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NEWS - Press Releases
06/16/2009 - The J Street Companies Welcome Laine Shakerdge as a Vice PresidentKaren Widmayer
For Immediate Release- Washington, DC- June 16, 2009 – The J Street Companies today announced the appointment of Laine Shakerdge as a Vice President, working on new 
business development in acquisitions of existing assets as well as development opportunities throughout the Washington Metro Area.
J Street Companies President, Petch Gibbons, commented, “Laine is a highly accomplished leader in the Washington real estate community and bring tremendous energy and insight to our team.” Mr. Gibbons continued, “She brings excellent business development skills to our efforts in adding to the J Street operating and development portfolio.”
Ms. Shakerdge has 25 years experience in commercial real estate, most recently as Director at Rock Creek Property Group, actively involved in acquisitions. For the ten years prior to joining Rock Creek, Ms. Shakerdge acted as a principal and Vice President of Hastings Development Corporation, where she was involved in acquisition and redevelopment of multifamily housing and community shopping centers. In 1989, she became a founding partner of JM Zell Partners, a commercial real estate consulting firm. This followed a commercial brokerage career at Rubloff, a national commercial real estate firm, where she specialized in tenant representation. Ms. Shakerdge has two Masters degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship.
About The J Street Companies
The J Street Companies through affiliated companies Woodmark Commercial, J Street Development and Randall Hagner Residential, offer a complete array of real estate services including commercial sales and leasing, residential sales, property management, development, and project/construction management. The J Street Companies and its affiliates have over 2 million square feet of commercial office space in development, manage more than 5 million square feet of commercial and multi-family property, and its experienced team has managed over 8 million square feet of construction/development work. Since 2000, the company has accomplished more than 500 transactions with an aggregate value of more than $1 billion. For more information on The J Street Companies, please visit us at www.jstreetcompanies.com.