It does not look like a rhododendron to me. Ternstroemia comes to mind, but I can't make out the details in the picture we'll enough. What are those fuzzy things around the top? Can you take a couple new pictures from closer up?

Cotinus.

That was my first thought too but the foliage looked like no cotinus I'd ever seen. I suppose we'll wait for confirmation.

aka smoke bush ... was my guess also ... compare flowers at link.. but of course.. you dont have the purple leafed one ..

ken

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Cotinus&t=ffcm&iax=1&ia=images

add the word LEAVES to the search .. and see if they match

then remove that.. and add flowers.. see if they match ...

I think it's a smoke bush, Cotinus coggygria 'Old Fashioned'....? New photos.

Thanks everyone for helping to sort it out!

could also be cotinus obovatus, the NA native smoke tree