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Brown gets new post at Howard hospital Judy E. Brown has been appointed senior vice president for patient safety, performance improvement and risk management for Howard County General Hospital. She will oversee infection control, patient safety initiatives, and compliance with national health care and safety standards. Brown has served at the hospital for more than 20 years, the last 10 as senior vice president of patient care services. Deborah Trautman has been appointed interim vice president of patient care services while a national search is being conducted to fill Brown's previous position.

Education symposium to hear Ulman Howard County Executive Ken Ulman will speak at an educational symposium, organized by the Young Professionals Network of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, to be held from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday on the Columbia campus of the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. Local educators, business people and professionals will discuss leadership, image management, community participation and careers and business in Maryland. The event is to kick off the academic year at the business school's Professional Career Services.

For Bernie and Harold Manekin, the sale of a half-interest in the real estate company they founded more than five decades ago is a mixed blessing.Sure, the brothers' share of the $140 million-plus sale, including debt assumption, to San Francisco-based AMB Property Corp. won't hurt. Neither will the time away from the hustle and hassle associated with working full time.Retirement won't just be a day on the golf course, though."It's a bittersweet moment for us," 85-year-old Bernie Manekin told a group assembled for an announcement of the sale.

Manekin Corp. is expected to announce a merger this morning with a San Francisco-based real estate investment trust, ending local control of a company that was a key ingredient in Baltimore's renaissance four decades ago.Manekin's plan to link with AMB Property Corp. -- a complex deal valued at $150 million -- is the most significant alliance in a series of transactions between private local real estate firms and Wall Street-financed property owners."We like to partner with local experts and that's how we view Manekin," Christine G. Schadlich, an AMB vice president of investor relations, said yesterday.

Columbia-based Manekin to build supermarketManekin LLC has been awarded a contract to construct a Metro Food Market in Ellicott City. The new 57,642-square-foot grocery store is planned for U.S. 40 between Ridge Road and Rogers Avenue in Ellicott City.Manekin Construction will build the store and make site improvements for the property's developer, Harrison & Grass. Manekin broke ground on the project in July and expects to complete construction by February.The Columbia-based company has announced an expansion of its construction division to meet increased demand.

One of the last original sections of the old Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie is scheduled for demolition any day now, with the opening of the Harundale Plaza in its place slated for the fall.Once the razing is complete, the Value City store will be the last standing reminder of a 40-year-old retail landmark -- the first enclosed shopping mall on the East Coast."We tore down close to 300,000 square feet of buildings," said Dicky C. Darrell, director of retail for Columbia-based Manekin Corp, which is spending about $20 million to convert Harundale Mall into a retail strip center.

The Johns Hopkins University has scrapped plans to open a Bibelot bookstore in renovated, university-owned apartments across from its Homewood campus because of strong objections from the operator of the on-campus bookstore.The university's decision has led Manekin Corp.to pull out of a deal to handle leasing of newly created retail space at Homewood Apartments in the 3000 block of N. Charles St.The Manekin company had intended to take over and manage the 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space in the first half of this year.

The Johns Hopkins University and a local development firm have teamed up to produce what is being described as one of the first comprehensive forecasts for both the Baltimore and Washington commercial real estate markets.Trend Watch, an outlook sponsored by developer Manekin Corp. and produced by Johns Hopkins' Allan L. Berman Real Estate Institute, is based on interviews with 120 real estate industry, business and government leaders.Hopkins and Manekin hope that the survey will not only radiate widely held opinions on the dynamics of the local markets, but also assist developers and businesses in making real estate decisions.

Developers of Harundale Plaza in Glen Burnie expect to begin signing leases with retail stores, including a video store, a dry cleaner and hair salon, in the next two weeks, a spokesman said yesterday.Richard C. Darrell, who is handling Harundale leasing for Manekin Corp., said he expects to sign a retail chain store specializing in ready-to-wear clothing for families within the next 10 days. He would not name the chain, but said it does not have a store in the Baltimore area.The anchor stores -- Superfresh and Value City -- already have signed leases, and Darrell said the leases for 12 to 15 small retail stores at the revamped mall should all be signed by the end of winter.

Super Fresh, the national supermarket chain with regional headquarters in Woodlawn, has signed a lease for a 55,000-square-foot store at Harundale Plaza, the new shopping center being built on the site of the old Harundale Mall in Glen Burnie.In addition, Value City, the only retailer from the old mall remaining at the site, has signed a long-term lease with a stipulation that it expand from 53,000 square feet to 81,000 square feet by November, Manekin Corp., the developer, announced yesterday.

City and state officials on Monday praised a development team who renovated a former tin factory into affordable housing aimed at teachers and inexpensive office space for nonprofits. "It is an extraordinary building that will house extraordinary individuals," said Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, a former teacher, during a dedication ceremony for Miller's Court. The 77,000-square-foot brick building was constructed in 1874 but had become a hangout for drug dealers and squatters. The project qualified for funds dedicated to developing former industrial sites, known as brownfields.

Bernard Manekin, whose commercial real estate firm that he owned and operated with his brother for more than 50 years succeeded in transforming Baltimore's skyline and self-image, died Saturday in his sleep at his home in the St. James condominiums on North Charles Street. The longtime Northwest Baltimore resident was 95. "He was one of the original visionaries who made our Charles Center and ultimately the Inner Harbor a success. If he hadn't been able to lease One Charles Center in a poor economic climate, the whole project might have died right there," said Martin L. Millspaugh Jr., who was the first chief executive of Charles Center-Inner Harbor Management Inc., which oversaw the development in the 1960s of the harbor and what became Charles Center.

Constellation unit to be reviewed over complaint HARTFORD, Conn. - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has agreed to hear Connecticut's complaint that two energy companies received more than $50 million for electricity that was never delivered, the state said Tuesday. State officials, including Gov. M. Jodi Rell and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, said that Canada based-Brookfield Energy Marketing Inc. and Constellation Energy Commodities Group of Baltimore collected payments for electricity that it never delivered.

2 The first tenants are moving into Miller's Court, a $20 million conversion of a North Baltimore factory building designed to house young teachers and non-profit organizations. "There are so many things about this project that give us a smile each day," said Donald Manekin, who worked alongside his son, Thibault, and his Seawall Development Corp. to develop the project. Manekin said that much of the building will house agencies such as Teach for America, Catholic Charities' foster care and adoption division, the Baltimore Urban Debate League, Wide Angle Youth Media, Building Educated Leaders for Life and the Experience Corps.

Advertising * H&D Branding announced the appointments of Kristin Huber as an account coordinator, Janet Murray as a production artist, Vetry Ramachandran as vice president and creative director and Bryan Pope as print production manager at the Sparks-based marketing agency. Finance * Butler Capital Corp. appointed Joseph Wills as a senior accountant for the Hunt Valley firm. He is responsible for daily and month-end reporting and tax preparation. Real estate * Manekin LLC announced that Andrew Genova joined the Columbia-based commercial real estate and residential land development firm as a sales and leasing associate.

Two join j-ref board Michael A. Mobley, executive director of j-ref, has announced that two new members have joined the board of directors of the small-business financier. Jane R. Padgett, senior vice president and manager of the treasury management sales division of Provident Bank, brings 20 years of banking experience to the j-ref board. She is a resident of Ellicott City. Fred Shaw, president of JPB Accounting Services, part of JPB Enterprises in Columbia, brings 30 years of financial experience to the board.

Construction * Manekin Construction LLC announced that Stephen A. Newhouse joined the Columbia-based builder as vice president of business development. He formerly was with Atlantic Builders Group. Education * College of Notre Dame of Maryland appointed Anne E. Henderson associate vice president for academic issues. She is responsible for program development and academic standards. She formerly was with Trinity University in Washington. Finance * Adams Express Co. and Petroleum & Resources Corp.

Banking and finance * SunTrust Bank Mid-Atlantic named A. David Horsman as group manager for commercial real estate in Virginia, Washington and Maryland. * The Columbia Bank appointed David L. Wheeler as senior vice president of branch banking for the Howard County-based institution. He is responsible for the daily operations of 15 branch offices in four counties. * Merrill Lynch & Co. appointed Ryan C.A. Kirby as associate resident director of its Salisbury office. Insurance * AAA Mid-Atlantic selected Donald R. Gagnon as chief executive officer of AAA Mid-Atlantic and the AAA Mid-Atlantic Insurance Co. Professional services * Frederick Ward Associates said Chuck Cooper has joined the architectural division of the Bel Air firm as a senior project manager.

Awards Foundation Coal Holdings Inc., based in Linthicum Heights, received safety awards from the West Virginia State Council for the No. 1 and No. 2 mines of Kingston Mining Inc. and the Camp Creek Mine of Rockspring Development Inc. Ed Rutkowski, president of the Patterson Park Community Development Corp., and Betty Bland-Thomas, president of the Sharp-Leadenhall Planning Committee, received the 2007 Larry Reich Award from the Neighborhood Design Center and the Baltimore City Planning Department.

Sykesville and Carroll County officials are planning to hire a project manager to oversee the business redevelopment of the $11 million Warfield Complex, hoping to increase the industrial tax base in the region while preserving historic buildings on the former grounds of Springfield Hospital Center. The combined public-private Warfield Development Corp. will hire a developer or develop in chunks a business park at the 96-acre complex, which includes 12 historic buildings and five additional parcels that will be built, said Brad Rees, president of the nine-member Warfield Development Corp.