Christopher Kurz

Biography: Chris Kurz, President & CEO Linden Associates, Inc. Baltimore, MD Christopher W. Kurz is President and CEO of Linden Associates, Inc., a Maryland real estate development company. Chris is a long-time entrepreneur having started two development companies that built over one million square feet of office and retail projects, a mortgage banking company, and a bank. Previously, he was a Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of McGill Development Company, which grew into the fourth-largest commercial real estate development company in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Kurz served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-Founder of Columbia Bancorp and The Columbia Bank which was a billion-dollar, publicly traded bank holding company when merged with Fulton Bank.. As a Principal at Alex Brown Real Estate Group, Inc. he acquired investments for pension fund clients. Other companies with which Kurz has been involved include H.G. Smithy Company, Maryland National Corporation, and The Rouse Company. Kurz holds a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Trustee and Governor of the Urban Land Institute and serves on the Governance Committee of the ULI Baltimore District Council. (January 2024)