Ed St. John of St. John properties talks to Jeff about the fallout from the economy and its affect on commercial real estate. St. John Properties, Inc. is one of the Mid Atlantic region’s largest and most successful privately held commercial real estate firms. Headquartered in Baltimore, MD the company owns and has developed more than 14 million square feet of office, research and development/flex, retail and warehouse space, with more than 1,700 tenants in five states: Maryland, Colorado, Louisiana, Virginia and Wisconsin.