Our team is dedicated to developing and improving real estate while providing our clients with valuable trust and expertise. In order to build meaningful long-term relationships with our current and future clients, we invite you to click on our individual team members and get to know a bit more about the faces that drive our company behind the scenes.
Get To Know Us
Bryan Burnette
Director of Project Management
What are your job responsibilities?
Director of Project Management responsible for supervising junior project staff and external consultants and contractors; managing multiple development and renovation projects providing high-quality service to third-party clients and sponsored deals.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering, Morgan State University
What has been your most memorable project?
Avondell Senior Living, a market rate independent living community in Bel Air, Maryland.
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
Passion for developing projects from concept through design and construction management.
Where did you grow up?
Born and raised in Washington DC, late teenage years in Fort Washington, Maryland.
Where do you currently live?
Locust Point, Baltimore City…just south of the Inner Harbor
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Topsail Beach Island, North Carolina.
James McChristy
Assistant Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Administrative, project tracking, analysis and development support.
What schools did you attend?
- Bachelor in Business, University of New Mexico
- Masters in Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University
Where did you grow up?
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Seth Rogen or Jonah Hill
What is something you can’t live without?
Movie theater popcorn
What is your biggest pet peeve?
When people put toilet paper on the wrong way
Anne Pierce
Project Specialist
What are your job responsibilities?
Reviewing project documentation, monitoring job progress, advising technical issues on needed items, and similar tasks.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Building Science, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Masters in Facilities Management, Catholic University of America
What has been your most memorable project?
At Real Projectives, one of the apartment buildings. A client purchased a not-quite-completed apartment building that needed interior and exterior completion. In addition, the client wanted to have residents immediately occupy the building during punch list completion, and also wanted to do various interior and exterior upgrades. Many parties were involved and coordination was challenging.
Where did you grow up?
Schenectady, New York
Where do you currently live?
Columbia, Maryland
Eloise Potterfield
Assistant Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Managing tenant improvement projects, performing development and construction oversight for clients, and supporting senior project managers and associates.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Science, cum laude, Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management, University of Delaware
- Swiss Higher Diploma, Hotel Management, Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality
- Master of Business Administration, Real Estate & Infrastructure, The Johns Hopkins University
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I entered the real estate industry, indirectly, by way of hospitality, and subsequently, through multi-family and mixed use management. I find the real estate/project management industry to be exciting and challenging– I am stimulated by the problems inevitably encountered in realizing a project’s design, and love solving these problems, and seeing buildings go up because of my contributions.
Where did you grow up?
I was born in Cheltenham, England, but did most of my growing up in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Anne Hathaway.
What is your favorite vacation spot?
The South of France, particularly Provence. Perhaps, one day, I’ll retire there.
What pets do you have?
I have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, named Ringo.
Jeffrey Ratnow
Senior Associate
What are your job responsibilities?
Managing projects. Teaching and mentoring our junior staff members in areas that I have expertise. Networking and finding new consulting work and clients. Sourcing real estate investment deals and implementing the determined development plans.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Lehigh University
- Masters in Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University
What was your most memorable project?
The 21 story, $400M Mary Catherine Bunting Center at Mercy Hospital. It was an amazing collaboration with the Owner, the Contractor and the Designer (me) to tackle an immense urban redevelopment project that transformed a portion of downtown Baltimore.
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
Real Estate development was something that always drew my attention and when I had the opportunity to pursue a degree in that field, I took it. That degree opened up my world, where I was fortunate enough to be hired to develop affordable housing. Affordable housing gave me the development experience I craved and needed, but also opened up my eyes to an entire new world of public purpose investment which shapes my development goals to this day.
Where did you grow up?
Suffern, New York, just west of New York City.
Where do you currently live?
Riverside Community in Baltimore, the greatest city in America.
What is your favorite music group?
I am an avid Phish fan, and it goes beyond music, but also community. There are so many layers of enjoyment that come with Phish that it’s hard to describe. The discussions, debates, statistics, memories of different shows and friends you meet. Phish fans are some of the most thoughtful and cerebral people I have ever met.
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Anywhere there is snow, a mountain and a ski lift.
What pets do you have?
Our family adopted a pit/pointer mix from our local shelter. She is the best behaved, sweetest, most loving creature in the world.
Matthew Scott
Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Manage and oversee multiple development and renovation projects to achieve our client’s goals; Construction Management services and client representation.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor in Urban Planning & Policy, Virginia Tech
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I started my career in the General Contracting/Construction Management industry and I have always had a passion for seeing a project start as a vision and be turned into reality. Being able to work closely with building owners and developers allows me to fulfill that passion.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
Race Car Driver
What is your favorite vacation spot?
Riviera Maya, Mexico
What are your hobbies?
Cooking, Trying New Food/Restaurants, and Anything to do with Cars.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Greg Wilhelm-Wenzel
Senior Project Manager
What are your job responsibilities?
Senior Project Manager of base building and tenant improvements. Multi-National-Portfolio oversight for site selection, pre development due-diligence, design and construction management.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Associates in Technical Drafting and Tool Design, Ferris State University
- Bachelor in Construction Management, Western Michigan University
What has been your most memorable project?
My first Project Management assignment – The Parkway Center, Breckenridge Colorado – an 86,000 SF retail center with a 40,000 SF anchor tenant City Market. The project entailed 2 years of construction with the first year completing, 40 acre site development with street infrastructure; sewer, water, electric, telephone and bridges over the Blue River. The second year and with a 7 month duration to complete and open the City Market prior to the Ski season opening November 1st.
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I enjoy seeing a project from conception through deposition/sale. It gives me a sense of accomplishment to build an aesthetically pleasing architectural enhancement through buildings to improve existing or new landscape.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
Bass fisherman and hunter!
Where did you grow up?
On a farm in a small rural community of 10,000, everyone knew each other and we all played sports and took part in our community through events.
Where do you currently live?
Ashburn, Virginia
What are your hobbies?
Fishing, Hunting, Basketball and Cycling
What is your spirit animal?
Elk
Jonathan Williams
Owner & Principal
What are your job responsibilities?
Leading the company and advising clients.
What schools/programs did you attend?
- Bachelor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State University
- Masters of Real Estate, Johns Hopkins University
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
As a very young boy I started out making temporary forts out of cardboard boxes, then played around construction sites, and built tree houses, bridges and two workshops. I then worked my way through college designing and building custom homes in PA.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
After sailing around the world, I would voyage into space.
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
James Spader
What is your favorite vacation spot?
So far it has been watching the hot lava flow into the ocean on the Big Island of Hawaii. I was mesmerized by the creation of land right before my eyes.
What are your hobbies?
Learning to sail on and exploring the Chesapeake Bay.
Tell us about your family.
Married 20+ years to Erin and have two amazing daughters, Ashley and Kaitlyn.
Bret Blythe
What are your job responsibilities?
Provide project level support from due diligence process through project closeout. Provide turnkey solutions to complex project concerns
What schools/programs did you attend?
Virginia Tech – Building Construction
How and why did you enter the real estate/project management industry?
I have loved architecture since a trip to New York City when I was a child. When I went to Virginia Tech, I was able to explore the different career paths in the industryand ultimately found my way to project management.
What has been your most memorable project?
My favorite project I was on was a 500,000+ SF multi-use facility in New Providence, New Jersey- I was brought onto the job when it was delayed by about 200 days. As with any project that is behind schedule, I learned to work with the teams, identify the issues and ultimately satisfy an aggressive recovery schedule.
Where did you grow up?
I lived in multiple states when I was young including Georgia, Colorado, and California; I ultimately settled in to Chesapeake, VA throughout high school.
What would be your ideal job in another life?
I would have to say an Oenologist A.K.A. Wine Maker. Wine has, as of the last 4 years, been a tremendous passion of mine and I am always trying to learn more about it.