Washington

Office Principal: Willard O. Freeman
Email: wfreeman@concordisrealestate.com

Office Overview

Concordis Freeman Group, founded by Willard Freeman and Richard Gersten, specializes in commercial office leasing and consulting. The team represents both national and D.C.-based companies, with a client list including Discovery Communications, Northwestern Mutual Life, Americhoice, Empower America, and Chevron-Texaco. Concordis Freeman provides commercial real estate sales, leasing, acquisition, project management, development, and investment services.

The company's founders are both residents of the District of Columbia and have facilitated in the investment, and leasing and representation to tenants for properties throughout the metro area since 1980. With a philosophy of value-creation and a focus on long-term client relationships, Concordis Freeman has served its clients throughout all phases of lease program analysis, site search, market data, lease proposal formulation, evaluation of alternatives, negotiation, execution, and project management.

Concordis Freeman brings local real estate experience to the team in a city that values local roots. The principals have professional affiliations with various real estate organizations and in addition, they are involved in the Washington community through various work and volunteer related activities such as the board of directors for Metropolitan Police Boys and Girls Clubs, The Family and Child Services of Washington, DC, The Sheridan School, and DC Stoddert Soccer.

Willard Freeman has established trust with the city government and was recently asked to analyze City office and warehouse leases made prior to the Williams administration at various DC locations, and to make recommendations in the form of a strategic plan for the City's future real estate needs. When ground was being broken for the MCI Center the Redevelopment Land Agency (RLA) contacted Willard to efficiently relocate city agencies, which were impeding the construction schedule. The RLA members and corporation counsel at the time will attest to the rapid response and professionalism Freeman brought to that process.

In the zoning and development context, Willard interfaced between community groups and Discovery Communications to successfully facilitate approval for the development of a 600,000 sq ft building on the Silver Spring/DC border. Meeting with community groups and individual homeowners over a period of six months, Willard listened to neighbors' concerns about traffic, scope and size of the project, landscaping, deliveries, and other issues that would have impacted their neighborhood. Churches, city council members and other groups applauded the project changes Willard implemented in response to these neighborhood interest groups.

Richard Gersten, a twenty-two year Washington resident, has a strong background in commercial real estate client representation and development services. Richard represents associations, corporations, consulting and law firms, and government contractors throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. The complexity of relocation demands a high level of personalized service which Richard provides through direct client interface.

Richard actively services all accounts that the Concordis Freeman maintains as clients. A diverse portfolio of clients throughout Washington and Virginia maintains their relationship with Concordis Freeman, and as they have grown or reduced in size, the clients rely on the services of his firm. The "hands on" approach has offered clients the continued reliability that the changing real estate market requires.

As a full service real estate company, Concordis Freeman Group is unique in its position to offer the benefit of personalized service and a vast network of resources to satisfy all real estate requirements.