2014 Multi-Million Dollar Club

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors CREBA promotes excellence within the industry. The Multi-Million Dollar Club is awarded to those who have achieved outstanding sales performance during any one calendar year. Applicants must have been responsible for generating a minimum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) in aggregate sales volume on which settlement occurred in the current calendar year. Sales include commercial buildings, apartment buildings, land and like-kind exchanges of all such property.

2014 CoStar Power Broker

CoStar The CoStar Power Broker Awards recognize and celebrate commercial real estate’s top brokers and firms in the United States and Canada. Each year CRE professionals have the opportunity to submit their closed sale and lease transactions to be considered toward the Annual Power Broker Award. CoStar then verifies and analyzes thousands of deals submitted to identify winners in each market (based on cumulative deals; SF and PSF). Recognized as the premiere industry award, both the firms and brokers have the opportunity to obtain this recognition which places you among the industry’s elite. Winners of the annual and quarterly deals awards receive extensive promotion in the CoStar product and marketing channels. In addition, exclusive winners’ templates are made available to promote your success among your peers and clients. Annual Power Broker winners will also receive a personalized trophy.

2014 Top Regional Retail Broker

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors CREBA promotes excellence within the industry. The Top Regional Retail Broker award honors the top brokers in Washington D.C. Nominees are selected based on their overall production during the calendar year and prior years, along with their display of leadership qualities within their respective firms, active involvement in community service, and overall participation in the commercial real estate industry.

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…

No Shopping Malls Built Since 2009

Cierra Dorsey has “good memories” of the mall where she dragged teenager but now prefers, like other Americans, shopping elsewhere: the “shopping mall” traditional symbol of consumption in the 1960s, has more booming in the United States…

US Shopping Mall Culture – Dying or Just Changing?

Cierra Dorsey has happy memories of hanging out at the mall as a teenage girl, an adolescent rite of passage under threat in parts of the US as old-fashioned malls close their doors. While high-end malls thrive…

The Mall, US Consumer is an Endangered Species

Dorsey has “good memories” of the mall where walking in his teens, but now prefers like other Americans, do their shopping elsewhere: the traditional shopping mall…

US Shopping Mall Culture—Dying or Just Changing?

Cierra Dorsey has happy memories of hanging out at the mall as a teenage girl, an adolescent rite of passage under threat in parts of the US as old-fashioned malls close their doors. While high-end malls thrive…

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…

Sip Wine Tasting and Tapas Signs Lease in Rosslyn

The days of limited watering holes in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood are coming to a close, it seems. The latest in a string of new spots, from Heavy Seas Alehouse to the forthcoming Bistro 360, will be Sip Wine Tasting and Tapas Restaurant…

Luxury Shopping Returning to Downtown DC. Is Washington Ready to Buy?

A lawyer leaves a deposition and pops into Tumi for new carry-on luggage ($680). A tourist ducks out of the rain and treats herself to a classic trench coat from Burberry ($1,695). Two conventioneers skip the plenary session…

Swallow The Money

Elaine Chon-Baker is sitting at the mafia table, and everyone is treating her like the boss. “You get one of my favorite cocktails of all time—not on the menu,” says bartender Steve Oshana as he approaches the secluded corner of Arlington restaurant Water & Wall, where we’re…

The Power 100: Influential Players Running Washington & the World

Cushman & Wakefield’s David Dochter, 34, manages a $500 million portfolio and is helping make Washington a bustling retail center with projects like the massive mixed-use CityCenter…

America’s Dead Malls

America’s Dead Malls

In an interview with AFP, David Dochter discusses the evolution of retail in the United States and the impact it has had on the American mall culture.

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…

2013 Best Retail Deal of the Year – Tanger Outlets at National Harbor

Washington Business Journal The Best Retail Deal of the Year award honors the top real estate projects, deals, and transactions that displayed excellence in the Greater Washington region from the previous calendar year. Projects are judged on a variety of criteria, including size, complexity, challenges overcome, environmental sustainability and impact on the community.

2013 Top Regional Retail Broker

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors CREBA promotes excellence within the industry. The Top Regional Retail Broker award honors the top brokers in Washington D.C. Nominees are selected based on their overall production during the calendar year and prior years, along with their display of leadership qualities within their respective firms, active involvement in community service, and overall participation in the commercial real estate industry.

2013 CoStar Power Broker

CoStar The CoStar Power Broker Awards recognize and celebrate commercial real estate’s top brokers and firms in the United States and Canada. Each year CRE professionals have the opportunity to submit their closed sale and lease transactions to be considered toward the Annual Power Broker Award. CoStar then verifies and analyzes thousands of deals submitted to identify winners in each market (based on cumulative deals; SF and PSF). Recognized as the premiere industry award, both the firms and brokers have the opportunity to obtain this recognition which places you among the industry’s elite. Winners of the annual and quarterly deals awards receive extensive promotion in the CoStar product and marketing channels. In addition, exclusive winners’ templates are made available to promote your success among your peers and clients. Annual Power Broker winners will also receive a personalized trophy.

State of the DC Retail Market: Georgia Ave Ascendant, Creative Spaces

Petworth and Georgia Ave are ascendant, and unconventional uses for retail spaces are becoming more common, according to the panelists at a Thursday morning event…

H&M to Take Over Former Filene’s Space on Connecticut Avenue

The last space previously occupied by a Filene’s Basement in the District has been filled: Fashion retailer H&M will take over the 28,000-square-foot store at 1133 Connecticut Ave. NW. I’d been hearing H&M….

Cushman & Wakefield Announces New Headquarters Lease for Ellin & Tucker, Major Updates to 400 E. Pratt

Cushman & Wakefield announced today that Ellin & Tucker, a leading CPA firm specializing in accounting, auditing and tax services, will relocate its Baltimore headquarters office from 25,418 square feet in 100 South Charles Street to 400 East Pratt Street…

2012 Best Retail Deal of the Year – Athleta’s Georgetown Flagship Location

Washington Business Journal The Best Retail Deal of the Year award honors the top real estate projects, deals, and transactions that displayed excellence in the Greater Washington region from the previous calendar year. Projects are judged on a variety of criteria, including size, complexity, challenges overcome, environmental sustainability and impact on the community.

2012 Top Regional Retail Broker

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors CREBA promotes excellence within the industry. The Top Regional Retail Broker award honors the top brokers in Washington D.C. Nominees are selected based on their overall production during the calendar year and prior years, along with their display of leadership qualities within their respective firms, active involvement in community service, and overall participation in the commercial real estate industry.

2013 35 Under 35

Bisnow The Bisnow 35 Under 35 honors the top young stars of Washington commercial real estate. Nominees must have been 35 or younger in the current calendar year and have distinguished themselves in some aspect of commercial real estate in the greater Washington area.

2013 Multi-Million Dollar Club

Greater Washington Commercial Association of Realtors CREBA promotes excellence within the industry. The Multi-Million Dollar Club is awarded to those who have achieved outstanding sales performance during any one calendar year. Applicants must have been responsible for generating a minimum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) in aggregate sales volume on which settlement occurred in the current calendar year. Sales include commercial buildings, apartment buildings, land and like-kind exchanges of all such property.