St. John Properties, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years of Leadership in Real Estate Development With Continued Focus on Sustainability and Expansion Into New Markets
BALTIMORE–(BUSINESS WIRE) – NS. John Properties, Inc., a commercial real estate development, management and investment company founded in 1971 by Edward St. John and headquartered in Baltimore, MD, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a renewed focus on sustainability and growth. Their 21 million square foot real estate portfolio is valued at over $ 4 billion, spans eight states, and serves more than 2,500 clients. St. John Properties is one of the top five LEED space developers in the country and intends to continue to lead the way in sustainability innovations, with a mission to deliver buildings that produce more energy than they use and processes to improve indoor air quality refine quality while increasing the well-being and productivity of employees.
“Preserving energy and natural resources, as well as the continued need to develop and renovate green buildings, have become a priority in attracting new tenants,” said Edward St. John, Founder and Chairman of St. John Properties. “We have become the gold standard in formulating and implementing a feasible and sustainable plan for green architecture and will continue to evolve in the future.”
St. John Properties was one of the first organizations to introduce a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program in 2009. The company has now built 87 buildings covering more than 5 million square feet of LEED certified space and aims to have 100 LEED certified commercial buildings totaling six million square feet by 2023.
Another sustainability goal is to roll out a scalable and economical solar approach to all building types and to deliver buildings that naturally produce more energy than they consume in order to create a net positive. Read the detailed LEED strategy here.
St. John Properties will pursue its long-term plan to establish independent offices in emerging and economically diverse markets across the country. The company’s innovative four-year partner-in-training program provides candidates with in-depth training and education in all disciplines of the commercial real estate process, including development, construction and sustainability, marketing, leasing, tenant fitout and property management.
The company expanded to Colorado and Wisconsin in 1987, opened a regional office in Frederick, Maryland to serve Central Maryland and Northern Virginia in 1996, and entered the Louisiana market in 2000. In 2012, the company acquired the 1 million square foot Harrisburg Mall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and started its gaming division with Boomtown Casino’s Reno, Nevada. In 2014, St. John Properties opened its newest regional office in Utah. Read the full growth plan here.
In 2018, NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, named St. John Properties Developer of the Year – the association’s highest national award.
View the full press release here: http://sjpi.com/50years