The Cordish Companies (previously The Cordish Company) is a U.S.-based real estate development and entertainment operating company with its headquarters on the 6th floor of the

Pratt Street Power Plant The Pratt Street Power Plant — also known as the Pier Four Power Plant, The Power Plant, "Pratt Street Toenail", and Pratt Street Station — is a historic former power plant located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It has undergone signif ...

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was ...

. It was founded in 1910 by Louis Cordish. In 1933, his son

Paul L. Cordish Paul L. Cordish (1909–2003) was an attorney and a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, he was also a businessman who worked for the Cordish Company and the founder of the Cordish Law Firm. Early life and education Cordish was born in B ...

joined the business. Then in 1968, Paul’s son

David S. Cordish David S. Cordish (born January 30, 1940)
December 31, 2010

joined the firm and currently serves as its chairman and CEO. As of 2014, all three of David’s sons, Jonathan, Blake, and

Reed Cordish Reed S. Cordish (born June 18, 1974) is a fourth-generation American real estate developer, former professional tennis player, and former senior aide to President Donald Trump. Cordish is a principal and partner at his family-owned Baltimore-bas ...

, served as Vice Presidents of The Cordish Companies with responsibilities over Private Equity Holdings, Real Estate Development and Entertainment Management divisions. The Cordish Companies has experience in the following disciplines of real estate: Commercial Real Estate, Coworking Spaces, Entertainment Districts, Gaming, Hotels, International Development, Private Equity, Residential, Restaurants and Sports-Anchored Districts. The Cordish Companies has been awarded seven ULI Awards for Excellence for positively impacting the cities in which they develop.

Investments

Notable properties developed, or under development, by the company are as follows: * Saint Louis Ballpark Village ( St. Louis, MO) *

Bayou Place Bayou Place is a 130,000 square foot entertainment complex that houses multiple theaters, bars, and restaurants located in Downtown Houston, Texas, United States. The complex was the former Albert Thomas convention center located in the Houston Th ...

& Bayou Place Offices ( Houston, TX) * Charleston Place (

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, SC) * Fourth Street Live! ( Louisville, KY) * Jacksonville Shipyards ( Jacksonville, FL) *

Kansas City Live! The Kansas City Power & Light District, or simply the Power & Light District, KCP&L or the P&L, is a dining, shopping, office and entertainment district in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States, developed by The Cordish Companies of Balt ...

* Live! at the Battery ( Atlanta, GA) * Live! by Loews - Arlington, TX ( Arlington, TX) * Live! by Loews - St. Louis, MO ( St. Louis, MO) * Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland (Baltimore/Washington, DC) *

Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia is a casino hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that opened in 2021. The casino is in South Philadelphia near the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. It has 208 hotel rooms, 2,100 slot machines, 150 table games, a ...

Live! Casino Pittsburgh Westmoreland Mall is a two-level, enclosed super-regional shopping and casino complex in the municipality of Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh, and owned and operated by CBL Properties. It was completed in 1977 and was ex ...

( Greensburg, PA) * One Cardinal Way (St. Louis, MO) * One Light Luxury Apartments (Kansas City, MO) * Pattison Place ( Philadelphia, PA) *

Power & Light District The Kansas City Power & Light District, or simply the Power & Light District, KCP&L or the P&L, is a dining, shopping, office and entertainment district in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri, United States, developed by The Cordish Companies of Balt ...

(Kansas City, MO) * Power Plant & Pier IV (Baltimore, MD) * Power Plant Live! (Baltimore, MD) * Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Hollywood, FL / Tampa, FL) * Spark Baltimore (Baltimore, MD) * Spark KC (Kansas City, MO) *

Texas Live! Globe Life Field is a retractable roof stadium in Arlington, Texas. It is the baseball park, home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers. It is located just south of Choctaw Stadium, the Rangers' former hom ...

(Arlington, TX) * Two Light Luxury Apartments (Kansas City, MO) * Waterside District (Norfolk, VA) *

Xfinity Live! Xfinity Live! Philadelphia (known as Philly Live! during planning and construction) is a dining and entertainment complex located at the corner of 11th and Pattison Avenue in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex on the former site of the Spectr ...

(Philadelphia, PA)

History

The company dates to 1910, when Louis Cordish began developing real estate in the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. In 1935, his son

joined the business; in 1968, Paul’s son

David S. Cordish David S. Cordish (born January 30, 1940)
December 31, 2010

joined the firm. In 1968,

David S. Cordish David S. Cordish (born January 30, 1940)
December 31, 2010

assumed leadership of the company. In 1982, the Gaming and Hotel divisions were formed. In 1994, the Entertainment Management division of the company was formed. In 1999, the company opened the first Live! district, Power Plant Live!. In 2004, the company reached developed the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa and the

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, also known as The Guitar Hotel, due to its tower constructed to resemble a Gibson Les Paul guitar, is a hotel and casino resort near Hollywood, Florida, United States, located on of the Hollywood Rese ...

. In 2005, the company formed the Sports-Anchored District division. In 2010, the company launched its International Development division. In 2020, the company launched a brand new online gambling business called Playlive!

References

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