July was a busy month for the WC Smith Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) participants, with three out-of-the-office activities for the students. The field trips kicked off with a visit to Howard University. The students had a campus tour, and learned about the academic, extracurricular and social activities that Howard has to offer. Visiting local […]
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Happy 55th Birthday, WC Smith! On July 1, 1968, Bill Smith founded what was originally known as William C. Smith & Co., after working for the Frank S. Phillips real estate company. The new firm set out to specialize in property management, sales and leasing of commercial and investment property. The company got its start
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WC Smith and WCS Construction celebrated the July 7 topping out of Terrace Manor, a new, all-affordable 130-unit multifamily property under development in Washington, DC’s Ward 8. The new project replaces the former Terrace Manor, a troubled property that had fallen into disrepair and neglect. The existing buildings were demolished in June 2022 to make
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WC Smith welcomed its 2023 Summer Youth Employment Program participants, kicking off our 31st year of hiring DC-area teens for summer jobs within the company. Two panel discussions highlighted the June 27th launch, the first an executive discussion featuring Building Bridges Across the River President Rahsaan Bernard, DC United Chief Marketing Officer Lisa Franklin and
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Building Bridges Across the River was honored by Leadership Greater Washington (LGW), receiving the organization’s Community Partner of the Year Award. Mike Schwartz, program officer for the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, presented the award on behalf of LGW to Building Bridges President Rahsaan Bernard and Senior Vice President Scott Kratz. Kratz is the director
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WC Smith will donate $1 million to the 11th Street Bridge Park. A project between Building Bridges Across the River and the DC Government, the Bridge Park will be Washington’s first elevated park. It will be built on the pilings and piers of the old 11th Street Bridge, crossing the Anacostia River and connecting the
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WC Smith was recognized June 1 for our charitable giving and community engagement, ranking 3rd among mid-sized companies in the Washington Metropolitan area for 2022, as compiled by the Washington Business Journal. The newspaper organizes its awards by company size – large, mid-sized and small. WC Smith was among the honorees in the mid-sized companies. Fifty companies
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The Collective, WC Smith’s signature property in DC’s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, received the 2023 Collaboration Award from the DC Building Industry Association. A project that spanned 20 years of development and construction, The Collective comprises three multifamily residential buildings with 1138 units and more than 100,000 square feet of amenity space. To build The Collective,
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And the Deal of the Year Award goes to…Skyland Town Center! April 27 was a big day for Skyland, as our mixed-used development won two awards at the Washington Business Journal’s Best Real Estate Awards Dinner. The project, which we are developing with our retail partner Rappaport, was named Best New Development, besting The Wharf
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WC Smith welcomed spring in April with two events for our residents and neighbors. Nearly 1,000 people attended Spring Fling, an annual event at THEARC/Building Bridges Across the River. Several of the resident nonprofit partners at THEARC joined local vendors and community organizations (including Martha’s Table, Institute for Justice and City Block) to offer games,
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