Company Experience

Land Brokerage Mr. Ferrandi’s land brokerage practice focuses on representing land owners, land developers, lenders and homebuilders in the disposition of raw land, engineered land or finished lots for residential development. His practice also focuses on the brokerage of commercial land for retail, office, hotel or other development. To date, Mr. Ferrandi has brokered more than $300 million worth of land transactions.

Houses of Worship Mr. Ferrandi is the second generation to be actively involved in the brokerage, development or restoration of Churches and other Houses of Worship. For over 50 years, Stephen’s father, Anthony, operated Church Restoration Services, the largest construction firm specializing in the renovation and restoration of Houses of Worship in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Delaware. It was while working in the family business that Stephen learned how to work with the special requirements of churches. Today, Stephen represents Houses of Worship when the wish to buy or sell land or buildings throughout the mid-Atlantic arises. He is an expert in the field of religious real estate. He currently serves as the President of the National Association of Church Real Estate Brokers. He is also the author of more than two dozen articles which have appeared in national publications such as Your Church Magazine, Church Worship and Technology, and the PraiseBuildings Report as well as the author of PraiseBuildings101 – A Guide for Building Your House of Worship from the Ground Up. He is the founder and publisher of more than 100 websites dedicated to churches and Houses of Worship including PraiseBuildings.com, ChurchConstruction.com, ChurchArchitectsDirectory.com and ChurchSuppliers.com.

Selected Career Highlights

• Currently Representing the Hendrix Farm – 88 acres in Anne Arundel County - Proposed for a mixed use project – of retail, multifamily and residential
• Currently Representing the Miklasz Farm – 123 acres in Anne Arundel County - Proposed for 252 residential units
• Currently Representing Corridor Center – 25 acres of high density zoned ground in Prince George’s County, MD
• Represented the Curtis Farm – 56 acres in Howard County $22,500,000 - 396 residential units, 140,000 s.f. office complex and 30,000 s.f. retail center
• Represented Vox Development in the sale of Homeland - 600 single-family home sites in Charles and Prince George’s County – $55,000,000
• Represented Harvard Land Company in the sale of Rolling Oaks – 112 single family lots
• Represented the Knopp Farm – Anne Arundel County - 44 acres, 60 single family lots
• Represented the Clearfield Farm – Carroll County – 95 acres

Licensed In: Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia

Stephen Ferrandi has been active in the real estate and development industry for 20 years. His real estate practice concentrates solely on two markets, land brokerage and religious real estate.

Education

Johns Hopkins University
M.S. Real Estate

Towson State University
B.S. Journalism

Professional Affiliations

Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors
Realtors Land Institute
National Association of Church Real Estate Brokers

Mr. Ferrandi has represented several dozen congregations with their real estate requirement since joining KLNB in 1998.