This week it is a grab bag of key trends/issues in the Montgomery County and regional office market. We touch on regional competition from our Maryland neighbors, leasing activity, work from home, bioscience, and a partridge in a pear tree. MORE COMPETITION FROM PRINCE GEORGE’S AND FREDERICK COUNTIES Let us start by acknowledging a …
By Rick Liu, Senior Economic Advisor During the pandemic, after countless frozen Zoom meetings from poor internet speeds, I’ve been thinking on and off about data centers and what, if any, opportunity they could provide for Montgomery County. But when Frederick County made waves two week ago by announcing a $100 million, enterprise level data …
Lease data shows that big tech has an increasingly large footprint in the region We recently noted Montgomery County’s challenges in the attracting and retaining employers in industries that generally pay high wages. And we already know that those investments have enabled some jurisdictions in the region to reduce property tax rates (*gasp*). One topic …
BIG TECH IS SHOWERING THE REGION WITH INVESTMENT…MIRACULOUSLY, MO CO REMAINS DRY Read More »
