As business associates see it, Washington, D.C.-based developer Douglas Jemal deserves as much credit as anyone for helping to preserve the District of Columbia’s cityscape. Jemal, the founder and president of Douglas Development Corp., has carried out many historic preservation projects in downtown D.C. and spurred the revitalization of entire underdeveloped neighborhoods elsewhere in the District, too.
The 32-year-old, fully integrated real estate firm specializes in acquiring sites, finance, entitlement, development, leasing and management and owns more than 250 properties in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, New York and Pennsylvania. The firm’s portfolio includes 10 million leasable sq ft and more than 3 million sq ft of developable real estate.