Building Vibrant Cities: MaryAnne Gilmartin’s Insights for Developers, Investors and Policy Makers

Welcome back to the Thesis Driven Leader Series! In this episode, Thesis Driven editor and host Brad Hargreaves is speaking with one of the preeminent developers of our generation, MaryAnne Gilmartin. She’s known for building Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, Atlantic Yards, and the New York Times building, to name a few. And she’s now expanding beyond New York City to develop the Baltimore Peninsula - a 177 acre project which includes 14 million square feet of new development and 40 acres of publicly accessible open space.

In this interview, you’ll hear about the exciting details of her emerging new development on the Baltimore Peninsula as well as why this project is an excellent model for urban spaces - from the details of the master plan to the urban geography to the role of placemaking to the motivations of each stakeholder. 

Mary ...