Ed St. John, Chairman and Founder of St. John Properties (second from left) holds the National NAIOP Developer of the Year award. Also pictured (left to right) are Thomas Bisacquino, President and CEO, NAIOP; Larry Maykrantz, President, St. John Properties and Jim Neyer, NAIOP Chairman.

Nearly every St. John Properties employee, including those from Utah, Wisconsin and Louisiana attended the awards breakfast ceremony in Washington, D.C.

St. John Properties was selected from a slate of nominees and was evaluated by a team of developers on the following criteria: outstanding quality of projects and services; active support of the industry through NAIOP; financial consistency and stability; ability to adapt to market conditions; and support of the local community.

Since 1979, the Developer of the Year award has been presented to a development company that best exemplifies leadership and innovation. Past recipients include Trammell Crow Company, Prologis, Majestic Realty Co., The JBG Companies and CenterPoint Properties, among others. St. John Properties is the first NAIOP Maryland member company to win the award.   

St. John Properties, which was founded by Edward St. John in 1971 and originally known as MIE Properties, has grown to become among the largest privately-held commercial real estate firms in the Mid-Atlantic region. Since initiating its corporate sustainability program in 2009, the company has earned U.S. Green Building Council LEED certification for 43 buildings, representing more than 2.3 million square feet of space across the portfolio, with nearly every new building now developed by St. John Properties designed to earn LEED certification. A founding principle of St. John properties is to invest long-term in the communities they serve.