Experience

Linowes and Blocher LLP represented The Yacht Basin Company in the restructuring of a 75-year ground lease for the premiere Marriott Waterfront Hotel in the Annapolis, Maryland historic district.

The CPV St. Charles Energy Center is a 725-MW natural gas-powered electric generating facility being constructed in Waldorf, Maryland. 

Linowes and Blocher LLP provided legal representation to StonebridgeCarras, LLC and PN Hoffman (and related entities) in a public/private partnership with Montgomery County to redevelop properties that were previously surface public parking lots in the heart of downtown Bethesda (at the intersection of Woodmont Avenue and Bethesda Avenue).

$25 million recapitalization of a medical office building portfolio and creation of a program for forming joint ventures with the primary purpose of purchasing, redeveloping and developing medical office properties throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

$37.5 million sale of business assets including a 44,000 square foot poultry rendering and processing facility located on an 88-acre parcel in Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Greenbelt Station-South Core is an 87-acre transit-oriented residential infill project approved for over 1,000 units of townhouse, condominium and apartment development located adjacent to the Greenbelt MARC Station and the Greenbelt Metro Station.

Oak Creek is a 900-acre gated golf course community located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland and approved for over 1,100 single family homes and townhomes.

Located near the Duke University campus in Durham, North Carolina, West Village is a mixed-use project consisting of extensive Class-A loft-style apartment homes, retail and commercial space.

Prestigious mixed-use development with office, restaurants and high-end luxury retail.

As a public/private transaction, the firm worked with the clients to overcome numerous hurdles in negotiating a complex legal and business structure to allow Montgomery County to maintain a level of control over the development of the project through the design, development and construction phase of the project as well as a stabilization period while giving the developers the flexibility to create a project that was marketable, financeable and successful.

Located in Frederick, Maryland’s growing Riverside Research Park, the National Cancer Institute’s Advanced Technology Research Facility will be a state-of-the-art 330,000 square foot office and laboratory facility dedicated to cutting-edge biomedical research and development of cancer-related treatments and technologies.

Rockville Town Square is a mixed-use public/private project in the heart of downtown Rockville consisting of 180,000 sf of retail, office, and restaurant space, 644 condominiums, 1,900 new parking spaces, a library and an art center to a Metro-accessible area.

Located in the trendy Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C., the Allegro Apartments is the newest and largest multifamily residence in D.C.’s Ward 1. The 297-unit luxury award winning apartment building includes multi-floor loft spaces and innovative common areas.

Stellar GT, TIC, LLC, et al. v. Supervisor of Assessments. This case involved a tax appeal filed by Stellar GT, TIC, LLC, et al., owner of Georgian Towers Apartments, located in Silver Spring, regarding an out-of-cycle real property tax increased assessment of approximately $36,000,000 for "new lobby construction" shortly after the normal 3-year re-assessment in Maryland had taken place.

Creation of a mixed-use urban core for Downtown Columbia, Maryland containing an additional 14 million square feet of uses comprised of 5,500 dwelling units, 4.3 million square feet of office, 1.25 million square feet of retail and 640 hotel rooms.