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Washington, D.C. Morning Brief

February 17, 2015 Bisnow

What You Don’t Know About Darick Edmond

Title: Project executive, Davis Construction.
Photo: Canadian cruise, 2012.
Job: Manage team of 30 and oversee 4-5 multi-family projects at a time in DC metro.
Years at DAVIS: 2.
Company: 400 employees; $700M in annual revenue, averaging over 200 projects per year focused on base building, higher ed, tenant fit-out, and health care.
Memorable project: Converting old Columbia Hospital (built in 1915) into 225 high-end condos in 2008. Challenge to maintain existing structure.
Current project: Two podium wood frame projects totaling over 500 units in Rockville.
Grew up: Tidewater, Va.
Current home: Leesburg.
Why DC: Job with Gilbane.
School: Hampton University.
First job: Mowing lawns.
Daily habit: Start the day with coffee. Any kind. 7-11 or Starbucks, it doesn’t matter.
Favorite app: Pandora.
Favorite movie: An Officer and a Gentleman.
Favorite restaurant: Silver Diner.
Favorite music: Stevie Wonder.
Favorite vacation spot: Bermuda.
Guilty pleasure: Peppermint Patties.
Bucket list: Visit Paris again.
Family: Married 21 years; 2 daughters (14 and 19) and a son (16).
Hobbies: Playing and watching sports and road cycling.
Startling fact: Has side job as Division I college football referee and travels the country to ref games.