Real Estate Consulting

At Design Drift Development, we offer fee-based oversight consulting management of the entire development team or any portion of the process that needs special attention.

Our services are designed to be the owners eyes and ears and provide our clients with the knowledge and insights necessary to make informed decisions and achieve success with every project.

Market Analysis

Our in-depth market analysis goes beyond the surface to provide clients with a comprehensive understanding of current real estate trends and opportunities. Through strong relationships with best-in-class data analyst firms and careful competitive review, we empower our clients to make strategic decisions on what and who we are building for.

Entitlement & Permiting

Every jurisdiction is unique and requires a nimble friendly on-the-ground presence. We have presented to hundreds of councils and planning boards, thousands of community groups, and remain active in the public arena including APA, ULI, and various council of governments. Our architectural and engineering expertise will shortcut many permitting and inspection challenges.

Highest & Best Use

Accurate property research for legal, use, context, zoning, infrastructure, and pricing is critical in real estate decision-making. Our team offers precise property evaluation services and proforma creation and evolution to determine the true worth of real estate assets from the idea to GMP to initial yield and the 10yrIRR.

Design Management

Target-market tailored development strategies are at the core of our design approach from branding to landscape to architecture to interiors . Keeping the client's design intent and technical best practices top-of-mind for the design teams are absolutely critical to ensuring optimal returns and long-term stability.

Construction Management

Our expert guidance, as the owners representative in the construction trailer, ensures schedules and budgets never take a back seat to quick compromises and job site challenges. Experienced problem solving and problem avoidance is the core skill that keeps a project on track and the owners vision intact..

Lease-up & Handoff

The transition from construction to operations is a communication opportunity that allows for faster technical transfer, more effective contract service scoping, and, most critically, preleasing story building and momentum building handoff to the operations market group and sales team.

Core Expertise

Vertically Mixed-Use Building Design
Effective Business Development & Opportunity Pursuit
Primary Client Project Representative
Project Schedule, Estimates, & Due Diligence
Highly Experienced Entitlement Manager
Zoning & Building Code Professional
Full Adobe Suite, Revit, Newforma, Premavera, Excel, Project...

Retail & Hospitality Strategic Planning
Eager Technology Researcher
Growth Focused Team Manager
Established Design & Building Trade Expert
Contract Negotiation & Administration
Architecture, Interiors, & Urban Design Leader
Civic & Thought Leader

Working with visionary development clients and partners:

Aimco, Greystar, JBG, Foulger Pratt, Monday Properties, Clarion Partners, Peterson Companies, Lerner Enterprises, Fivesquares, Madison Marquette, West Group, Carl Freeman Companies, Lincoln Properties, Marriott, Tucker Development, Donohoe Development, GGP, LCOR...

Active in the most impactful organizations:

ULI Trends Chair, ULI National Product Council Chair, ULI TAP Panels...

AIA Committee Chair & Lecturer

APA Committee Member & Lecturer

USGBC Lecturer, Greenbuild Presenter

Planning Commissioner for City of Gaithersburg MD

Washington Council of Governments Development Committee Member

DC, Fairfax, Prince Georges, Howard, Arlington, Alexandria, & Montgomery Requested Presentations