Real Estate Acquisitions in Maryland

Safe Harbor Marinas closed its acquisition of Port Annapolis (a 16-acre, 250-slip marina and boatyard) on November 11, 2025, adding the facility to its global portfolio. As a result, subsidiary Bluewater Yacht Sales will relocate operations to the Port Annapolis site to expand storage, service capabilities, and yacht sales presence in the Annapolis/Chesapeake Bay market.

Bain Capital Real Estate, working with marina operator BlueWater Marinas, has acquired Kent Narrows Boatel (KNB), a Class-A heated drystack marina on Kent Island, Maryland. The property — which offers 375 slips and over 12,000 square feet of commercial space — will become the fourth marina in the Bain/BlueWater portfolio and will be operated to enhance customer experience and regional market presence.

Barings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Artemis Real Estate Partners, a U.S. real estate investment manager. The deal will integrate Artemis' team and capabilities into Barings' U.S. real estate equity platform to expand Barings' investment capabilities and accelerate growth; terms were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in Q1 2025.

Zonda, a residential real estate technology and data provider, has acquired UTour, an on-demand self-guided home tour platform that serves the new home construction market. The acquisition will integrate UTour's unattended access, AI-powered voice/chat capabilities and smart-home security with Zonda's Livabl listings and data offerings to expand Zonda's product and data capabilities and improve the homebuyer journey.

Access Holdings, a Baltimore-based mid-market investment firm, announced a partnership/investment in Annapolis-based Oasis Marinas to support the company's growth and scale operations. Oasis Marinas operates marina management services across more than 40 locations and Access will provide capital, operational support, and technology to enhance the customer and marina-owner experience.

Public Storage (NYSE: PSA) acquired ezStorage’s 48-property self-storage portfolio for $1.8 billion, adding approximately 4.2 million net rentable square feet across Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland. The transaction expands Public Storage’s Mid‑Atlantic coverage and was funded with unsecured debt; the company indicated the deal would be immediately accretive to FFO with an anticipated closing in May 2021.

Compass has signed a definitive agreement to acquire KVS Title, a title insurance and settlement services provider serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The acquisition expands Compass' title and settlement services capabilities and extends its settlement coverage into the D.C. metro region (Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.).

Lincoln Rackhouse, the data center division of Lincoln Property Company, in partnership with Principal Real Estate Investors, has acquired colocation and managed services provider Bytegrid, gaining control of three data centers in the Washington, DC (Silver Spring), Chicago (Aurora) and Seattle (Lynnwood/Aurora area) markets. The acquisition includes approximately 320,000 square feet of facilities and 16MW of IT load and adds Bytegrid's colocation, managed services, network and hosting business to Rackhouse's nationwide portfolio.