Team Spotlights
CSG Urban Partners
CSG specializes in creating innovative real estate solutions for its clients. It provides real estate strategic planning, financial analysis, transaction structuring, project management and other advisory services to Non-profits, Churches, Religious Organizations, Public Entities and Private Landowners. CSG intrinsically understands the challenges mission-driven organizations and public entities often encounter when endeavoring to fulfill their mission objectives while attempting to capitalize on the value of their real estate assets.
In addition to its strategic real estate advisory business, CSG develops commercial real estate projects in joint venture partnership with large-scale real estate developers. While private sector-minded, with strong local community ties, CSG understands the importance of real estate developments benefiting community residents. CSG aggressively monitors local community and political concerns to ensure strong stakeholder support of its projects. CSG is also strongly committed to creating economic opportunities for other minority and women-owned businesses.
Learn more on our website at csgurban.com
Simone Goring Devaney
Co-founder, CSG Urban Partners
Simone has over two decades of experience in the fields of real estate development and finance. DC-based CSG specializes in public-private and non-profit real estate development and advisory services. Simone’s work focuses on the revitalization of urban communities, development finance, and non-profit strategic real estate planning.
Charles King
Co-founder, CSG Urban Partners
Charles has over twenty years of real estate, financial and entrepreneurial experience; he has provided public, not-for-profit and religious institution clients with strategic planning and real estate advice drawn from a deep understanding of the public-private development process. He also specializes in creating innovative development strategies for non-profit organizations and institutions that seek to maximize the value of owned real estate assets.
MRP Realty
Our team offers extraordinary experience combined with a creative, entrepreneurial and passionate approach to real estate. Our talent for collaboration and knowledge of our target markets enable us to identify opportunities and guide investment strategy to yield predictable value and superior results time and again.
We work closely with our investment partners and project teams to deliver and operate properties that are setting new standards in some of the most dynamic real estate markets in the world. We embrace bold opportunities with enthusiasm and a discerning eye — exploring investment potential to realize optimal value for our partners.
Learn more on our website at mrprealty.com
Matt Robinson, Principal, MRP Realty
With almost two decades of experience in multi-family residential, mixed-use acquisition and development opportunities for MRP Realty. Since joining the firm in 2007, Matt has overseen the entitlement, development, and repositioning of over 3.2 million square feet including over 1,100 units.
Capri Investment Group
Capri Investment Group is a real estate investment and development firm co-founded in 1992 by Quintin E. Primo III. Since its inception, the company has completed more than $14 billion in institutional quality equity and debt transactions across all major property types and markets. As an SEC-registered investment advisor, the firm has invested on behalf of many of the largest pension funds and institutional investors in the U.S., in separate account, commingled fund, and joint venture formats.
Over its nearly 30-year history, Capri has demonstrated itself to be an early investor in markets often overlooked by traditional investors. It was one of the first advisors to invest in the multifamily markets in the mid-1990s, and successfully completed over $5 billion in equity related transactions. In addition, the firm closed Capri Urban Investors, LLC (“CUI”), a $537 million commingled real estate investment fund, in 2007. CUI has been dedicated to making investments in diverse and evolving urban markets, especially in underserved areas.
It is our goal to improve all communities in which we invest by being sensitive to the needs of its stakeholders. In this way, we believe that over the long term we will maximize the returns to our investors and ourselves, while having a meaningful and positive impact on those who live, work and recreate in the innovative projects that we build.
Learn more on our website at capri.global
Quintin E. Primo III
Founder and Executive Chairman
Quintin is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Capri Investment Group, one of the largest minority-owned real estate investment management firms in the United States.
Dawil Sully
President and CEO
As President and CEO of Capri, Dawil leverages his multidisciplinary experience to source, structure, and execute projects ranging from ground-up development and value-add repositioning to core products.
Michael Marshall Design
We are a seasoned collective of architects, brand strategists and creative thinkers, working across design disciplines, beyond the expected, to inspire greater engagement and impact in the places we come together.
An architecture firm since 1989, we have always understood the power of the built environment. We are passionate about bringing the disciplines of architecture and branding together to create more immersive spaces for our clients.
At the heart of everything we do is the desire to create something that resonates, restores, reflects and recharges. Our drive is to work with our clients, partners and collaborators, to use design to create greater opportunities and access in the arts, education, and for community services and resources that enhance and improve people’s lives.
Learn more on our website at michaelmarshalldesign.com
“I had the honor to present our proposal for the redevelopment of the Reeves Center in this Historic DC community to the NAACP, for the future home of their national headquarters. I simply would not be who I am as a person and a professional without the groundbreaking work of the NAACP.”
Michael Marshall, FAIA, NOMA, NCARB
President and CEO, Michael Marshall Design
Michael founded his architecture firm in Washington, DC in 1989; today the firm has grown to specialize in iconic and prominent projects across the District and beyond – across cultural, mixed use, commercial, educational and office. Michael’s passion is the renaissance of his native city, and his work is featured In the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
PGN Architects
PGN Architects was founded in 2004 as a local minority owned firm with deep roots in the Washington D.C. community. Located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood for the last 10 years the firm has grown in prominence to serve the needs of a diverse clientele with expertise in a wide range ofproject types. Both of the partners currently reside within the confines of the city which helps to facilitate a local focus and expertise tailored to the architectural landscape of Washington D.C.
With 16 years focused on the multifamily market, we have designed over 3,000 units comprised of all residential typologies including single family, multifamily (affordable, market rate and luxury), boarding, transitional, short term, workforce, live work, communal/shared, transient and student housing. We are considered experts when testifying in front of the local governing bodies.
We have designed projects within Historic Districts as new construction, renovation/additions to contributing buildings, renovations/additions to Historic Landmarked buildings and renovations with Historic Tax Credits meeting the Secretary of the Interior standards.
Learn more on our website at pgnarchitects.com
“This community deserves a monument to DC’s rich history and culture. The same history and culture that embraced me when I arrived at the age of 17 to study Architecture at Howard University. There is so much significance that has existed, continues to exist and will exist; I want future generations to benefit.”
Sean Pichon, AIA
Owner, PGN Architects
Sean is the founder of PGN Architects, a DC-based, full-service architectural firm specializing in multifamily and affordable housing, mixed use, historic preservation and interior architecture.
SmootDC
With more than six decades of growth and experience in general contracting, design-build, and construction management, Smoot Construction has created a legacy of excellence and a reputation for hard work and high standards.
Now entering the third generation of family leadership, the SmootDC team is known for professionalism, quality, and honesty—forging employee and client relationships that span decades.
Learn more on our website at smootbuilds.com
Omar McIntosh
Executive Vice President
Omar leads SmootDC’s regional office by managing the overall operations and resources; developing and implementing key strategies for profitability, performance, and growth; ensuring staff has resources and direction required to fulfill contractual obligations; and acting as the primary senior level contact for clients.
Chrystal Stowe
Vice President
Chrystal is responsible for developing and managing strategic community alliances and client engagement, including community initiatives such as training and employment opportunities for local residents and contracting opportunities for diverse businesses.
Bradley Site Design
Bradley Site Design is a dynamic Landscape Architecture and Urban Design firm founded in 1994 and dedicated to the creation of socially, economically and environmentally sustainable communities.
Sharon Bradley trained in the offices of Keyes Condon Florance Architects and Oehme van Sweden Landscape Architects, then decided to apply those design concepts to a wider array of neighborhood types. Thus BSD began in a small home office in Greenbelt, Maryland. Since then the company has grown to include a close-knit team of talented and dedicated professionals working from a collaborative studio in Georgetown, Washington DC.
We combine strong technical expertise and cutting-edge site design methods with a graceful aesthetic and a collaborative style. As thoughtful and analytical designers we create places that connect people to their neighbors, community, culture, and the outdoors. Our work is driven by integrity, accountability, and respect for our clients, colleagues, communities and our planet.
Learn more on our website at bradleysitedesign.com
“This is a tight-knit team with a richly collaborative approach that has already resulted in the single-minded pursuit of design excellence and a commitment to the history and culture of this community. Having spent my life in and around DC, and celebrating 26 years in business in the District, I’m excited to play an integral role at the Reeves Center.”
Sharon Bradley
Founder, Bradley Site Design
Founder of landscape architecture and urban design firm Bradley Site Design, Sharon has been designing prominent public spaces and institutions of cultural and historic significance in the Washington, DC metropolitan area for over 34 years. She is committed to creating sustainable landscapes; she and her team were the first landscape architects to win the Mayor’s prestigious Environmental Excellence Award.