|
|
INTRO
We're a tuned-in, turned-on group of commercial real estate professionals who not only know what's happening around town, but who actually care. It's our energy and creativity that give us our competitive edge. We're small enough to turn on a dime, and experienced enough to know a good deal when we see one.
Our focus is on the Washington DC real estate market, but our client reach is local, regional and national in scope.
The critical difference is our intense involvement in the earliest stages of a neighborhood's retail rebirth. We know the right retail mix is essential to achieve the full and exciting potential of any new community development project.
SERVICES
The secret to making a great idea a reality is momentum. It's striking while the iron is hot. Time kills deals. We move quickly. We see an opportunity, we make a plan, and the next thing you know a construction wall is up and stuff is happening. Life's too short for red tape and endless meetings.
Landlord Customized Services: Our first step is to fully understand your expectations and based on this, to make the best match. We expect to be held accountable by providing results backed up by frequent status and progress reports.
- Strategic trends and market analysis; in depth community interest back-grounding
- Custom marketing campaigns, from design and copywriting to production oversight of all project marketing materials
- A Leasing Strategy identifying primary and secondary tenant candidates
- Lease Negotiation
- Assistance in retail layout and space design
Tenant Representation: Matching the right retail/restaurant concept with the perfect space is our passion. We immediately put our network of contacts to work. We provide the guidance, retail experience and strategic marketing and design tools tenants need to succeed.
- Strategic trends and market analysis
- Assistance with business planning and identity building
- Site evaluation
- Assistance with store layout and design
- Lease Negotiation
- Disposition Services
TEAM
We are proud of the seasoned and experienced team we've created, including experienced sales and leasing agents, as well as marketing, strategic planning and retail design experts.
Gil Blankespoor
Principal Broker
"Urban retail brokerage isn't for the faint-hearted, but I find it stimulating. It's fun to try fit a good retail use in a neighborhood which will welcome it with open arms!"
- Principal Broker for Blake Dickson Real Estate Services, with broad experience in commercial and residential real estate in all major U.S markets and some overseas markets
- Extensive contacts with senior brokers and institutional owners of class-A office and retail product, and expertise in the creation of new business ventures, capital formation and business operations
- First hand knowledge of all apsects of retail business-- market analysis, formation, management, marketing, cost control
- During the 1980s, managed the team which prepared a major revision to the overall Pennsylvania Avenue Development Plan between the Capitol and the White House. Served as senior project manager overseeing all office, retail and mixed-use projects in an eight square-block area north of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Wayne Dickson
Commercial Sales & Leasing, Equity Partner
"Like all of my colleagues at BDRE, my passion for this business is in working with neighborhoods to execute exciting concepts that serve the unique needs and personality of a community. I enjoy working with developers to build a leasing plan that blends national tenants with colorful and exciting local retailers. Each community has a personality that can be enhanced by the proper retail blend."
- A native, fourth-generation Washingtonian and senior retail management and operations executive with over 30 years' hands-on experience in management performance implementation, marketing and sales, merchandising, advertising and public relations
- Co-founded Blake Dickson Real Estate in 2002 to fill a unique niche representing commercial property owners and prospective tenants throughout Washington, DC emerging neighborhoods
- Appointed by Councilmember Jack Evans to serve on the Comprehensive Plan Assessment Task Force and then appointed by Mayor Anthony Williams to Chair the Comprehensive Plan Implementation Task Force. Actively involved in community relations and politics for the past two decades
Alan Zich
Sales & Leasing Agent
"I love cities and as a DC native I particularly love Washington. My passion for my hometown extends to all of its neighborhoods. Nothing beats the thrill of helping to revive and restore the neglected and overlooked parts of town."
- A native Washingtonian and a lifelong resident of the District who graduated with honors from American University in 1992
- Co-founded a housing rehab/renovation firm, Lincoln Development Corp., in the mid-1990s, which focused on building and marketing small condominium conversion projects in the Logan Circle, Shaw and Capitol Hill neighborhoods
- Worked with a number of local and national developers including Georgetown Restoration, Drummond Properties, Madison Properties, Ibus Group and Pied-a-Terre Residences to build or renovate housing in DC. Since 1996, has participated in more than $50 million in total sales
- An avid film buff and a founding member of the board of the Avalon Theatre Project in Washington
Jennifer C. Felix
Sales & Leasing Agent
"I made the decision to go into commercial real estate because I believe that everyone should have the urban conveniences of life -- from shoe stores to grocery stores -- all as easily accessible retail which provides its own flair to the neighborhood it helps to create."
- Solid track record in sales management, backed by 14 years of professional experience in print, web-based and custom solutions in publishing, marketing and advertising sales
- Over 5 years experience in residential condominium sales with The Mayhood Company, advancing from a Sales Associate to a Sales Manager known for her ability to close the sale
- Skilled in floor plan layout and design, with s strong understanding of the impact of innovative features and finishes selection
- Steeped in customer service with a knowledge of the political and social dynamics of neighborhoods, especially those in the process of renovation and rebirth
Carol Felix
Sales Agent, Marketing Partner
"My passion is packaging things. Commercial real estate allows me to work with both developers and retailers to create exciting new community components that add a richness to everyday living, literally from the ground up."
- Over 30 years' experience providing a wide range of identity building and logo design, store and sales center design, and layout and retrofitting services for clients throughout the United States
- Assists developers and retailers in branding, as well as creating strategic marketing strategies and the collateral materials to support those strategies
- Helps clients properly target their customer bases, building marketing and advertising programs to successfully reach targeted customers
- Actively served in community building as a Main Street Chair, and continues to be deeply involved in community relations
Karen W. Nelson
Sales and Leasing Agent
"How great to have found in commercial real estate a field which incorporates everything learned in business and life; teaching, negotiating, law, good news/bad news, turning challenges into success. It's the people we work with who make every minute worth the effort. What other industry touches so many aspects of the lives of so many people?"
- Works closely with the Ward Planners of the Office of Planning and Economic Development
- Prior to BDRE, was a retail real estate agent, handling landlord and tenant representation for Divaris Real Estate and Grubb & Ellis of Metropolitan Washington
- Licensed in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland, and a member of the District of Columbia Building and Industry Retail Committee, International Council of Shopping Centers, and ULI
- Experience in coordinating site selection with available Tax Increment Financing and Revenue Bonds, primarily in Enterprise Zones
Jonathan E. Butts, CCIM
Sales and Leasing Agent
Joining the Blake Dickson team is an extraordinary opportunity for me to apply my diversified real estate experiences to real world community-building challenges.
- With Uniwest Commercial Realty, responsible for identifying and securing real estate investment opportunities; providing sales and acquisition services specializing in investment grade properties - industrial, office, retail, multi-family, and charter schools
- Responsible for underwriting over $68,000,000 total dollars of debt financing secured and closed, with Northmarq Capital
- Served as an Analyst with Jones Lang LaSalle and chosen to participate in one-year rotational training program completing four assignments: Project Development Services, Strategic Consulting, Leasing & Management, and Investment Management
- 1 of 25 associates selected for semester long Real Estate Associate Program (REAP) on commercial property management, acquiring knowledge of how to grow property value by increasing net operating income and reducing risk
|
|
|
|
