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Washington, D.C. Morning Brief

November 11, 2015 Bisnow

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15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

What You Didn’t Know About John Wilkinson

Title: President, Boundary Companies.
Years on the job: 2.
Company: Invests almost exclusively in urban infill, transit-oriented projects in DC region. Currently working on over 1.6M SF in projects, with total capitalization over $500M.
Memorable project: First one in summer 2014–took control of large site in Eckington to build 700k SF mixed-use development with partner, JBG.
Current job: Large townhome community in NE, including a charter school.
CRE career: Started as tenant rep broker at CBRE’s mid-Atlantic office.
Grew up: Wilmington, DE.
Current home: Chevy Chase.
Why DC: A beautiful girl with brown eyes.
School: Cornell.
First job: Co-founded BAWLS Guarana, a high caffeine beverage.
Daily habit: Cold shower (Wim Hof method).
Favorite app: Pandora.
Favorite movie and line: Dead Poets Society–“Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”
Favorite restaurant: DeCarlo’s.
Favorite song: “I Need Love” by LL Cool J. Also recently listening to “Drive” by Alan Jackson on repeat in the car.
Favorite vacation spot: FunLand in Rehoboth Beach.
Family: Married 11 years to Libby; three daughters (2, 4 and 7 months).
Hobbies: Skiing.
Startling fact: Started a credit card targeting computer gamers in partnership with MBNA. Gamers were able to put their handle on the card.

John will be speaking at Bisnow’s DC Region’s New Generation Real Estate Leaders on Dec 17 at 7:30am at The Mayflower.

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