization in 2013 until its merger into Howard

Bank in 2018.

Mr. Fidler serves on the Board of Johns Hopkins Medicine, is Vice Chair of The Baltimore Community

Foundation, and an officer of The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. In 2016‐17,

he offered monthly Public Commentary on WYPR radio and sponsors “Future City” with Wes Moore,

also on WYPR. Mr. Fidler also held leadership positions in numerous other community organizations.

Mr. Fidler received his law degree from New York University School of Law (cum laude) and his BA from

Brown University.

Mr. Fidler and his wife of 41 years, Genine Macks Fidler, are residents of Naples, FL.

Jim Lighthizer

Principal, Managing Partner

Chesapeake Real Estate Group

James Lighthizer is the Founder and Managing Partner of Chesapeake Real Estate Group, LLC (CREG), a leading full-service commercial real estate investment and development firm headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington region. Since founding the firm in 2004, Mr. Lighthizer has led CREG through the acquisition, development, and asset management of more than 45 properties totaling over 8 million square feet of industrial, office, self-storage, and retail space across the Mid-Atlantic. Under his leadership, CREG has built a reputation for executing a disciplined investment strategy focused on value-add, build-to-core, and speculative development opportunities.

Mr. Lighthizer brings more than 37 years of experience in commercial real estate. Prior to founding CREG, he spent 16 years at CBRE, where he rose to the rank of Senior Vice President and Partner and was consistently among the firm's top producers nationally. During his tenure, he advised institutional clients such as RREEF, Ohio Teachers, Invesco, Opus, First Industrial, and LaSalle Advisors. He was also a recognized leader within CBRE’s National Global Logistics Practice Group, representing major occupiers across the country.

At CREG, Mr. Lighthizer has spearheaded some of the region’s most significant industrial transactions. Notable highlights include acquiring and developing Brandon Woods 3, a 1 million square foot ecommerce project occupied by Amazon and Best Buy. Port 95 Logistics, a 1 million square foot development at the Port, converting a 600,000 sf Unilever manufacturing facility. Baltimore Crossroads @95, a 240-acre business park with 1.5 million square feet of planned development. His brokerage business from CBRE carried over with his representing General Motors in the $33 million sale of its 182-acre Baltimore Van Assembly Plant to Duke Realty and he also played a pivotal role in GM’s acquisition of land in White Marsh, Maryland, for its 800,000 square-foot Allison Transmission Plant.

Throughout CREG’s history, Mr. Lighthizer has forged strategic capital partnerships with premier institutions including The Carlyle Group, USAA, Prudential Real Estate Investors, EverWest Investors, TA Advisors, Atapco Properties, and others. These relationships have been instrumental in growing the firm’s portfolio and expanding its presence along the I-95 and I-81 corridors in Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia.

Mr. Lighthizer holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mount St. Mary’s College (Class of 1988) and completed formal sales and corporate service training with CBRE/USC. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, he is a graduate of Gilmour Academy.

David Bookhout

SVP, Development & Investments

Greenberg Gibbons Commercial

Mr. Bookhout serves as Senior Vice President of Development & Investments. He plays a lead role in the company’s mixed-use development division, with responsibility for sourcing, evaluating, underwriting, acquiring and executing projects in the Mid-Atlantic region and the Carolinas. Prior to joining Greenberg Gibbons in 2021, he was Vice President of the Mid-Atlantic & Carolinas Regions for AvalonBay Communities, where he specialized in mixed-use projects that feature multifamily housing over retail and led teams that delivered more than 2,300 units. Mr. Bookhout holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, a Master of Professional Accounting from the University of Texas, and a Master of Business Administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He is a Certified Public Accountant and serves on the UNC Kenan–Flagler Business School’s Board of Advisors, and has previously served on the Board of Directors for AIRS-Empire Homes and the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore. He is a member of ICSC and Urban Land Institute (ULI).

David Karceski

Moderator

Venable

David Karceski is a member of the firm’s State and Local Government Practice Group and counsels the firm’s clients on real estate development and zoning and land use matters.

Mr. Karceski assists local, regional and national clients in obtaining legislative, administrative and regulatory approvals during all phases of development and permitting processes in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. The types of projects Mr. Karceski has been involved with include transit-oriented developments, mixed-use town centers, industrial and office parks, institutional campus improvements, multi-family communities and residential subdivisions, and a variety of commercial and retail projects. Signage approvals are a critical component of these projects that Mr. Karceski has obtained to increase the value of all types of development for the client.

Prior to joining Venable, Mr. Karceski served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. on the Court of Special Appeals. He drafted and edited opinions and assisted in revising The Maryland Evidence Handbook.

Summary

We're excited to announce our 5th Annual Baltimore County Real Estate Boom, where we'll take a comprehensive look at the state of the Baltimore County commercial real estate market, including leasing and tenant demand, development & construction conditions for office, industrial, retail, & mixed-use, and panelists projects.

This forum will once again be the premier platform to unite and network face-to-face with Baltimore County's commercial real estate community. Arrive early to enjoy a continental breakfast, high-end networking, and what promises to be a very informative and entertaining event!


Agenda

Time Activity
12:30 PM
1:30 PM
Breakfast & Networking
1:30 PM
1:55 PM
Fireside Chat w/ Arnold Jablon and Will Anderson
1:55 PM
2:45 PM
All-Star Panelists
2:45 PM
3:30 PM
Post-Game Networking

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