2009 Newsmaker of the Year

Rand Griffin, the CEO of Columbia based Corporate Office Properties Trust has been named the 2009 Newsmaker of the Year by the Baltimore Business Journal.

"At a time when many in the commercial real estate industry are licking wounds inflicted by an unforgiving recession, Rand Griffin-led COPT is still raising, spending, and making money. That’s why the Baltimore Business Journal picked him as its 2009 Newsmaker of the Year."

Congratulations Rand!