of the most successful multifamily communities in the DC metro
area, including the award-winning Metropolitan at Pentagon City,
Metropolitan at Reston Town Center, Midtown Reston Town Center
and Millennium at Metropolitan Park, and is one of the largest developers of affordable housing in the metro area. In 1987 he established Kettler Management, and has seen its property management
portfolio blossom to more than 19,000 apartment units in 85 communities and over 1. 7 million square feet of office and retail space.
ESKO KORHONEN
One of four partners at Federal Capital Partners, Korhonen has
more than 27 years experience in real estate investment and development and is involved in the company’s commercial investment,
capital markets and fund raising business. Korhonen, along with his
partners, Tom Carr, Alex Marshall and Lacy Rice, have recently
raised in excess of $427 million
in fund capital but have not yet
had their final close. Since 2003,
FCP has acquired interests in
more than $3 billion in assets,
particularly commercial and
multifamily properties throughout the Mid-Atlantic, including
Washington, DC; Philadelphia;
Baltimore; the Norfolk/Virginia
Beach market; and the Carolinas.
The firm also manages a portfolio of approximately $1.8 billion
in real estate assets throughout
those markets.
congratulates
G. David Cheek
on being recognized as one of
Real Estate Forum’s
Washington, D.C. Real Estate Icons.
The Meridian Group is a fully integrated real estate
development, investment and management firm.
Since its inception in 1993, Meridian has acquired
and developed over seven million square feet of
commercial, residential, mixed-use and hospitality
properties totaling $2.8 billion.
THE MERIDIAN GROUP
3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 610, BETHESDA, MD 20814
www.meridiangroupinc.com
www.reforum.com
THEODORE N.
LERNER
As much as Ted Lerner, managing principal owner of the
Washington Nationals, would love
to win a World Series title for DC,
he’s already made his mark here
as one of the area’s most influential commercial real estate developers. Lerner is founder, president and CEO of Lerner
Enterprises, a family owned real
estate company headquartered in
Rockville, MD. Since its founding
60 years ago, the company has
become the largest private real estate development company in the
Washington, DC area, with a portfolio of over 20 million square feet
of commercial and retail space, 22,000 private homes and more than
7,000 apartment units. Lerner is also a partner in Chelsea Piers, the
30-acre sports and entertainment complex in New York City.
RONALD D. PAUL
Involved in community banking for more than a quarter of a century, Ronald D. Paul is chairman and CEO of Eagle Bancorp Inc. and
EagleBank of Bethesda, MD. He began his career in real estate
investment in 1980 as a bookkeeper and, in 1987, formed his own
investment company, Ronald D. Paul Cos. Inc.—despite having been
diagnosed with kidney disease two years earlier. He is also president
of RDP Management, a real estate management firm. His holdings
include office and multifamily throughout the DC area, Texas,
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