Sperry Van Ness Opens Baltimore Office

BALTIMORE-Joining a growing number of brokerage houses that want to serve Baltimore from a local office, Sperry Van Ness, an Irvine, CA-based brokerage firm, will be opening its own office here in May. Leading the team is newly hired managing director Anthony Casalena, who is in the process of looking for additional real estate specialists to bring on board as well.

Sperry Van Ness has an office in Bethesda and nearby Columbia, Casalena tells GlobeSt.com. It also recently joint ventured with a local firm on the Eastern Shore to better target that part of the state and the nearby perimeter of the Delmarva peninsula. This will be the company’s first Downtown Baltimore office, however, he says. “Right now it is a very exciting market to be in; there is a lot of redevelopment going on in the city.”

Casalena, who was vice president for Coldwell Banker Commercial, specializes in the sale of office and industrial properties. He is looking to add brokers that focus on multifamily and retail, among other asset classes.