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777 6th St. offers high-end workspace with convenience and access all within reach. Situated in the vibrant East End neighborhood this location provides direct access to Capital One Arena and the Gallery Place Metro station and is just a few minutes from Capitol Hill. It features the rare opportunity to lease the top floors of the building, including an opportunity for a private rooftop terrace. The property’s move-in ready spec suites ensure a seamless transition, while the expansive rooftop terrace amenity with WiFi access provides a place of respite and spectacular DC views. The building's highly efficient floor plates with 20' x 30' column spacing offer flexibility for various office layouts. A quality fitness center, underground parking, with electric car charging stations and a fully equipped bike room round out the amenity package. Plans are underway to add a first class conference center to the building as well. Additionally, 777 6th St. prioritizes sustainability and is LEED® Gold Certified, Energy Star Labeled®, and WiredScore Gold Certified. With its prime location and impressive amenities, 777 6th St. is the ideal choice for businesses to thrive and be a part of the future of this exciting neighborhood and destination.

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Reinventing Downtown D.C.

How to Build on the Sports Teams’ Recommitment to Chinatown/Gallery Place to Make the Area Better than Ever

Muriel Bowser
Keynote

Muriel Bowser

Mayor

The District of Columbia

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

Partner

Uplands Real Estate Partners

Jodie McLean

Jodie McLean

CEO

EDENS

Mark Bisnow
Moderator

Mark Bisnow

Founder

Bisnow

Muriel Bowser

Mayor

The District of Columbia

Muriel Bowser serves as Washington, DC’s seventh elected Mayor. Sworn in on January 2, 2015, she pledged to bring a fresh start to the District of Columbia, create pathways to the middle class for residents, and foster a culture of inclusion, transparency and action.

Mayor Bowser expanded opportunity across all 8 Wards of DC by strengthening job training programs, and by attracting and retaining jobs in the District. As of the first quarter of 2016, there are burgeoning projects across the city that will eventually deliver 32,000 new jobs. Washington, DC is the economic engine of the metropolitan region, and has one of the strongest local economies in the country.

Mayor Bowser is committed to producing, protecting and preserving affordable housing. In her first budget, she devoted an historic $100 million to the Housing Production Trust Fund, putting an unprecedented number of affordable housing units into the pipeline. She also made historic investments in education to accelerate the pace of education reform. DC has the fastest improving urban school district in the nation.

The Mayor is committed to making sure every Washingtonian gets a fair shot, including its most vulnerable residents. When she came into office, she pledged to end homelessness. She has taken bold moves to deliver on that commitment, including releasing a plan to replace the city’s largest family shelter with small, dignified family housing.

In everything she does, the Mayor puts District residents first, and ensures that the city’s priorities match the peoples’ priorities. She holds community engagement forums to solicit public input prior to finalizing her fiscal year budget. She is creating a more transparent and open government through a cutting edge open data policy. She championed the successful launch of one of the largest, most transparent body worn camera programs in the nation, to enhance trust between the community and DC’s metropolitan police department. And she launched an inclusive technology program to support startups and entrepreneurs offering products and services to underserved communities.

Prior to her time as Mayor, Bowser served as the Ward 4 councilmember of the DC Council – first elected in a special election in 2007, and re-elected in 2008 and 2012. As a Councilmember, Bowser served as the Chairwoman of the Committee on Economic Development which created more than 5,000 units of affordable housing, passed legislation to build a new soccer stadium and secured from the federal government the best portion of the Walter Reed campus for DC. Bowser led her colleagues to pass comprehensive ethics reform and increased transparency in government contracting.

Bowser also served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in the Riggs Park neighborhood. A native Washingtonian, Bowser earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Chatham University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from American University.

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

Partner

Uplands Real Estate Partners

Deborah Ratner Salzberg manages Uplands’ investor relations and capital-raising activities.

She previously was the Washington, DC Region Chairman for Brookfield Properties, a global real estate development and operating company with 300 million square feet of prime commercial space and 59,000 apartments under management, as well as 9 million square feet of commercial space in development.

Prior to joining Brookfield, Debby worked for over 30 years at Forest City Realty Trust. Most recently, she served as President of Forest City Washington, a subsidiary of Forest City Realty Trust, overseeing the company’s activities in the DC, Philadelphia, Boston, and New Jersey markets. During her career with Forest City, Debby’s responsibilities spanned development, leasing, construction, financing, and management, beginning with individual projects and progressing to executive supervision of multiple high-profile, large-scale developments in the DC Region, including The Yards in the Capitol Riverfront district, Waterfront Station in Southwest DC, and the redevelopment of Ballston Quarter in Arlington, Virginia.

Debby began her career as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. She earned a bachelor’s degree from George Washington University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of San Francisco, and is a member of the California Bar Association. Debby is active with numerous community and professional organizations, including the Federal City Council, District of Columbia Building Industry Association (DCBIA), the Washington Housing Conservancy, the Urban Land Institute, Kenyon College, CubeSmart (CUBE), and the NY Common Real Estate Advisory Committe

Jodie McLean

CEO

EDENS

Jodie W. McLean is Chief Executive Officer of EDENS, one of the nation’s leading private owners, operators and developers of retail real estate. With a more than 25-year tenure at EDENS, she has been a key player in the company’s growth and expansion to its current marketplace leadership, capitalized by blue chip investors and assets valued at $6.5 billion.

Jodie is responsible for EDENS’ strategy to move the portfolio to major urban centers and first-ring suburbs, creating a portfolio of assets that are the center of community life. She was named Chief Investment Officer in 1997, President in 2002 and CEO in 2015. Overall, she has been responsible for the development, redevelopment, acquisition and disposition of more than $20 billion in retail assets. McLean passionately believes that retail should evolve beyond a shopping experience, and advocates for connectivity to the communities surrounding the company’s retail centers. To ensure this, each EDENS development is crafted to serve as an authentic gathering place, including a unique merchandising mix and welcoming design elements, fostering a sense of engagement with its neighbors.

McLean is Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and serves on several Board of Directors including Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), Wofford College and Milhaus. She is also a Trustee of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and The Real Estate Round Table. McLean is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network’s Liberty Fellowship, Class of 2009.

A native of Chicago, IL, she holds a B.S. in Finance and Management from the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, and a degree from South Carolina Honors College.

Mark Bisnow

Moderator

Bisnow

Yes, Bisnow’s the name of a real person. Right up there with Sol Price starting the Price Club. Don’t think there was a Mr. Sizzler, however.

Mark started out very cool, growing up in LA. Even when he went to Stanford and Harvard Law School, he wore jeans and cutoffs. Then he came to DC, where he wore three piece suits. Fortunately no pictures of him exist from this period.

He worked for Congressmen and Senators a few years, helped run a presidential campaign (unsuccessful), became a lawyer at Latham & Watkins (perfecting his skill at footnotes), went into the corporate world as Asst. to the CEO of USAir, General Counsel of United Express, Chief of Staff at Microstrategy, and Chief Marketing Officer at WebMethods. He still wouldn’t recognize a piece of software if it hit him over the head. (He doesn’t know if it can even do that.)

But armed with a faint understanding of P&Ls, he was emboldened to become an entrepreneur, first doing Bisnow on Business shows on WTOP in the late 1990s and then around 2004 starting the Bisnow daily email newsletters in a variety of industries, finally focusing on commercial real estate. It was the one industry where you could feel productive if you spent your time eating and schmoozing.

However, after expanding Bisnow Media into 40 major metros across the country, he found he was spending more time on HR than schmoozing, so he sold the company in 2016. Since then, he has been in training to be a grumpy old man, but he is having trouble with the grumpy part.

Remarks from Public Building Reform Board's Dan Mathews and GSA PBS Commissioner Elliot Doomes

Daniel Mathews

Daniel Mathews

Member of the Public Buildings Reform Board

Founder, Mathews Associates

Elliot Doomes

Elliot Doomes

Commissioner, Public Building Services (PBS)

General Services Administration (GSA)

Daniel Mathews

Member of the Public Buildings Reform Board

Founder, Mathews Associates

After 25 years of federal service in Congress and the executive branch, Dan founded Mathews Associates LLC in 2021 as a strategic consulting and business development firm. He helps his clients navigate the highest levels of Washington and the complex world of federal real estate and government procurements to expand their revenue, identify new partners and enter new markets. In 2024, President Biden appointed Mathews to the Public Buildings Reform Board, which is tasked with making recommendations to realign the federal real estate portfolio. He also serves on the Industry Advisory Group of the US State Department’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations. In addition, Mathews is a board member of both the Federal Real Property Association and the National Federal Development Association. He has extensive experience with federal real estate issues and served as Commissioner of the US General Services Administration’s Public Buildings Service, where he led the 375 million square foot civilian real estate portfolio of the federal government, over 5,000 employees, and a $12 billion budget. Mathews graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in government and philosophy. He is married, has two daughters, and resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

Elliot Doomes

Commissioner, Public Building Services (PBS)

General Services Administration (GSA)

Elliot Doomes serves as the Commissioner of the Public

Buildings Service (PBS) at the U.S. General Services

Administration (GSA).

As PBS Commissioner, Elliot manages the nationwide

asset management, design, construction, leasing,

building management and disposal of approximately 360

million square feet of government-owned and leased

space across the United States and six territories.

Elliot joined GSA as Regional Administrator for the

National Capital Region in January 2023. Prior to GSA, Elliot served as Professional

Staff on the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the

Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives. He also served as Counsel

for the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency

Management on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the House of

Representatives for over a decade. His principal responsibility was to advise Committee

Members on GSA’s Real Property activities.

Doomes began his career as a Legislative Assistant in the office of Congresswoman

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) where his primary focus was on economic development

in the District of Columbia. His signature staff work included passage of the Federal and

District of Columbia Real Property Act of 2006, which executed a complicated land

exchange between the District of Columbia, GSA, the National Park Service, and the

Architect of the Capitol that has enabled hundreds of millions of dollars of economic

development within the District of Columbia.

Doomes graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry

and earned a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center in

Washington, D.C.

The Downtown Dilemma: Creating Today's Activations for Tomorrow's Residents and Tenants

From Task Forces to New Tenants, Learn How Owners and Investors are Navigating — and Debunking — D.C.'s Challenges in the Urban Core

Oliver Carr, III

Oliver Carr, III

CEO

Carr Properties

Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy

Managing Principal

MRP Realty

Pete Otteni

Pete Otteni

Co-Head of the Washington Region

Boston Properties (BXP)

Timothy Lowery

Timothy Lowery

VP, Mixed-Use

Hines

Lou Christopher

Lou Christopher

Vice Chairman, US

CBRE

Tyler Kethcart

Tyler Kethcart

Director of XM, Property Management

JLL

Jennifer Bruton
Moderator

Jennifer Bruton

Partner

Venable

Oliver Carr, III

CEO

Carr Properties

Mr. Oliver T. Carr, III has been the President and Chief Executive Officer at Carr Properties Holdings LP since 2004. Mr. Carr co-founded Carr Capital Corporation in 1994 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer until 2005. He was responsible for managing Carr Capital, and led managing major acquisitions and financial transactions at the firm. Mr. Carr served as a Director of WashingtonFirst Bankshares, Inc. and its subsidiary WashingtonFirst Bank from December 2012 to May 17, 2013. He served as an Independent Director of Alliance Bankshares Corporation since July 2007. Mr. Carr served as a Director of Alliance Bank Corporation since August 15, 2007 and Alliance Bankshares Corporation since July 2007. He received Master of Science in Real Estate Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992 and his Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies, with a concentration in Economics, from Trinity College in 1987.

Bob Murphy

Managing Principal

MRP Realty

Bob Murphy is the Managing Principal for MRP Realty. He has over 34 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 $1.8B of investments totaling over 10 million square feet. He co-founded MRP Realty (MRP) in 2005, capitalizing on his in-depth knowledge of Mid-Atlantic real estate markets, extensive network of capital relationships, and his reputation as a collaborative and creative partner to drive the firm. Under Bob’s leadership, MRP has deployed nearly $7.8B of office, residential/mixed-use and industrial developments and acquisition investments with an active pipeline totaling over 8 million square feet. He has actively participated in leadership roles at NAIOP and ULI and at various charitable activities during his career; currently serving on the board of Habitat for Humanity of Washington D.C. Bob received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame; his M.B.A. in Finance at Columbia Business School; and was an officer in the United States Army.

Pete Otteni

Co-Head of the Washington Region

Boston Properties (BXP)

Mr. Otteni holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce from the University of Virginia and

a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Real Estate from the Kenan-

Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. He joined Boston Properties

in 2000 upon his graduation from KFBS, and has since taken on increasingly complex

roles in the development of the company’s projects. As a Senior Vice President in the

Development department in Washington, DC, Pete has direct responsibility for all aspects

of development, acquisition and disposition projects throughout the greater DC region,

including acquisition/land acquisition, financing, entitlement, design, construction, and

leasing. Since joining Boston Properties, Mr. Otteni has managed or been directly

involved with over 4.5 million square feet of completed or in process development.

Timothy Lowery

VP, Mixed-Use

Hines

Timothy R. Lowery is the Vice President – Mixed-Use, East Region with the global

commercial real estate investment firm Hines.

Mr. Lowery has overseen the management, operations, marketing, and tenant

relations for the landmark, mixed-use development CityCenterDC in Downtown

Washington, DC since its opening in 2013. Mr. Lowery is responsible for the general

coordination of all uses at the Project, including office, retail, residential rental,

condominium and hotel at CityCenterDC, managing the activities of a team of

approximately one hundred and fifty professionals. Under Mr. Lowery’s noteworthy

leadership, CityCenterDC has been recognized as one of the most significant and

transformative downtown projects in the nation, garnering awards from the real

estate, retail and marketing spheres including MAXI® Awards from the International

Council of Shopping Centers, ADDY® American Advertising Awards from the American

Advertising Federation, three EMMY® Awards from The National Academy of

Television Arts and Sciences and multiple DowntownDC Momentum Awards.

Mr. Lowery has been with Hines since 2002 based in New York, NY and Washington,

D.C. and has been responsible for the management, coordination, due diligence,

project management, leasing, marketing and programming of over nine million

square-feet of property developed and acquired by Hines in multiple regions during

his tenure with the company.

A social and cultural luminary in the community of Washington, D.C., Mr. Lowery was

named by Washingtonian Magazine in 2016 as one of the top ten Washington, D.C.

Style Setters, by DC Magazine as one of their 2021 Washington Men of Style, and by

Washington Life Magazine as a Washington D.C. Trendsetter. Mr. Lowery is currently a

member of the Board of Directors for The Kennedy Center – National Symphony

Orchestra, a member of the Board of Directors for The Washington Ballet, a member

of the Board of Directors of Children’s National Hospital Foundation, a member of the

Board of Directors for the DowntownDC BID Foundation and a member of the Board

of Directors for the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association.

Lou Christopher

Vice Chairman, US

CBRE

With an unparalleled understanding of complex real estate transactions, Lou Christopher has led some of the Washington, DC market area’s most significant real estate assignments on behalf of Fortune 500 companies, large law firms and other leading enterprises. He provides many of these organizations with national and international representation and has conducted transactions in more than 80 markets. As a 35-year industry veteran, Lou is known as a trusted advisor who delivers meaningful and measurable results.

As a market leader, Lou’s work is distinguished by an exhaustive approach focused on how the real estate solution should support his clients’ strategic business goals. His market knowledge, financial expertise, proficiency in negotiating construction related issues and wide transactional experience continue to deliver superior outcomes. All told, Lou has completed over 47 transactions in excess of 75,000 square feet. He is honored to have worked with a wide variety of exceptional clients including: Accenture, The AES Corporation, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, American Chemistry Council, CEB, Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., McKesson Corporation, McKinsey & Company, Nestle USA, Strategic Education Inc., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Westat and Wiley Rein LLP.

Serving as Vice Chairman, Lou is a leader within CBRE and serves on the Executive Committee of the firm’s National Law Firm Group and most recently as Chairman of the firm’s Americas Producers Advisory Board. He is also consistently recognized by industry organizations for his market leadership.

Tyler Kethcart

Director of XM, Property Management

JLL

Tyler currently leads business development efforts for Experience Management (XM). In this role, he partners with a wide range of owners to creatively activate their assets. He works closely with a number of REITs, institutional investors, private owners and occupiers in all U.S. markets

Experience. Tyler has nearly a decade of real estate experience with JLL. He began his career in accounting, and immediately began working with a variety of REITs and investors around the country. Eventually changing his specialty over time, Tyler has spent the majority of his career with JLL in various assistant general manager and general manager roles. Most recently, he had the responsibility of overseeing a $70M redevelopment in downtown Chicago. Throughout his career, Tyler has embraced his role as a leader, and was recognized by his peers in 2019 when he received a Gold Circle award as BOMA Chicago’s Emerging Leader of the year. Also in 2019, BOMA International featured Tyler as one of the year’s four Rising Stars of commercial real estate. In 2011, Tyler received his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, and majored in accounting at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a member of BOMA Chicago and is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Illinois.

Jennifer Bruton

Moderator

Venable

Jennifer Bruton is a real estate attorney representing clients in all aspects of

sophisticated commercial real estate finance, acquisition, disposition, development,

and leasing projects. Jennifer has significant experience in capital formation for

real estate investments, including joint ventures, mezzanine financing, commercial

loans and securitized financing transactions, EB-5 financing, and preferred equity

transactions. She assists clients in the acquisition, development, and financing of a

variety of real estate projects in multiple asset categories, including residential and

commercial developments, office buildings, retail and shopping centers, and

multifamily housing, and represents entrepreneurial and institutional investors.

Jennifer also advises clients on DC’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act.

Washington D.C. State of the Market: The Developer's Regional Outlook

From Mixed-Use Activations to Creating Destinations, Hear Why Our C-Suite Panel is Still Bullish on the District

Jon McAvoy

Jon McAvoy

CIO

PRP

Terra Weirich

Terra Weirich

SVP

Bernstein Management Corporation

Evens Charles

Evens Charles

CEO

Frontier Development

Cy Kouhestani

Cy Kouhestani

EVP

Brookfield Properties

Katie Yanushonis

Katie Yanushonis

SVP, Leasing

TMG

Toby Millman

Toby Millman

Regional Partner

Transwestern Development Company

George Hassan

George Hassan

Director

ARCO

Jamie Bobotek
Moderator

Jamie Bobotek

Partner

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Jon McAvoy

CIO

PRP

Jon McAvoy joined PRP REI in 2024 as the Chief Investment Officer in support of the firm’s ongoing

growth initiative. Founded over twenty years ago, PRP REI maintains over $3b in assets under

management and focuses on strategies that produce strong current, durable and distributable cash flows

through value creation business plans leveraging internal subject matter expertise. Mr. McAvoy

oversees three vertical business lines both in strategy and execution – NNN Industrial and

Manufacturing, Multifamily Residential, and Special Situations – in addition to focusing on capital

markets activities.

Prior to his current role, Mr. McAvoy previously enjoyed a thirteen year career at the Washington, D.C.

based development firm Hoffman & Associates, Inc. Prior to leaving the firm in 2024, Mr. McAvoy

served as the Chief Investment Officer leading the company’s financial division including accounting,

acquisitions, asset management, as well as corporate and project capitalization for the company’s

portfolio, including The Wharf, Seaboard Station in Raleigh and West Falls in Virginia. During his career,

he worked to procure and capitalize over $6B in projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic and North Carolina

regions.

In preparation for his current roles, Mr. McAvoy previously worked for multiple Fortune 500

corporations, including Harman International, Bearing Point, and Freddie Mac. His experience includes

banking operations, multi-national corporate investment portfolio management, mortgage-backed

securities trading, product development and credit analysis.

Jon graduated from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business with a Master of Business

Administration and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Terra Weirich

SVP

Bernstein Management Corporation

Terra Weirich joined Bernstein Management Corporation (BMC) in 2018 as Vice

President of Investments. Ms. Weirich focuses on value creation throughout the BMC

portfolio through strategic acquisitions and dispositions, JV partnerships, financing and

operational improvements. She also serves on the company’s Investment Committee.

Prior to joining BMC, Ms. Weirich spent 13 years at CIM Group, where she sourced and

evaluated acquisition opportunities across numerous product types, deal structures and

geographies, and closed transactions totaling over $2.5 billion.

Ms. Weirich is actively involved at Hyde-Addison Elementary, a District of Columbia public

school, serving both as Vice President of Fundraising for the PTA, and on the Equity and

Anti-Racism Task Force. She is also an active participant and contributor in BMC’s women’s

affinity group.

Ms. Weirich earned her Bachelor of Science in Commerce with concentrations in finance,

marketing and management from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of

Virginia and a Master of Science in Real Estate and Infrastructure from the Carey

Business School of Johns Hopkins University.

Evens Charles

CEO

Frontier Development

Evens Charles is the founder and managing principal of Frontier Development & Hospitality Group LLC.

A native of Washington, D.C, Mr. Charles attended Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

where he was a Big East Conference Division-I football athlete. During his five-year athletic tenure at

Temple University, he earned a B.A. in Psychology and a Master of Education. Shortly thereafter, at the

age of 25, Mr. Charles was inspired by his landlord to execute his first small transaction that required

an out-of-pocket investment of $1,000 resulting in a $25K profit six months later. Mr. Charles

organically grew over a ten-year period by executing several successful residential and multi-family

acquisition and development projects, then by the age of 36, made his first hotel investment. He has

since grown Frontier to over a $200 million capitalized portfolio of Hilton and Marriot Internationally

branded hotel assets across six states, with another $560 million of urban infill, commercial real estate

development in its pipeline.

Some of his recent accomplishments includes being recognized as the lead developer of DMPED’s 2021

award of the Hill East Bundle II Project, which is 1.2 million square feet of waterfront, mixed-use

development in Washington DC; The 2021 Business of the Year by Prince Georges County Bi-County

Business; 2019 Black Enterprise largest 100 Black Owned Businesses in the nation and the 2019

Outstanding Entrepreneur Award by the Caribbean American Heritage. He has been featured in various

publications including Hotel Business, Lodging Magazine, Black Enterprise & Business Journals across

multiple cities.

He has an endowed scholarship in his name at Temple University targeting underserved students,

supports many philanthropic causes and serves as a mentor to many. He is also a member of Temple

University’s School of Hospitality & Tourism Board of Visitors, member of the Real Estate Executive

Council (REEC), as well as industry organizations such as the National Alliance of African American

Hotel Owners and the Asian American Hotel Owners Association.

Cy Kouhestani

EVP

Brookfield Properties

Cy Kouhestani is Executive Vice President of Asset Management, responsible for leading asset management for all office properties within the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region.

Cy joined Brookfield Properties in 2012 and has held several roles within the organization. He has held his current role since 2022. Prior to joining Brookfield Properties, Cy was a Director at Cushman & Wakefield.

Cy holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from Denison University. Cy currently serves as Chairman of the Rosslyn BID Board of Directors and previously served as President of CREBA and President of the Arlington Real Estate Group. He is an active member in the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. and the Greater Washington Board of Trade.

Katie Yanushonis

SVP, Leasing

TMG

Katie oversees the leasing of TMG’s 5.6 million square foot office portfolio. She manages both landlord and tenant broker relationships and leads all proposal and lease negotiations on TMG’s behalf. Katie has over 22 years of experience in commercial real estate, including in-house leasing, brokerage and market research. Prior to joining TMG, Katie was a vice president with Boston Properties, where she oversaw the company’s Reston Town Center portfolio. She began her career with Lincoln Property Company, where she focused on research and brokerage in Washington, DC. Katie received her B.S. in management from Georgetown University.

Toby Millman

Regional Partner

Transwestern Development Company

Toby Millman is the Regional Partner for Transwestern Development Company in the Mid-Atlantic, where he is responsible for overseeing and directing the company’s development pipeline in the region. Over his nearly 30-year career, Toby has been involved with the development of over 15 million square feet of residential, office, and retail space. Prior to joining Transwestern, Toby was Senior Vice President for Brookfield Properties where he oversaw the development pipeline in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Prior to Brookfield, he was Senior Vice President at Vornado Realty Trust, creating and leading the multifamily development group for Vornado’s Washington division. Earlier in his career, Toby also owned and operated Agora Development, a development and homebuilding company and worked for Washington-area developers EYA and Abdo Development. Toby earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Mr. Millman holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and a Master’s Degree in City Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

George Hassan

Director

ARCO

As the Director of Business Development for ARCO Design/Build, George Hassan brings over 8 years of experience in the construction industry. With expertise in strategic and operational marketing and building client relationships, George plays a crucial role in driving ARCO’s new business opportunities and helping future clients find solutions to their needs. George manages client relationships in the DC area and Northern Virginia region. Prior to joining ARCO, George served as the Director of Business Development for a Concrete subcontractor serving the DMV. George graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a double major in Business and Labor Employment Relations.

Jamie Bobotek

Moderator

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Pillsbury partner James Bobotek concentrates his practice on a variety of construction and

insurance matters.

Jamie guides clients through all phases of development and construction of commercial properties,

including preparation, review and negotiation of development, design, construction, design-build, and

related agreements. Jamie also counsels clients in analyzing insurance coverage claims, formulating risk

management strategies, and developing contractual insurance requirements. Jamie has secured many

favorable outcomes for commercial policyholders on CGL, builder's risk, commercial property, business

interruption, E&O, cyber, professional liability, D&O, pollution, fidelity and other claims.

Representative Experience

Drafted and negotiated construction, design, and development contracts for projects totaling billions of

dollars.

Represented public-private partnerships with respect to construction, design, and ancillary agreements

relating to United States military housing privatizations across the country, including projects in California,

Arizona, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada, Georgia and Missouri.

Drafted form construction and design contract packages for owners, developers and contractors for use

throughout the United States.

Achieved partial summary judgment against AIG entity in connection with property insurance coverage

dispute for multinational university arising from the 2010 earthquakes in Chile.

Obtained a summary judgment ruling in a Student Financial Corp. bankruptcy legacy case for an

additional insured/policyholder under a fidelity bond (financial institution bond) in connection with alleged

Ponzi-scheme losses.

Obtained a dismissal of first-filed insurance carrier declaratory judgment action, allowing an iconic brand

company's $18 million flood loss claim to proceed against carrier in carrier's home forum of Tennessee.

Deployed novel theory to defeat insurance carrier effort to align parties to create federal court jurisdiction,

creating favorable new law in removal disputes with insurance carriers.

Represented a telecommunications provider in successful prosecution of its claims against its E&O

insurer confirming coverage for class action claims alleging cyber-related activities.

Obtained significant recovery under a builders risk policy on behalf of a contractor for a delay claim

arising out of a subcontractor's provision of defective materials.

Procured multi-million dollar defense and indemnity recovery under "personal injury" CGL coverage

relating to a discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of multiple claimants.

Obtained recovery under an event cancellation policy for two class action suits brought as a result of

logistical difficulties in connection with a client's presidential inauguration-related experiential student

conference.

Obtained full property loss and business interruption coverage, as well as defense and indemnity

coverage for third-party suits, arising out of a catastrophic fire at a defense contractor's warehouse

facility.

Attained defense and indemnity coverage for an international construction company arising out of

concrete plant emissions.

Obtained defense and indemnity coverage under a professional liability policy for an engineering

company faced with excess exposure.

Recovered full pre-suit indemnity for a government contractor in a construction claim related to faulty

subcontractor work.

Protected a commercial developer's interests under a builders risk policy in connection with a faulty

workmanship claim.

Represented clients in various industries in structuring and negotiating the terms of their cyber insurance

programs.

Professional Highlights

Member of the Insurance Recovery & Advisory practice, named by Law360 as a Practice Group of the

Year in 2015 and 2016.

Member of the ABA's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, co-chair of its Construction

Subcommittee and appointed vice-chair of the Committee's 2017 Annual CLE Seminar and Meeting.

Authored "Builders Risk Insurance," New Appleman on Insurance Law Library Edition, Chapter 50

(updated 2016) and "Understanding Product Liability Insurance," New Appleman Insurance Law Practice

Guide, Chapter 30B (2013).

Presented "Mind the Gaps: Potential Gaps Between Cyber and Other Commercial Policies," at the ABA

Insurance Coverage Litigation CLE Seminar, March 2016.

Remarks Throughout the Day

Nathan Riley

Nathan Riley

Principal, Asset Management

BGO

Claude Bailey

Claude Bailey

Partner

Venable

Terence Callahan

Terence Callahan

President, DC Market

United Bank

Nathan Riley

Principal, Asset Management

BGO

Nathan Riley is a Principal of Asset Management at BGO, a leading, global real estate investment management advisor that serves the interests of more than 750 institutional clients with approximately $83 billion USD of assets under management. In his role, Nathan oversees office and industrial assets in DC, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. He also manages BGO’s U.S. medical office portfolio as well as BGO’s U.S. self-storage portfolio.

Nathan has more than 10 years’ experience in commercial real estate and held various roles, including Senior Associate, at Bentall Kennedy, a predecessor firm to BGO. Prior to joining Bentall Kennedy in 2015, Nathan worked as a Market Research Analyst at First Capital Realty, a multifaceted commercial real estate brokerage company headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to First Capital Realty, Nathan worked as a Transaction Analyst at small Washington, D.C. area family office.

Nathan is a graduate of The American University, where he has served as a member of the Real Estate Advisory Council since 2015. He holds both a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a Master’s in Science in Real Estate from the Kogod School of Business.

Claude Bailey

Partner

Venable

Claude Bailey represents private sector clients whose business interests require

frequent interaction with District of Columbia government agencies. Claude’s work

involves high-profile real estate development projects, zoning and land use, and

local legislative and regulatory matters, among others. He draws from his rich

experience as an attorney with the DC government to counsel major companies and

nonprofit organizations on local legislative and regulatory issues. He is familiar

with all members of the Council of the District of Columbia, along with many senior

officials in the executive branch and DC’s independent agencies.

Terence Callahan

President, DC Market

United Bank

Terence Callahan is President of United’s DC Market, where he leads the team serving the Bank’s largest territory

and supports many of its most significant commercial customers throughout the nation’s capital. He joined United in

2013 and has held key positions across the Bank, including Portfolio Manager, Commercial Banking Officer and VP,

Commercial Banking.

Throughout his career, Terence has executed several major deals at United and been recognized as a top

performer. He was notably one of 30 employees selected for United’s coveted Leadership Development Program,

an in-depth career development program designed for high-performing employees across United Bank's footprint.

Terence currently serves as a Director of Poor Roberts Mission; Member of the Catholic Charities Development and

Communication Committee and Catholic Charities Corporate Advisory Council; and Career Leadership Council

Member at the Catholic University of America’s Busch School of Business. He earned

Why You Can't Miss this Marquee Washington D.C. Commercial Real Estate Event

What You'll Learn:

  • Goodbye Fannie Mae, hello Washington Post and Sullivan & Cromwell: what today's tenant decisions say about overarching office trends in and around D.C.

  • Live, work (remote), play: Learn how mixed-use neighborhoods are creating new opportunities for development and a sense of place throughout the District.

  • The elephant in the room: Learn how the CRE community overall can help reinvigorate Downtown D.C., mainly through the Mayor's new Gallery Place/Chinatown Task Force.

  • New investors, new tactics: Meet D.C.'s latest buyers of distressed offices and what they plan to do with their recent acquisitions.

  • The role of universities: From colleges occupying office space to Georgetown's interest in new housing close to Union Station, learn how and why education systems choose to take up space in Washington, D.C.

  • Slowed but steady: Learn about the new developments in the pipeline throughout D.C. and what challenges developers are facing to complete their projects.

Why This Matters: Despite President Biden's call for federal workers to return to the office, Washington D.C. remains at an impasse as the government tussles with the problem of RTO. While the winter months have chilled foot traffic in the early parts of the year, CBRE reports that office occupancy in the District is at 39.7% — dropping off due to the holidays after reaching its highest level since 2020 in November of 2023 (at approximately 50%). Metro weekday rail ridership, despite seeing a decline, is still 21% higher than December 2022 ridership. Other sectors - including hospitality and retail — mirror similar optimistic trends, with hotel occupancy in Greater Washington continuing to trend higher for a third consecutive year.  

  

Yet, with pedestrian activity in Downtown D.C. remaining close to 25% below pre-pandemic levels, the recovery many hope to see is still a way off. Join Bisnow for our annual Washington D.C. State of the Market to discuss how the greater CRE community can unite to breathe new activations and opportunities in and around the District through new mixed-use activations, live-work-play destinations, and strategic investment despite today's economic challenges. 

  

Who You'll Meet: D.C.'s top owners, developers, investors, researchers, public officials, tenants, and more! 

News, Projects, and Activity: 

For questions regarding our content, speaking, and sponsorship opportunities, please email our Director of Event Production, Elizabeth Baker, at liz.baker@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact lizzie.smith@bisnow.com no later than 7 business days prior to the event.

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Venue

777 6th St.
777 6th Street
Washington, DC 20001

Floor: 11th Floor


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Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Registration, Breakfast and Networking
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
Opening Keynote: Mayor Muriel Bowser
1:15 PM
2:00 PM
Reinventing Downtown D.C.

How to Build on the Sports Teams’ Recommitment to Chinatown/Gallery Place to Make the Area Better than Ever

2:00 PM
2:10 PM
Networking Break
2:10 PM
2:30 PM
Remarks from Public Building Reform Board's Dan Mathews and GSA PBS Commissioner Elliot Doomes
2:30 PM
3:30 PM
The Downtown Dilemma: Creating Today's Activations for Tomorrow's Residents and Tenants

From Task Forces to New Tenants, Learn How Owners and Investors are Navigating — and Debunking — D.C.'s Challenges in the Urban Core

3:30 PM
3:40 PM
Networking Break
3:40 PM
4:40 PM
Washington D.C. State of the Market: The Developer's Regional Outlook

From Mixed-Use Activations to Creating Destinations, Hear Why Our C-Suite Panel is Still Bullish on the District

4:40 PM
5:00 PM
More Networking!

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