Mr. Lighthizer started Chesapeake Real Estate Group, LLC (“CREG”) after spending 16 years at CB Richard Ellis, where he achieved the titles of Senior Vice President and Partner, and was a consistent “Top 5″ producer. His past institutional landlord clients include RREEF, Ohio Teachers, First Industrial, Opus, Invesco, Cabot, and CalEast/LaSalle Advisors. He also served as a tenant representative leader with the National CB Global Logistics Practice Group. Since starting CREG, Mr. Lighthizer has negotiated some of the region’s largest industrial transactions, including representing General Motors in the sale of their Baltimore Van Assembly Plant, which consisted of 182 acres and two million square feet of industrial space to Duke Realty for $33 million. Mr. Lighthizer previously represented GM with their acquisition of 80 acres in White Marsh, Maryland for their 800,000 square-foot Allison Transmission Plant. Lighthizer also negotiated the purchase of a 240-acre, 1.5 million square foot planned business park known as Baltimore Crossroads @95, which is currently in its final stages of development. Under Lighthizer’s direction, the company has purchased numerous properties as part of the company’s initiative to both own and broker commercial real estate. CREG has acquired, developed and/or has or held ownership in over 20 industrial, office, and retail projects that total over $300 million in value. The company’s partners include or have included Prudential Real Estate Investors, USAA, The Carlyle Group, Atapco Properties, Osprey Property, Somerset Construction, and Hostetter Construction.

D. Reid Townsend has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate development and investment. He co-founded MRP Industrial in 2013 and has primary responsibility for the sourcing, design, construction, leasing and overall financial performance of the company’s portfolio. In his career, Reid has managed the development of over 12 Million square feet of commercial real estate with a stabilized value of nearly $1.5 Billion. Prior to MRP Industrial, Reid founded the Maryland/Pennsylvania office as a Partner at Panattoni Development Company. During his five years at Panattoni, he grew the local operation into the most profitable business unit within the company, establishing a pipeline of over 4.5 Million square feet with a stabilized value in excess of $350 Million. Prior to joining Panattoni, Reid worked with the founding partners of MRP Realty at Trammell Crow Company in Washington DC. During his eight years there, Reid served the firm’s institutional capital partners on a wide variety of office, industrial and health care projects. He began his career as a Project Manager with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Baltimore. Reid received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Michael Elardo is a Managing Senior Director and heads the Industrial Services Group at Cushman & Wakefield’s Baltimore office. His team handles over 11 million square feet of industrial agency assignments throughout the Baltimore market. His practice includes the representation of most of the major institution- al owners and developers of industrial real estate in the market. Over the course of his career he has been involved in the lease and sale of over 50 million square feet of product, including over 3 million square feet of build to suit transactions for Coca Cola, Lindenmyer Mun- roe, Federal Express, Alcon Laboratories, Staples, Graham Packaging and McKesson Medical Surgical. His tenant representation practice has included major transactions on behalf of Giant/Ahold, Alcon Labora- tories, B&E Storage, HH Gregg, and Alban Tractor Company.

Mr. Madden is Principal-In-Charge of MRA’s Baltimore Washington corridor office, located in Laurel, Maryland. His management responsibilities extend over all Engineering, Land Planning and Survey activities within the office. In addition, he provides expert witness testimony and land planning consulting services to MRA’s clients. In this capacity as a registered Landscape Architect and Land Planner, Mr. Madden is responsible for the preparation of Site Plans, Subdivision Plans, Land Use Plans, Reports, Zoning Studies, Environmental Effects Reports, Forest Stand Delineations, Forest Conservation Program, Site Feasibility Studies, Concept Plans, Development Plans, Sketch Plans, Environmental Concept Plans, and Special Exception Plans. His experience includes management of master planning and site design projects for institutional, industrial, residential, municipal, commercial, surface mining and mixed-use sites. Mr. Madden’s project experience includes adaptive reuse of existing structures and urban streetscape design. Mr. Madden serves on the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) Open Committee on Reclamation and Restoration.

Owen joined MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC in 2019 as Vice President of Investment Sales, leading the firm’s investment sales team which specializes in the third-party acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate assets in the State of Maryland and surrounding region, and advises clients on investments strategies, value maximization, and stabilization. Prior to joining MacKenzie, Rouse was affiliated with Manekin, LLC of Columbia, MD. He was recruited in 1995 to unwind Manekin’s position in institutional joint ventures which ultimately gave rise to a boutique investment sales platform. As Director of Manekin’s Investment Services practice, Rouse represented clients in the purchase and sale of investment real estate, site selection and assemblage, underwriting, and structuring transactions. Rouse then assumed the position of Director of Brokerage overseeing 22 brokers across three offices. He finally shifted his role with Manekin to Capital Markets, identifying and structuring potential projects – and the venture partners to fund them – as well as playing an active role in the strategy and direction of the firm. Rouse is active with area nonprofits including the Advisory Council for Stevenson University where he is currently serving as President; and, Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake. He has also served as President of CORFAC International, a national/global network of commercial real estate services organizations and former President of the local chapter of National Association of Office and Industrial Properties.

As Senior Vice President, Josh is responsible for revenue strategies & business development, customer service, marketing, supply chain strategies and product development.