The Willows at Centreville

When one of the largest landowners in Queen Anne’s County wanted to sell a portion of their landholdings approved for tax-credit housing, we expanded our marketing from local to regional, getting the property in front of every tax-credit developer in the Mid-Atlantic. To handle the anticipated response, we created a competitive bid process, received multiple…

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Two Counties, Two Transactions, One Kingsview Phase II

One of Our Most Complex Deals Is One of Our Favourites In 2005, we represented the Bell Family estate in what was of our most complex and complicated deals. The project involved a 600-acre parcel of developable land that straddled the border of Prince George’s and Charles counties. This meant that the property and any…

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Shipley’s Grant: From Farmland to Thriving Family Community

Hard Work and Great Partners Help Build Howard County This development was years in the making. We began talks with out-of-state sellers in 1997, and in 2002 it went under contract, and the final transaction was made in 2008 after complex zoning changes. In the end, we sold 56 acres from the Shipley-Curtis Farm to…

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Summerlin in Harford County Almost Didn’t Happen

MLA Helped One Developer Shift Project to Another At Last Minute What do you do when you would like to pass on a large project that only a few developers can take over? You call Delaware Land Advisors Advisors, of course. We were proud to represent one of Maryland’s largest apartment owners when they decided…

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Marketing and Municipal Know-How Make for a Happy Valley Summer Camp

Site on the Susquehanna Took Complex Negotiations The team at MaryLand Land Advisors was honored to represent the Synod of the Mid-Atlantic for the Presbyterian Church based in Richmond, Virginia, in what had to be a quick sale of a remote 112-acre summer camp overlooking the Susquehanna River. The client requested that we market the…

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Homewood Seniors’ Complex Thanks to Right Mix of Partners

Owner’s Limited Zoning, Firm’s Desire to Create Seniors’ Housing a Perfect Fit An out-of-state investor hired Delaware Land Advisors Advisors to maximize the value of his property which had a zoning restriction limiting development to seniors-only housing. Lead broker Stephen Ferrandi and his team worked hard to find and recruit an investment-development firm. Stephen brought…

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Delaware Land Advisors Advisors Helps Make Thriving Communities

Knowing How to Get Approvals Saves Time and Money Delaware Land Advisors Advisors helped a family in conflict settle their differences surrounding the family farm, and saw the land through entitlement. Once the land was fully entitled, MLA represented Hamilton Communities in the sale of a 58-unit townhome community–Strawbridge Commons to Lennar Homes. In addition…

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Five Years to Turn Family Farm Into Arundel Forest

High-Quality Development Team Was Key In 2008, we represented the Miklasz family in the development of the family farm. Under a for-fee development agreement, we assembled and managed a development team that included a civil engineering firm, land-use attorney, traffic consultant, archeologist, geotechnical consultant, and biologists to help create a development plan for the farm.…

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