15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

Title: SVP, First Washington Realty.
Job focus: Redevelopment, leasing, portfolio management and investments.
Years on the job: 1.
Company: Bethesda firm owns 98 shopping centers in densely-populated areas, in 23 states and DC. Portfolio is 13M SF and valued at $3.8b. 
Memorable projects: Recent acquisition of several unique shopping centers in Kansas City (1M SF in area designed by forefather of community planning, J.C. Nichols) and development of Twelve12 at The Yards – apartments over VIDA Fitness, Harris Teeter and street retail. 
Current project: Exploring adding multifamily and creating a more walkable mixed-use experience at several grocery-anchored centers. 
CRE career: Started in retail, housing and hotel projects for Mayor Tony Williams. 
Grew up: Yarmouth, Maine.
Current home: Brookland.
Schools: Macalester College, Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
First job: Grocery bagger at Shop’N’Save.
Job in another life: Point guard on the ’86 Boston Celtics.
Daily habit: Talk to wife and kids daily even when traveling for business. 
Favorite app: Spotify.
Favorite TV series: Homeland.
Favorite restaurant: Fish taco stand on 5th Ave., in Playa del Carmen.
Favorite band: Halibujenkins – was the bass guitarist in college. Favorite vacation spot: Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Guilty pleasure: Letting kids watch possibly excessive amounts of San Antonio Spurs. 
Bucket list: Kite boarding off southwest corner of Portugal.
Family: Married to Debee Yamamoto for 10 years; daughter (7), son (5).
Hobbies: Wakeboarding and speaking imperfect but enthusiastic Portuguese.
Startling fact: While living in Spain, made money playing jazz piano at local watering hole, La Carboneria.