Current Responsibilities
As Managing Director at JLL, Rob has more than 34 years of commercial real estate experience. Rob’s primary focus is on Agency Leasing, managing Brokerage Assignments along the I-95 Corridor, mainly in the Howard County, Anne Arundel & Airport Area and Baltimore County and City Markets with active deals on both a local and national level. A consistent Market Leader, Rob has extensive knowledge and over three decades of deal experience in Landlord and Leasing and Sales covering office, flex, medical office & warehouse space. He has consistently been a top producer despite any economic uncertainties in the market
Rob is regarded as one of the top brokers in the Baltimore/Washington Metro Area and he has closed over 2,025 leases and sales transactions for volume in excess of $1.1 billion.
Significant Agency Clients
- Armada Hoffler – Represents AH on their 225,000 Class A Waterfront Office Tower at Harbor Point (WeWork, Jellyfish, EY, & Morgan Stanley) in Baltimore, MD.
- Greenebaum Enterprises – Represents Greenebaum Enterprises in Pikesville and Maple Lawn, MD.
- BentallGreenOak – represents BGO 56,000 sf medical office building in Ellicott City, MD
- The RMR Group –138,000 sf Office Tower, Columbia, MD
- Grander Capital Partners – Represents Grander on their 500,000 s.f portfolio in Linthicum, Hanover MD
- Kinsley Properties- Represents the Kinsley partnership in the leasing if its 65,000 sf Medical Office portfolio in Columbia, MD
- Welltower- Represents Welltower in its Columbia Medical Campus with JLL colleague Gary Applestein
- Thomas Parker – Represents them in their 26,000 sf Medical Office building in Clarksville, MD
Significant Transactions
- Kinsley Properties – Represented Kinsley in their 40,000 sf of leases to University of Maryland Faculty Physicians in Columbia.
- Reznick Group - Tenant representation for national accounting firm. 25,000 - 60,000 sf in Baltimore, Chicago, Charlotte, Los Angeles, and Boston.
- JPB Enterprises, Inc. - Rob identified the land, developer & contractor for this relocation and build-to-suit opportunity; 85,000 sf in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland.
- Woodside Court, LLC - Rob identified the land developer, tenants, and contractor for this 20,000 s.f. equity build-to-suit venture in Columbia, Howard County, Maryland.
- Phillips Way, Inc. - Rob conducted a 2-year search for the relocation and acquisition of 44,000 sf headquarters facility in Carroll County, Maryland.
- United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland - Rob oversaw the disposition of excess land to help solidify the bank account and balance sheet of UCP. Rob then identified a new site for the school, converting a non-traditional warehouse into space for special-needs children. He then relocated their corporate headquarters and sold their original 30-year-old facility. In 2011 he coordinated the consolidation of two school facilities into a new 15 year 21,000 s.f. build to suit opportunity for UCP. Rob was appointed to the UCP Board of Directors in 2011.
Accomplishments
- JLL Gold Achiever 2018, 2021-22
- JLL Top Achiever 2016-17, 2019-20
- JLL Broker of Record for State of Maryland, 2016-2023
- Colliers USA Market Leader, 2010 – 2015
- Colliers Manager Steering Committee, 2013-14
- Colliers Top Producer – Baltimore 2011, 2013
- Co-Founding Principal, Colliers International - Baltimore 2010
- Costar Power Broker Award, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Co-Founding Principal, Corridor Commercial Real Estate (Corridor Reznick) 1989-2008
- Baltimore Business Journal’s Commercial Real Estate “Heavy Hitters Award”, 2000 - 2008, 2010 – 2011
- BBJ 40 Under 40, 2002
- Maryland Peer Broker of the Year, 2000
Community Involvement
- Leadership Howard County 2006 - 2023
- Howard County Board of Public Works 2010 - 2014
- Howard Community College Education Foundation 2006 - 2009
- HC Drug Free, Howard County 2006 - 2009
- United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland 2011 - 2014
- UC2 2015 - 2023
- Cold Weather Shelter 2013 - 2023
- 24 Hours of Booty Team Captain 2013 - 2016
Education and affiliations:
- University of Baltimore, Merrick School of Business, M.B.A.
- University of Delaware, B.A.
- Alpha Epsilon Pi
- SIOR – 2000-2023
- Real Estate License: Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia & Pennsylvania
- JLL: Broker of Record, State of Maryland 2016-2023 (Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. and Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc.)
