Marc Weller is the President and Founding Partner of Weller Development Partners. With over 25 years of experience in residential, hospitality, and mixed-use development, Mr. Weller has built a real estate legacy through a powerful portfolio of transformative developments. World-renowned projects include the Sagamore Pendry hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, ranked the #1 hotel in the United States in 2018 by Condé Nast Readers Choice, and the redevelopment of the Baltimore Peninsula, formerly known as Port Covington, one of the largest urban revitalization projects in the United States. His team recently announced completion of the first phase of the Baltimore Peninsula project, encompassing 1.1 million square feet of new office, retail, and mixed-income residential development.
At the heart of his development projects is a triple-bottom-line approach, designing strategies that are financially viable and provide returns to investors while also providing benefits to the surrounding communities and the environment.
Weller’s portfolio continues to expand with world-class brands nationally and internationally. Current projects include recently announced luxury resorts and branded residential in Napa, California and Grand Bahama in partnership with world-renowned hospitality brand Six Senses Hotels Resorts & Spas, among other projects to be announced in the near future.
In 2012, prior to founding Weller Development, Marc Weller and Under Armour Founder, CEO and Chairman Kevin Plank, founded Sagamore Development Company, a full-service real estate company with expertise in acquisitions, development, leasing, construction management, and property management.
Previously, Mr. Weller owned and operated Denning, LLC, a mixed-use development enterprise constructing market-rate and affordable residential units in urban, mixed-use development projects. As founding partner and president, Mr. Weller developed housing units in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with partners including JBG Companies, Lowe Enterprises, Perry Real Estate Capital, National Foundation Affordable Housing Solutions (NFAHS), Urban Matters, and the District of Columbia.
Prior to founding Denning, LLC, Mr. Weller founded and operated Ellis Denning Construction and Development, a full-service development and construction company specializing in multifamily and mixed-used projects. There, he developed and constructed thousands of residential units in Washington, D.C. and surrounding suburbs, as well as a variety of mixed-use projects.