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Third Annual Crossroads 5K Benefits Local Youth Programs

Avenue News  |  Lisa Harlow Approximately 1,500 runners, walkers and spectators gathered at Crossroads @95 on Rte. 43 Saturday, October 23 for the 3rd Annual Baltimore Crossroads @95 5K CrossCountry Challenge. It was a beautiful fall morning, with perfect weather for the 5K run and one-mile family fun walk. The 5K race course was set up on a unique combination of road, open terrain and hiking trails around the park, and the one-mile fun walk/run stayed on paved areas within the park. Over $1,700 in cash prizes were offered to the top three male and female adult finishers...

100.7 The Bay Interview

100.74 The Bay Moving Maryland program Jerry Wit, St. John Properties Senior Vice President of Marketing spoke with 100.7 The Bay about the 3rd Annual Crossroads @95 5k CrossCountry Challenge, October 23rd in Middle River. Please listen...
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St. John Properties and Baltimore Crossroads @95 to Donate $25,000 to Baltimore County Police Athletic League

BALTIMORE (March 3, 2010) – St. John Properties, Inc., together with Baltimore Crossroads @95, will present a check on Friday, March 5 for $25,000 to the Baltimore County Police Athletic League (PAL), at 3:30 pm at the Mars Estates PAL Center, located at 1498 East Homberg Ave., Baltimore, MD 21221. A number of business executives and local officials are expected to participate, including Dr. Nancy Grasmick, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools; Chief, Jim Johnson, Baltimore County Police Department; and PJ Widerman, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Baltimore County Police...
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Edward St. John, Founder of St. John Properties, Inc., Named 2009 Corridor “Person of the Year”

BALTIMORE (January 27, 2010) – Edward A. St. John, Founder, President and CEO of St. John Properties, Inc., a full-service commercial real estate development firm formed in 1971, has been named the 2009 Corridor “Person of the Year” by Corridor, Inc. magazine. Past winners of the publication’s award include Richard Story, Executive Director of the Howard County Economic Development Authority; Col. Kenneth McCreedy, United States Army; and Larry Letow, COO of Convergence Technology Consulting. The “Person of the Year” competition involves a two-part procedure in which finalists...
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A Generous Benefactor | BBJ’s Power 20

Baltimore Business Journal  |  Daniel J Sernovitz ED ST. JOHN President, St. John Properties Age: 70 Power is ... “I would define it as a person who is successful in his financial endeavors and is recognized by others as being successful and uses that suc- cess to help others.” Ed St. John and his wife didn’t give out any gifts this year — to neither friends nor family. Sure, the economy has been tough on commercial real estate, and the president of St. John Properties isn’t immune from it. But that’s not the reason. The St. Johns’ decision...
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Severn School opens new athletic center this week, part of a $20 million, three-building expansion

Baltimore Sun  |  Susan Gvozdas `Prepared for the 21st century' When Kristyn Kuhn started working at Severn School in the early 1990s, students were still using the original 1922 dining hall and a gym and academic buildings from the 1960s. Plays were performed in a basement where low ceilings made staging the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet a claustrophobic experience. "Juliet's head was bumping into a sprinkler head on the ceiling," said Kuhn, now the school's director of communications and the parent of two sons in the upper school. "There were great programs, but the facilities...
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Severn School plans to build a new gym

The Baltimore Sun  |  Julie Scharper The Severn School plans to start construction soon on a new gym and fitness center with help from a $5 million gift - the largest in the school's history - from a Baltimore-based developer. A charitable foundation set up by Edward A. St. John, founder and CEO of St. John Properties Inc., announced the gift to the private middle and high school yesterday. Construction on the $10 million Edward St. John Athletic Center, which will feature a multipurpose field house with two basketball courts, could begin as early as this summer, said Kristyn Kuhn,...