COVER STORIES Construction Hot Spots 

Posted: 1:00 am Mon, November 4, 2002
By admin

<TAB>There are two sides to the Maryland construction industry coin. <@SM><@SM><TAB>On one side the home buying fever that has been credited with keeping the national and local economy afloat during much of the past two years has translated into a spike in demand for new homes. <@SM><@SM><table width="50%" align="right" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"><tr><td align="center"><img src="/newspics/Sharoncaplan.jpg" alt="Sharon Caplan"><div align="center"><font face="times" size="2"><i>Sharon Caplan, senior associate for Manekin LLC, says the commercial market is bound to stabilize, but in the meantime,