Icons of DC Area Real Estate

Bio Herb Miller founded Western Development Company in 1967 and serves as its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Stockholder. A graduate in Urban Planning from George Washington University, Mr. Miller’s activities at WDC began with the development of six office buildings in Washington, DC from 1967 to 1985. During this time he guided the firm into retail development, taking the lead i...

Bio Principal, 2004-Present Meany & Oliver Companies, Inc. Sharon Oliver co-founded Meany & Oliver Companies Inc. in 2004.  The firm provides investment, leasing and consulting services in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.  Major transactions have included the 625,000 square foot Corporate Executive Board lease at Waterview which, at the time, was the largest private sector office leas...

Bio Bill Janes is the General Managing Partner of Iron Point Partners, LLC and has senior responsibility for overall fund management as well as for sourcing and managing investments.  Iron Point was founded in 2007 to pursue opportunistic, theme-based real estate private equity investments throughout North America and currently has more than $4.2 billion of assets under management.  Prior to Iron...

“First ask ‘What is the conflict of interest?’,” Ben Miller Ben Miller Bio See Episode #19 Show Notes (cont.) Ben Miller talks about lens for risk (2:30) Think about scenarios that “could go wrong” (2:45) World class downsider What if the developer goes bankrupt? Planned for downturn In 2017 he thought it was too frothy Seth Klarman thinking (3:45) Inversion thinking- What’s the worst that could h...

“Fundrise will be the Amazon of real estate investing.” Ben Miller Bio Ben Miller is CEO and co-founder of Fundrise , the leading online real estate investment platform. Now with over 100,000 active individual investors and more than $1 billion worth of equity under management, Fundrise has made high-tech, low-cost real estate investing available to everyone. Founded in 2012, Fundrise is on a miss...

“Get a Mentor-The most important thing a young person can do,” Doug Firstenberg Bio A founding principal of Stonebridge, Doug Firstenberg directs firmwide strategic planning, oversees landmark development projects, and plays a key role in major transaction negotiations. Under his leadership, Stonebridge has developed several of the region’s most innovative and successful urban mixed-use properties...

Bio David Kitchens joined  Cooper Carry  in 1984, and was named Principal in the  Mixed-Use Studio  in 1998. He now leads the Cooper Carry Washington DC office. David is a member of several organizations including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Urban Land Institute (ULI), and the National Council of Architectural Registration Board (NCARB). He earned both his Bachelor and Master o...

“Control costs during the design phase to help you save money in the overall planning process”- Stan Sloter Bio President and founder of the Paradigm Companies , Stanley manages Paradigm’s daily responsibilities as a full-service development, construction and property management firm. Beyond his Paradigm responsibilities, he also teaches a graduate-level real estate development course during the f...