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Located in the heart of downtown Baltimore, One East Pratt blends modern workspaces with sweeping views of the Inner Harbor. As “A Destination for Transformation,” the building sits steps away from some of the best the city has to offer, including M&T Bank Stadium, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Convention Center, Harborplace, Power Plant, the National Aquarium, and the vibrant waterfront. Its central position offers unmatched convenience with immediate access to transit, dining, entertainment, and cultural destinations, making One East Pratt a connected and inspiring place to work and gather.

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Fireside Chat: Baltimore on the Rise

Discussion on downtown revitalization, attracting talent and employers, and the partnerships needed to position Baltimore for long-term growth

P. David Bramble
Keynote

P. David Bramble

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

MCB Real Estate

Mohan Suntha
Keynote

Mohan Suntha

President and Chief Executive Officer

University of Maryland Medical System

P. David Bramble

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

MCB Real Estate

P. David Bramble has been working in real estate investment for over 20 years. He dedicates his time to sourcing & capitalizing transactions and overseeing project underwriting and execution. As a corporate and real estate attorney by training, David brings a deep knowledge of all aspects of the real estate cycle. Prior to MCB, David served as the director of commercial lending for a regionally based full-service lending firm –Madison Funding – which he co- founded in 2000. Prior to devoting all his time to commercial real estate investment, David practiced law in the transactions group of Steptoe & Johnson LLP where he provided corporate and real estate advisory services. His practice focused on complex workouts, primarily in the real estate and financial products space.

David serves as the Chairman of the Board of Lendistry, a fintech enabled CDFI focused on providing small business capital to underserved communities nationwide. He serves on the investment committee and board of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation which invests in innovative people, projects, and ideas that improve the quality of life in Baltimore and beyond. He also serves on the boards of Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, Ronald McDonald House, UPENN Institute for Urban Research, The Abell Foundation, and Baltimore Tree Trust.

David received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and A.B. from Princeton University.

David received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an A.B. from Princeton University.

Mohan Suntha

President and Chief Executive Officer

University of Maryland Medical System

Mohan Suntha, MD, MBA, advances UMMS' mission to deliver exceptional care, train health professionals and support community wellness. He leads UMMS' many employees and oversees its network of academic, community and specialty hospitals and other health care clinics across the state.

Under Dr. Suntha's leadership, UMMS leverages its size and scale to ensure that its innovations and discoveries translate into compassionate, patient-centric care for the people of Maryland. He led the organization through the tumultuous years of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the crisis unfolded, he and the UMMS leadership team rallied team members, empowering them to find better ways to serve and protect the communities where they live and work. At the same time, his vision for how UMMS can transform the way Marylanders access high-quality healthcare coalesced, as the lessons of the pandemic both informed new solutions and shone a light on existing gaps in health equity in the United States.

Dr. Suntha has served UMMS for his entire career. In 1991, he arrived at its flagship academic medical center, University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), as a radiation oncology resident, ready to harness the life-saving discoveries of his chosen field for the benefit of cancer patients. Previously, Dr. Suntha served as president and CEO of UMMC and, before that, University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center.

In 1995, Dr. Suntha joined the faculty of the University of Maryland Medical School, where he developed a national reputation for the management of head and neck and thoracic malignancies. In 2008, Dr. Suntha became a tenured professor and was awarded the inaugural Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Professor of Radiation Oncology.

Dr. Suntha is a member of the American College of Radiation Oncology and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University. In 2009, he earned his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and was named vice president of system program development. Dr. Suntha has maintained faculty and clinical appointments throughout his administrative roles.

Investing in Baltimore’s Future

Unlocking the unique development and redevelopment opportunities does Baltimore provide and how are investors approaching the region

Mark Caplan

Mark Caplan

CEO

Time Group

Doug Schmidt

Doug Schmidt

Principal

WorkShop Development

Mark Anthony Thomas

Mark Anthony Thomas

President and CEO

Greater Baltimore Committee

Jeremy Watson

Jeremy Watson

SVP & Chief Real Estate Officer

Baltimore Development Corporation

Patrick Terranova

Patrick Terranova

VP, Economic Development

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Matthew Rothstein
Moderator

Matthew Rothstein

Partner

Citrin Cooperman

Mark Caplan

CEO

Time Group

Mark Caplan, is a Baltimore native active in real estate investment and management as well as

equipment and vehicle financing in the region. He is the President and CEO of The Time Group,

a real estate equity firm where he has worked since the mid-1970s. The Time Group has interests

in approximately 7,500 units of multi-family, manufactured housing, and senior living. He is also

a founder and is currently the Chairman of WPM Real Estate Management, a manager of multi-

family properties as well as other property types currently comprising in excess of 23,000 units.

In addition to his real estate activities, Mr. Caplan is Chairman of the Management Committee of

Madison Capital, an independent vehicle and equipment financing firm. Mr. Caplan is a member

of the Board of Directors at Capital Bank, (NASDAQ, CBNK). Mr. Caplan is active in the non-

for-profit community in Baltimore, having served or currently serving on the Boards of The

Walters Art Museum, Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, The Bryn Mawr School, The Enoch

Pratt Free Library, The Gilman School, Center Stage, B.E.S.T., Charles Street Development

Corp., Real Estate Advisory Board of Columbia Business School, and St. Ignatius Loyola

Academy. Mr. Caplan graduated from Gilman School in 1976 and Johns Hopkins University in

1981 where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Social & Behavioral Sciences. He

received his Master of Business Administration from the Columbia Business School in 1983,

which he attended as a Dean’s Fellow.

Doug Schmidt

Principal

WorkShop Development

Doug's love for Lego and block construction made it clear from an early age that he was destined for a career in real estate development. As the founding principal of WorkShop Development, Doug has channeled his creative leanings and passion to bricks and mortar projects in the rapidly changing urban landscape of Baltimore.

After graduating from Duke University, Doug spent 16 years at CB Richard Ellis as a broker focusing on landlord representation and national corporate assignments. Doug co-founded Chesapeake Real Estate Group in 2005 and further honed his focus on urban and suburban development with the founding of WorkShop Development in 2014. Doug is also an expert in Brownfield development.

Doug is active both in the Baltimore real estate industry and local community. He is the Vice Chair of the Southeast Community Development Corporation working to improve the lives of all Baltimoreans.

Mark Anthony Thomas

President and CEO

Greater Baltimore Committee

Mark Anthony Thomas is President & CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC), the leading voice of the private sector in the Baltimore Region. In his three-year tenure, Mark has repositioned GBC as the region’s business-civic engine—uniting more than 300 partners behind the first 10-Year Economic Opportunity Plan, building a stronger platform for business investment and innovation, advancing strategies to tackle vacant housing and public safety, introducing Bold Moves, the region’s first unified economic brand, and integrating UpSurge Baltimore, BLocal, and the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore into the GBC.

Jeremy Watson

SVP & Chief Real Estate Officer

Baltimore Development Corporation

Jeremy Watson is Senior Vice President and Chief Real Estate Officer at Baltimore Development

Corporation (BDC). He is a real estate development and infrastructure leader with over 15 years of

experience delivering complex, large-scale projects across the public and private sectors. His work spans

residential, commercial, mixed-use, and infrastructure development, with a particular focus on adaptive

reuse, urban infill, transit-oriented development, and projects that require close coordination between

public agencies and private capital.

Jeremy has led development programs and transactions across the full project lifecycle—from early

feasibility, underwriting, and capital structuring through entitlements, design, financing, and delivery. He

brings deep expertise in financial analysis and risk management, having underwritten and executed

institutional-quality investments and prepared investment cases that inform capital allocation decisions.

His experience includes structuring and managing public-private partnerships, negotiating commercial

and development agreements, and aligning diverse stakeholder interests to move complex projects

forward.

Most recently, Jeremy served as Principal of Watson Cohen, a privately-owned real estate development

and asset management firm, where he led strategy, design, and development. Previously, Jeremy served

as Senior Manager of JFK Infrastructure & Strategy, where he managed cross-functional workstreams,

advised executive leadership, and helped mitigate material commercial and delivery risk for JetBlue

Airway’s $4.2 billion, 1.2 million SF terminal redevelopment at JFK International Airport. Prior to that he

worked for PGIM Real Estate in both New York and London across their institutional equity, mezzanine

debt, and impact investing platforms. His background also includes significant public-sector experience

for Arlington County, Virginia, where he oversaw a portfolio of major transportation infrastructure projects.

Jeremy holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a Master of Urban & Regional Planning from

Virginia Tech, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Florida. He is a

licensed Professional Engineer and a former member of American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP),

bringing a rare combination of technical rigor, financial discipline, and development perspective to every

project.

Patrick Terranova

VP, Economic Development

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Patrick Terranova serves as Vice President of Economic Development at Downtown Partnership of Baltimore (DPOB) - Downtown Baltimore's business improvement district. Patrick oversees a diverse portfolio of business attraction/retention initiatives, capital projects, and commercial revitalization programs, and serves as a conduit for the business and development community in support of investment opportunities within downtown's core. Before joining DPOB, he was a Development Manager at Caves Valley Partners (CVP) and played a critical role in the revitalization of the Village of Cross Keys - Jim Rouse's original master-planned, mixed-use community that has undergone a complete turn-around in the past five years through a combination of major renovations and infrastructure upgrades, new construction, and re-tenanting. Prior to his time at CVP, he was a Senior Director at Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC), where he served as project manager for the Port Covington TIF, led RFP and property disposition efforts, and oversaw a variety of public-private partnerships and business assistance initiatives. Patrick holds a Master's in City and Regional Planning from Georgia Tech, a Bachelor's Degree from La Salle University, and - most importantly - a high school diploma from Mount Saint Joseph.

Matthew Rothstein

Moderator

Citrin Cooperman

Matthew Rothstein is a partner in Citrin Cooperman’s Owings Mills office. He offers a

creative advisor approach to his clients in order to maximize business value and personal

wealth by providing business advisory and sophisticated tax planning for businesses and

high net worth families.

Matt has more than 15 years of experience, allowing him to be involved in all areas of

client service, including business and personal strategic tax planning, succession, estate

and gift planning, choice of entity, mergers, acquisitions, and interactions with

government agencies on tax related matters. He has experience in a variety of industries,

including commercial and residential real estate, construction, technology, automotive,

government, and distribution, as well as high net worth families.

Assessing Baltimore's Assets

Discover what asset classes and projects have remained maintained strong fundamentals and are driving growth in the city

Cheryl Washington

Cheryl Washington

President & CEO

East Baltimore Development, Inc.

Lou Kousouris

Lou Kousouris

Vice President of Strategic Projects and Initiatives

MCB

Alex Aaron

Alex Aaron

Founder

Blank Slate Development

Khalil Uqdah

Khalil Uqdah

President, Real Estate and Business Development

Charm City Buyers

Dana Blackwood

Dana Blackwood

General Manager

Turner Construction Company

Venroy July
Moderator

Venroy July

Partner

Cohen Seglias

Cheryl Washington

President & CEO

East Baltimore Development, Inc.

Cheryl Washington is the President and Chief Executive Officer for East Baltimore Development, Inc.

(EBDI), which is the non-profit 501(c)(3) organization charged with overseeing the $1.8 billion revitalization of

an 88- acre portion of East Baltimore adjacent to the Johns Hopkins medical campus. EBDI was established in

2002 by the Mayor and Baltimore City Council with the mission of positively transforming a targeted East

Baltimore neighborhood by creating new and enhanced economic, housing, employment, business and human

development opportunities for current and future residents.

As President and CEO, Ms. Washington provides the vision and leadership necessary to implement the master

plan for this large mixed-used and mixed-income community revitalization effort. Ms. Washington has been

with EBDI since 2004 and has provided leadership on every aspect of the organization by always keeping the

core values of community engagement, economic inclusion, and responsible redevelopment at the

forefront of every decision. Harnessing the strength and power of this public-private partnership, Ms.

Washington prides her leadership style as being collaborative, inclusive, and solution-oriented. In addition to

overseeing the administrative, financial and operational functions of the organization, Ms. Washington serves

as the lead negotiator in real estate development transactions and sets the programmatic and policy agenda for

EBDI’s human and community services work. During her tenure, EBDI was the 2020 recipient of the Greater

Baltimore Committee’s 2020 Bridging the Gap Achievement Award in Diversity in Leadership.

Prior to her current appointment, Ms. Washington was the Chief Operating Officer at EBDI and had the

primary responsibility of advising the President & CEO and other key members of the executive and senior

management team on operational, administrative, human resources, internal and external communications,

economic inclusion and workforce development. She served as the management liaison to the Board of

Directors and the various Board committees and served as Corporate Secretary. In addition, she served as

grants manager and liaison to funders and other stakeholders regarding grant applications, reporting, payments,

and other matters that may arise; as well as the liaison to external stakeholders regarding communications,

marketing and branding strategies and the planning of all events to be held in the EBDI project area.

Ms. Washington also managed economic inclusion and workforce development programming, policy

development, and compliance monitoring. Under her leadership, EBDI has exceeded its goals related to local

and minority business contracting and local hiring. Moreover, EBDI’s economic inclusion and workforce

development model has been commended by Congressman Cummings as setting the pace for inclusion across

the country and has been emulated by other redevelopment projects and jurisdictions.

Prior to EBDI, Ms. Washington was the Executive Director of Aunt Hattie’s Place, Inc., a residential leadership

program for boys in foster care that her mother, Dr. Hattie Washington, founded. She received her Juris

Doctor from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1996 and was admitted to the

Maryland State Bar later that same year. She graduated magna cum laude from Norfolk State University with a

Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications.

Ms. Washington currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the East Baltimore Community School and the

Advisory Board of Fulton Bank, National Association. From 2011 through 2014, she was a Mayoral appointed

member of the Governing Board for Baltimore City Head Start and served as Secretary and Chairof the

Board during her tenure. Previous board service was with Outward Bound and Girl Scouts of Central

Maryland. In 2013, Ms. Washington was honored to be a recipient of the Daily Record’s Top 100 Women of

the Year Award. Ms. Washington was a member of the Class of 2000 Greater Baltimore Committee

LEADERSHIP program and the Class of 2003 of Leadership Maryland. Ms. Washington has been a proud

member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. since 1992.

Lou Kousouris

Vice President of Strategic Projects and Initiatives

MCB

Lou Kousouris is a senior commercial real estate executive with more than two decades

of leadership experience across asset management, investment oversight, corporate

real estate, and property operations. He currently serves as Managing Director of Asset

Management at MCB Real Estate in Baltimore, Maryland, where he is responsible for

the company’s downtown portfolio.

Prior to joining MCB Real Estate, Lou served as Executive Vice President at Artemis

Properties, responsible for the portfolio strategy, leasing oversight, capital planning, and

long-term value creation of a local family office’s real estate holdings.

Earlier in his career, Lou held senior leadership positions at some of the nation’s leading

commercial real estate firms. At JLL, he served as Account Director and Global

Transaction Manager, supporting multiple enterprise clients. Before that, he was

President and Principal of Colliers International in Baltimore, where he oversaw a full-

service commercial real estate organization with more than fifty employees and over

twelve million square feet of assets under management. Lou also served as President

and Principal of KLNB Management.

Lou began his professional career as a Field Artillery Officer in the United States Army,

serving from 1998 to 2003. He deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in

2003, an experience that helped shape his leadership philosophy and commitment to

service.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University in Maryland and a

Bachelor of Science in Economics from the United States Military Academy at West

Point.

In addition to his professional career, Lou is deeply engaged in civic, nonprofit, and

industry leadership. He currently serves as Board Chair of Next One Up, Chair of the

Board of Governors at The Center Club, and Vice Chair of The Downtown Partnership

of Baltimore. He previously served as Board Member and Past President of The

Baltimore Station, Founder and Past President of the West Point Society of Baltimore,

and as a Service Academy Nomination Committee Member for Congressman Dutch

Ruppersberger.

Khalil Uqdah

President, Real Estate and Business Development

Charm City Buyers

Leading the development team at Charm City Buyers, Khalil is

responsible for project selection, financial modeling, strategic

focus, organizational capacity, partnership advancement, and

community engagement. His expertise in residential

development seamlessly transitions to the organization's role as

the lead developer at Eager Landing, a $20M new construction

homeownership development in East Baltimore consisting of 54

townhouses. By creating new affordable and market rate single

family homes, he is creating opportunities for wealth generation.

Khalil is a developer at 211 W 28th Street, a new 62 unit mixed-

use building + 13,000 SF public plaza with amenities for

residents, families, cafe/retail patrons, pets, and the community

at large. The new building responds to the neighborhood's

demand for new affordable and market rate housing units.

Previously, Khalil was a lead developer at Henderson Crossing, a

$18M homeownership development consisting of 53 historic

rehab units located in East Baltimore and The Packing House, a

$24M adaptive reuse and historic preservation project involving

higher education, emerging industries, and the investment

community.

Khalil has rehabilitated vacant and blighted properties for

residential resale since 2012. His extensive knowledge of tax

credits, subsidies, and other sources allows for a high quality, low

cost product to market rate and affordable home buyers.

Khalil is a father, husband, and former captain of the Men's

NCAA Division 1 track and field team at Lehigh University. He

continues to oversee a rental portfolio located in Baltimore, MD.

Dana Blackwood

General Manager

Turner Construction Company

Dana Blackwood is the General Manager for Turner Construction Company’s Maryland business unit, where she leads business operations, strategic growth initiatives, and community engagement efforts. With over 18 years of experience across preconstruction, business development, and project management, she has supported the delivery of complex projects spanning healthcare, higher education, manufacturing, K-12 education, and critical data facilities markets across the region. She is actively engaged with the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC), Maryland Tech Council, Maryland Washington Minority Companies Association (MWMCA), Associated General Contractors (AGC), and Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Greater Baltimore, among other industry groups. Dana holds a B.A. in General Engineering and an MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

Venroy July

Moderator

Cohen Seglias

Venroy July is a partner in the corporate & finance practice group of Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman, P.C.  Based in the Washington, D.C. office, Mr. July’s practice includes a wide range of corporate and finance matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, advising on venture capital investments, general corporate counseling and real estate development matters. He has written extensively on the power and potential of Opportunity Zones, as well as other capital raising mechanisms. In addition to his legal career, Mr. July is a real estate investor in the city of Baltimore, and utilizes many of the capital raising mechanisms that he writes about to facilitate his real estate investment. Over the course of the past 10 years he has acquired and renovated a portfolio consisting of single family houses, mixed use properties and commercial properties all within the Hollins Market neighborhood of Baltimore, where he also resides. He received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Economics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar and his J.D. from the Duke University School of Law. He has been recognized for his legal and other efforts within the community by being named as a Super Lawyer ad well as being named to the Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 class of 2014, the Black Business Review’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2017, a Warnock Fellow for the Class of 2017, and with the Leadership in the Law Award by the Daily Record. He was recently selected to chair the Opportunity Zones subcommittee of the Greater Baltimore Committee. He currently serves on the board of directors of Park Heights Renaissance, Grace Medical Center and Sinai Hospital. Additionally he previously served on Brandon Mayor Scott’s transition team, and was appointed by Governor Wes Moore to serve on the Judicial Nomination Committee.

Why You Can't Miss our First Baltimore Conference of 2026

What You’ll Learn:

  • Which asset classes continue to showcase strong fundamentals in Baltimore

  • About the most exciting projects that are redefining the Baltimore landscape.

  • Investor sentiment towards Baltimore and how regional leaders are attracting capital.

  • Where CRE leaders are seeing opportunities and are choosing to invest and build in Baltimore.

  • About the leasing outlook for Baltimore and the strategies owners and operators are utilizing to lease up. 

  • Where new project starts are occurring in Baltimore and how is redevelopment helping to reinvigorate neighborhoods, the city, and region.  

Why This Matters:

With the first phase of Baltimore peninsula completed and outperforming much of the city and several redevelopment projects in the works across the city and region, Baltimore’s character and prospects are being reimaged. Join Baltimore’s top CRE leaders as they explore what the factors making Baltimore a unique opportunity for investors and, despite national headwinds, which multifamily, industrial, office, and retail projects and sites have remained strong and show exceptional promise in the year ahead and beyond.

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Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Fireside Chat: Baltimore on the Rise

Join a candid conversation with David Bramble and Mohan Suntha as they discuss the momentum shaping Baltimore’s economic and real estate landscape. Hear their perspectives on downtown revitalization, attracting talent and employers to the city, and the partnerships needed to position Baltimore for long-term growth

1:30 PM
2:15 PM
Investing in Baltimore’s Future

Explore the unique opportunities for development and redevelopment across the city and how investors are approaching the market in today’s economic environment. Baltimore's top leaders will discuss where capital is flowing, the role of public-private partnerships, and how projects are being positioned to drive long-term growth.

2:15 PM
2:30 PM
Networking Break
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Assessing Baltimore's Assets

Gain insight into which asset classes and developments are demonstrating strong fundamentals in Baltimore despite broader market challenges. Industry leaders will analyze the projects, neighborhoods, and property types that are penciling and driving growth across the city.

3:15 PM
4:00 PM
Closing Networking

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