This Five-person Firm Is Changing The Way Dc Does Retail

Since branching off from Cushman & Wakefield to launch their own retail brokerage firm—Dochter & Alexander Retail Advisors—Dave Dochter (right) and Matt Alexander (left) have signed several new deals—including REI to Pike & Rose in Rockville and Uline Arena…

What the Experts Got Right and Wrong in their 2015 Predictions

While no one has a crystal ball, it doesn’t stop us from trying to predict the future. Just for fun, let’s go over a handful of real estate forecasts made last year by leading commercial real estate firms and experts and see how things actually panned out. Prediction: There will be no…

What You Need to Know About the DC Retail Market

While the multifamily and office markets are both making plenty of noise, no market in DC has been as consistently excellent over the past handful of years than retail and food. That’s why we’re excited to present our DC Restaurant and Retail event on Oct. 27 at the historic Howard Theatre…

CITI Open

We spent the last week at the Citi Open tennis tournament. Here, the best photos from a super fun week. At the semi-finals: EagleBank EVP Larry Bensignor with his wife, Fern, and Linowes and Blocher partner Rich Zeidman with his wife, Nancy. Who knew DC could have such perfect weather…

The Dave & Matt Swat Team

When one of America’s five biggest REI stores (out of 140) announced recently it would take 51k SF in NoMa’s Uline Arena, it didn’t happen by magic. Behind the scenes was a machine. Or more precisely, the Cushman & Wakefield retail group led by Matt Alexander, left, and Dave Dochter…

Why Landlords and Restaurants Better Play Nice

Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Stephen Strasburg and Wilson Ramos. Developers and restaurants. One of those partnerships might seem not like the others, but as we heard yesterday at our 4th annual DC Restaurant Development Summit…

CREBA 2013 Winners

Last night at the Fairmont Hotel, CREBA celebrated the best in the brokerage biz at its 32nd annual real estate awards. Retail Agents of the Year: David Dochter and Matt Alexander…