Zed Smith

Zed Smith is the Chief Operating Officer for The Cordish Companies. In this capacity, Mr. Smith oversees all aspects of the Company’s operating properties portfolio which include a number of high-profile entertainment, mixed-use and sports-anchored developments located in urban communities across the country, many of which have been transformative with regard to their economic and cultural impact.

Prior to joining The Cordish Companies in 2002, Mr. Smith was the founder and President of Urban Asset Management, a Baltimore-based real estate development firm that specialized in retail development in urban communities which included project work in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Zed began his real estate career with The Rouse Company in Columbia, Maryland.

Mr. Smith holds a B.S. in Accounting from Morgan State University, and currently serves on the Boards of the Urban Alliance of Baltimore, a youth development organization that empowers under-resourced youth to aspire, work, and succeed through paid internships, formal training, and mentoring; The Inner Harbor Project, a peer-to-peer youth leadership program; The Maryland Food Bank; and The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.