Blake Real Estate traces its roots to 1947, when founder Jack I. Bender launched Blake Construction in Washington, D.C.; over the next several decades the Bender family evolved the enterprise from a major general contractor into a locally focused owner operator of office assets under the Blake Real Estate brand. Today the firm remains privately held and family led, with third generation leadership guiding a DC centric strategy. Its core business is the ownership, leasing, and management of a concentrated portfolio of multi tenant and single tenant office buildings in the District’s Central Business District, complemented by in house construction and property services. The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long term holds, capital improvements, and amenity upgrades to sustain occupancy and rent levels across cycles. Asset classes of interest are predominantly Class A/B office with ground floor retail; historically the organization has also developed or managed other property types (e.g., hotels, multifamily, retail and specialized institutional projects) through its construction heritage.