The Maryland Communities of Columbia, Emerson and Fairwood combined account for more than 16,000 acres of land and represent the very finest in community master planning.

COLUMBIA

Situated midway between Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C., with close proximity to Fort George G. Meade and the National Security Agency (NSA), Columbia is an internationally acclaimed model of a successful master-planned community with rich culture and history. The community was launched in 1962 by The Rouse Company and is currently home to almost 100,000 people.

Ranked #2 by Money Magazine in its 2010 "America's Best Places to Live" survey, Columbia offers a wide variety of living, business, and recreational opportunities. Its full range of housing options are located in nine distinct, self-contained villages and a Town Center, each comprised of several neighborhoods, a shopping center and community and recreational facilities. Residents enjoy 5,300 acres of open space including parks, playgrounds, lakes and natural areas. In addition, there are more than 80 miles of pathways available for residents to jog, bike or walk. Other recreational activities include fitness centers golf courses, numerous indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis clubs and an assortment of facilities developed especially for kids. Columbia is also home to the Merriweather Post Pavilion and a wide array of other cultural activities. Its schools are part of a system that consistently ranks as one of the top-performing in the country.

For business opportunities, Columbia offers a variety of options. Overall, the planned community contains more than 26 million square feet of commercial space, including Columbia Gateway, the region's premier master-planned corporate community offering quality office, flex and high-technology space in a campus setting. In addition, Columbia contains more than 4.8 million square feet of retail space in more than 500 stores.

Columbia is embarking on a new phase in its growth with the launch of a 30-year Master Plan development of downtown Columbia. Columbia Town Center has an approved master plan to create up to 13 million square feet of mixed-use development. The plan includes up to 5,500 residential units, approximately one million square feet of retail, five million square feet of commercial office space and 640 hotel rooms.

EMERSON

Just down the road and conveniently located to I-95, only minutes from Columbia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Fort Meade, Emerson offers a variety of upscale single family home and town home choices by some of the region’s premier home builders. The community is ideal for first-time homebuyers, for Base Realignment and Closure relocations or families interested in finding good schools. Emerson students attend Howard County Public Schools, one of the top-ranking school systems in the nation. For more information, visit www.emersoncommunity.com.

FAIRWOOD

Fairwood is a 1,098-acre master-planned community located in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Upon completion, Fairwood will contain more than 1,800 residential units and amenities that include 350 acres of open space and community parks, miles and miles of pathways, a community center with two swimming pools, tennis courts and a shopping center. Currently, the Howard Hughes Corporation is marketing for sale commercially zoned land in the Fairwood Community.