Icons of DC Area Real Estate

Chuck Bean & John Coe Bio Chuck Bean, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments , is an executive and civic leader with more than 30 years of experience in nonprofits, philanthropy, and government. As executive director, he is responsible for COG’s overall administration and has guided high-level projects for the organization and region, including unified plannin...

Kyle Schoppmann & John Coe Bio Kyle Schoppmann serves as the President of CBRE ’s Mid-Atlantic Division, which includes offices in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Kyle oversees the day-to-day strategic direction, performance and growth of the Mid-Atlantic Division for all CBRE lines of business. She holds responsibility for the development and management of our professionals, directing...

Bio- Moina Banerjee, CFO, JBG Smith Moina Banerjee has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2020, prior to which she served as Executive Vice President, Head of Capital Markets since December 2018 and as an Executive Vice President since our formation in 2017. Ms. Banerjee worked at JBG from August 2010 until our formation, serving as a Principal in the Investments group and on the...

Bio Chuck Watters is a senior managing director and is the officer responsible for new business procurement and execution, development, acquisitions, asset and property management activities in the Mid-Atlantic region. He currently serves on the Finance, Operations & Tenant Relations Committee. Since joining Hines in 1989, Watters has been involved in a variety of development projects and trans...

Bio Ron Gart, Partner, Real Estate Law, Seyfarth Commercial real estate transactions have become increasingly complex and fast-paced—so much so that counsel must be simultaneously proactive and reactive to the business and legal concerns that arise. Ron and his team understand the priorities of clients in connection with these transactions, and address those priorities quickly, thoroughly, and to...

John Coe and Jim Davis Bio JIM DAVIS PRESIDENT + CEO As President and CEO since 1988, Jim is truly the heart of the company and views each and every person at DAVIS as family. For over 40 years, his foresight, intelligence, and genuine passion have helped transform a small family business into a nationally recognized construction leader. Jim’s pride in the company’s reputation for honesty and inte...

Bryan McDonnell & John Coe Bio Bryan McDonnell is a managing director, head of the U.S. debt business, and chair of global debt for PGIM Real Estate . Bryan is responsible for overseeing PGIM Real Estate’s global debt strategy and execution, including oversight of U.S. real estate debt portfolio management, originations and credit teams, the agency lending business, and the agricultural financ...

Donna Shafer/John Coe Bio Donna, a founding member of Cityline Partners , is responsible for Cityline’s strategic planning, and for oversight of the company’s day to day execution of its business plan. Prior to Cityline, Donna was affiliated with West*Group for several years, first as the CEO of Park*Crest, and then as Executive Vice President for West*Group. Prior to her tenure at West*Group, she...

Bio Roger Frechette PE, LEED AP Managing Principal , Interface Engineering Roger’s impressive resume covers three decades of design experience, including sustainable/energy master planning and many significant iconic buildings. The Burj Khalifa, Dubai ; Greenland Tower, Wuhan ; Plot 16. Moscow ; BBVA, Mexico City ; and the Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou are just a sampling of his recent work. In 200...

Willy Walker Walker & Dunlop Don Wood Federal Realty Bob Youngentob EYA Paul McDermott WashREIT Note: Each Leader’s name above is linked to their original podcast episode Show Notes Together with three members of The Iconic Journey in CRE, the community of young CRE professionals formed in 2021, Kevin Dean, Colin Madden, and Rameez Munawar, we assembled a special episode to extract leadership...

Bob Youngentob Bio Bob Youngentob is Executive Chairman of EYA, LLC and one of the founding partners. His responsibilities include product and site visioning, investor relations, investment committee leadership, and strategy, particularly in acquisition and development. Bob has over 30 years of real estate experience. Bob currently serves on the Board of Advisors for The Universities at Shady Grov...

Yolanda Cole & John Coe Bio Yolanda Cole, FAIA, is a Senior Principal and Owner of Hickok Cole , a forward-focused commercial architecture and design practice located in Washington, DC. With over three decades of experience in base building and interior design, Yolanda has worked on projects ranging from large-scale, mixed-use developments to commercial and retail interiors. She is widely reco...

Bio Paul T. McDermott was elected to the Board of Trustees and named President and Chief Executive Officer of WashREIT in October 2013. Prior to joining WashREIT, he was Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Rockefeller Group Investment Management Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. from June 2010 to September 2013. Prior to joining The Rockefeller Group , he...

Adrian Washington and John Coe Bio Adrian Washington, CEO and Founder, Neighborhood Development Company Mr. Washington has over 30 years of experience in real estate development, construction and management, and has led the startup of four private companies and one public/private entity. Since founding NDC in 1999 he has led the development of over 1 million square feet of real estate in the DMV a...

John Coe and Buwa Binitie Bio Buwa Binitie, Managing Principal As Managing Principal of  Dantes Partners , Mr. Binitie directs the acquisition, development, management, and financial activities ofthe firm. Mr. Binitie has an extensive tax credit financing experience (LIHTC, NMTC and HTC) and has closed on financing from nearly every public capital source available including HOME, HPTF, NSP, CDBG a...

John Coe and Don Wood Bio Donald C. Wood Chief Executive Officer Don has been with Federal Realty since 1998, where he is a trustee and has served in positions from chief financial officer to chief operating officer to president before being named its chief executive in 2002. Prior to joining Federal, Don spent 8 years at New York-based ITT Corporation , where he served in various capacities, incl...

Bio Michael Broder serves as president and chief executive officer of Brightline Strategies . Prior to forming the company in January 1999, Mr. Broder served as campaign strategist and media consultant to several gubernatorial, senatorial and congressional candidates throughout the northeast region during the 1994, 1996 and 1998 election cycles. He also served in the Office of Political Affairs in...

David Feldman David Feldman, Shareholder, Olin, Feldman Pittleman, PC When clients work with David Feldman they benefit from his 50 years of experience – what he has done right as well as lessons learned and knowledge gained. The guiding principle from when he and partner, Dexter Odin , founded the firm was “the client comes first, second, and third.” That principle remains today and has been the...

John Coe & Rob Ward Bio Robert Ward, President & CEO , Skanska USA Commercial Development As President and CEO, Robert is responsible for setting strategic direction – with focus on growing Skanska’s development operations in its existing markets in Boston, Houston, Seattle, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles; improving operational effectiveness and efficiency; and evaluating new market expan...

Bio Willy Walker is chairman and chief executive officer of Walker & Dunlop . Under Mr. Walker’s leadership, Walker & Dunlop has grown from a small, family-owned business to become one of the largest commercial real estate finance companies in the United States. Walker & Dunlop is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and in its first ten years as a public company has seen its shares...

Paul Collins, Bill Collins and John Coe Bios Paul Collins Paul J. Collins is one of the top Investment Sales brokers in the Southeast region of the United States, with more than 30 years of commercial real estate experience focused primarily on institutional sales, joint ventures and financings. As Executive Vice Chairman in Cushman & Wakefield’s Washington, DC office, he works actively with i...

Bio Chris Smith , CEO of W.C. Smith Company , has led the company to become a DC industry leader in the development of multi-family housing. Initially specializing in the rehabilitation and revitalization of challenged neighborhoods, he has expanded the company’s portfolio to include innovative market rate housing as well as commercial and office developments. With a lifelong commitment to communi...

Bio Bob Murphy, Managing Principal of MRP Realty , has over 33 years of experience in commercial real estate operations, ownership and investment. He joined Trammell Crow Company (TCC) in 1987, managing the firm’s regional operations for many years as Principal. Bob’s last role with TCC was area president of the development and investment group in the Mid-Atlantic where Bob and his team completed...

A Community To Connect and Explore “Journeys” in Commercial and Multifamily Real Estate Introduction After two years and 48 episodes interviewing Washington DC area real estate icons with almost 39,000 episode downloads, I’ve decided to offer an opportunity for young real estate professionals to expand their horizons and join a membership community to extract wisdom from the many podcast guests an...