Former Maryland Pharmacist Shifts Focus to Pickleball, Plans to Open 10-Court Facility

Maryland-based entrepreneur Timothy Schnupp has turned his attention to the growing pickleball industry after practicing pharmacy in several retail and institutional settings. Together with investors Jimmy Hall and Sonny Tannan, the group plans to operate a 10-court facility within the I-97 Business Park in Anne Arundel County. The Dink of Severna Park, a 22,917-square-foot facility, will open this summer with seven indoor courts. Plans are underway to add three outdoor courts in summer 2024.

Schnupp became passionate about pickleball after a neighbor invited him to participate in his community’s local pickleball league in Shipley’s Choice. What started with six people quickly ballooned to 120 local residents, with a long waitlist to join. Schnupp believes the sky's the limit for the pickleball industry, and he wants to be a part of it.

The property at 254 Najoles Road is a single-story building that contains 30,240 square feet of flex/R&D space. It has 18-foot ceiling heights and dock and drive-in loading doors, and has earned LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The I-97 Business Park is located on Benfield Boulevard and Najoles Road and is off Exit 10 of Interstate 97 near the Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Michael Tait of St. John Properties represented the landlord, and Chase Bourdelaise and Ian Deihle of Transwestern represented the tenant in this lease transaction.

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