Cost segregation for Baltimore property investors

Industrial, multifamily, and adaptive-reuse studies are most common. Older properties have strong reclassification potential. Whether you own a single property or a portfolio in Baltimore, an engineering-based cost segregation study reclassifies components of your building from 27.5- or 39-year real property into 5-, 7-, and 15-year MACRS class lives.

Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), 100% bonus depreciation has been restored for qualifying property acquired and placed in service after January 19, 2025 — meaning every dollar of accelerated property identified in your Baltimore study can be deducted in year one. For a typical property in this market, that often translates to 20–35% of cost basis reclassified into shorter recovery periods.

Maryland market context

Maryland combines federal-government demand around the DC suburbs with port logistics in Baltimore. Multifamily, medical office, and industrial dominate the cost segregation pipeline.

Every TDA Baltimore study is built off engineering takeoffs, RSMeans cost data, and the IRS Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide methodology.