McLean, Virginia – Miller & Smith, an award-winning homebuilder and real estate development company, is proud to announce its employees have donated more than $2,100 in food and monetary donations for Northern Virginia Family Services OPERATION TURKEY.

Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) is a private, nonprofit community service organization dedicated to helping individuals and families find new paths to self-reliance and brighter futures. NVFS works to improve the lives of their clients through a variety of programs in five mission initiatives: safe & stable housing, child & family enrichment, health access, emergency assistance and workforce development.

Each year, NVFS’s OPERATION TURKEY provides Thanksgiving meals to more than 800 families who would not otherwise have a family meal celebration.

Doug Smith, President of Miller and Smith, remarked: “One of our company core values is giving back to the community.  This was a wonderful example of our employees stepping up to ensure other local area families will enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday.  I commend NVFS on their efforts and dedication to our community.”

 About Miller & Smith:

Founded in 1964, Miller & Smith is a privately owned builder and developer who is active in both residential and commercial real estate and has earned a reputation for creating innovative and imaginative homes and communities. One of the largest private homebuilders in the Washington, DC metropolitan region, Miller & Smith has built more than 5,400 single family homes, 8,800 townhomes, and 2,125 condominiums and developed 12,700 home sites in 92 communities throughout Maryland, Virginia and Delaware and is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. For more information about Miller & Smith, visit www.millerandsmith.com or call (703) 821-2500.

McLean, Virginia – Miller & Smith, an award-winning homebuilder and real estate development company, announces today the launch of its new corporate website www.millerandsmithcompanies.com. Miller & Smith is among the Washington region’s largest privately owned real estate companies with expertise in land planning and development, commercial development, homebuilding and advisory services. The new website showcases the company’s depth of experience in these industry categories:

Land Development  — Specializes in acquiring, zoning, entitling and developing land into highly marketable residential and commercial developments.

Commercial — Expertise lies in acquiring, developing, building, and managing commercial real estate including developing One Loudoun, a premier 358-acre omni-use, master-planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Residential / New Homes  – Specializes in building innovative and imaginative homes and communities throughout Maryland, Virginia and Delaware including more than 5,400 single-family homes, 8,800 townhomes, and 2,125 condominiums in 92 communities.

Advisory Group — Focuses on helping financial institutions, investment groups, and local governments maximize the value of their residential and commercial land holdings.

Doug Smith, President of Miller and Smith, remarks: “Since 1964, we have been known as an award-winning homebuilder, but the company has expanded our practice areas. We now have an established track record in creating high-value commercial projects, Class A office space, and mixed-use developments with upscale shopping, dining and hospitality.”

Miller & Smith’s Advisory Group has also become very active in the past few years and is involved in several projects including serving as the master developer of a large residential community at the Delaware Shore for an equity investment firm.

The new website can be viewed at www.millerandsmithcompanies.com.  For more information, call (703) 821-2500 or follow on Facebook and Twitter.

Best of NAIOP Northern Virginia Awards Winners

Tysons Corner, Virginia:

“Focus on Excellence” was the theme of the Best of NAIOP Northern Virginia Awards held Thursday, November 20, 2013 at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. The event was sold out with over seven hundred people in attendance as twenty-eight awards were presented in the following categories: Transactions, Interiors, Marketing, Buildings and Membership. The Awards Dinner was an opportunity to celebrate significant new contributions to Northern Virginia by the commercial, industrial and mixed-use real estate community.

Awards were given in the following categories:

Transactions:

Best Real Estate Transaction – Sale: Award of Excellence for Tysons Overlook, submitted by MRP Realty. Team members included: Rockpoint Group, LMI, Cassidy Turley and CBRE, Inc.

Best Real Estate Transaction – Lease: Award of Excellence for Tysons Tower (Intelsat) submitted by Macerich. Additional team member included CBRE, Inc.

Interiors: 

Best Interiors, Retail Project: Award of Excellence for Osteria Marzano at Metro Park VI submitted by Clarion Partners. Team members included: The Evans Company, Collective Architecture and L.F. Jennings.

Best Interiors, Tenant Space 0-14,999 SF: Award of Merit for The Motley Fool submitted by FORM Architects. Team members included Bognet Construction and Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.

Best Interiors, Tenant Space 0-14,999 SF: Award of Excellence for Booz & Company submitted by VOA Architects PLLC. Additional team member included Booz & Company.

Best Interiors, Tenant Space 15,000-49,999 SF: Award of Merit for Mandiant Corporation submitted by DBI Architects, Inc. Team members included: Mandiant Corporation and HITT Contracting Inc.

Best Interiors, Tenant Space 50,000 SF and Above: Award of Merit for Leased Government Building at Liberty Center South submitted by RTKL Associates Inc. Team members included: The Shooshan Company; GSA; Studley, Inc.; and Clark Construction Group.

Best Interiors, Tenant Space 50,000 SF and Above: Award of Excellence for Bechtel Corporation submitted by Hickok Cole Architects. Team members included: Boston Properties, CBRE, Inc. and rand* construction corporation.

Best Interiors, Building Common Area: Award of Merit for Rooftop Lounge at Metro Park VI submitted by Clarion Partners. Team members included The Evans Company, Lehman Smith McLeish, and HITT Contracting Inc.

Best Interiors, Building Common Area: Award of Excellence for 1320 North Courthouse submitted by MGMA. Team members included: MetLife, Avison Young, and HITT Contracting Inc. 

Marketing:

Best Firm Marketing: Award of Merit for “The Line Campaign” submitted by Hickok Cole Architects.

Best Project Marketing: Award of Merit for Reston Station submitted by Comstock. Team members included: Jones Lang LaSalle; KLNB; Davis, Carter, Scott, Ltd.; Hickok Cole Architects; JAHN; and James G. Davis Construction Corporation.

Best Project Marketing: Award of Excellence to Macerich for Tysons Tower. Team members included: CBRE, Inc; Gensler; Neoscape; and Hines.

Buildings:

Best Master Plan: Award of Merit for One Loudoun submitted by Miller and Smith. Team members included: One Loudoun Holdings, LLC; Potomac Development Group, The Eisen Group, EE. Reed Construction, L.P., and Gordon.

Best Master Plan: Award of Excellence for Scott’s Run Station submitted by SmithGroupJJR. Team members included: Cityline Partners, Walsh Colucci Lubely Emrich & Walsh PC, VIKA and Wells & Associates.

Best Building, R&D/Flex/Industrial: Award of Merit for Ashburn Technology Park submitted by St. John Properties, Inc.. Team members included Penza & Bailey and christopher consultants, ltd.

Best Building Renovation Adaptive Re-Use: Award of Merit for Loudoun III, 44084 Riverside Parkway submitted by Foulger-Pratt Companies. Team members included Foulger-Pratt Rockledge Medical Properties; FPR Medical Properties Riverbend, LLC; Lansdowne Real Estate; and Architecture, Incorporated.

Best Building Renovation Capital Improvement: Award of Merit for Summit I & II submitted by The JBG Companies. Team members included CBRE, Inc; Gensler; HITT Contracting Inc.; and SK&A Engineers.

Best Building Renovation Capital Improvement: Award of Excellence for 1400 Crystal Drive submitted by Fox Architects. Team members included: Lowe Enterprises; Lincoln Property Company, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.

Best Building, Mixed-Use Project: Award of Excellence for Mosaic submitted by EDENS. Team members included: Dyal & Partners; Nelsen Partners; House & Robertson; and L.F. Jennings.

Best Building, Build-to-Suit Institutional Facility Under $20 Million: Award of Excellence for Wolftrap Fire Station #42 submitted by Fairfax County Department of Public Works & Environmental Services. Team members included Fairfax County, Hughes Group Architects and Milestone Construction.

Best Building, Build-to-Suit Institutional Facility Over $20 Million: Award of Excellence for Arlington Mill Community Center submitted by HITT Contracting Inc. Team members Arlington County and Davis, Carter, Scott Ltd.

Best Building, Build-to-Suit Non-Institutional Facility: Award of Merit for The Aeropace Corporation submitted by Duke Realty. Team members included The Aerospace Corporation, KGD Architecture and James G. Davis Construction Corporation.

Best Building, Build-to-Suit Non-Institutional Facility: Award of Excellence for Salamander Resort & Spa submitted by Architecture, Incorporated. Team members included: Salmander Development, LLC and Turner Construction Company.

Best Building, Speculative Office 1-5 Stories: Award of Excellence for 1776 Wilson Boulevard submitted by Skanska USA Commercial Development. Team members included 1776 Wilson, LLC; Transwestern; Colliers International; RTKL Architects Inc. and Skanska USA Building.

Best Building, Speculative Office 6 Stories and Above: Award of Merit for 7770 Backlick Road submitted by Corporate Office Properties Trust. Team members included HGA Architects and Engineers, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company.

Membership:

Firm of the Year: Award of Excellence to christopher consultants, ltd.

Member of the Year: Award of Excellence to Charles N. Claar IV, Hubert Construction

With many thanks to our 2013 Awards sponsors:

Avison Young

Baker Tilly

Balfour Beatty Construction

BECO Management

Bohler Engineering

Boston Properties, Inc.

Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd

Brandywine Realty Trust

Brookfield Office Properties

Buchanan Partners, LLC

Cassidy Turley

CBRE, Inc.

christopher consultants, ltd.

Cityline Partners, LLC

Clarion Partners

Clark Construction Group

Collective Architecture

Colliers International

Colony Realty Partners, LLC

Cooley LLP

Corporate Office Properties Trust

Cushman & Wakefield of Virginia, Inc.

Duke Realty

ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC

E.E. Reed Construction, L.P.

First Potomac Realty Trust

Foulger-Pratt Companies

Harvey-Cleary Builders

Haynes Whaley Associates, Inc.

HITT Contracting Inc.

Holland & Knight

Hubert Construction, LLC

Jacobs

The JBG Companies

Jones Lang LaSalle

L.F. Jennings

Manhattan Construction

McGuireWoods

Metro Park

Monday Properties

MRP Realty

One Loudoun

Peterson Companies

Prologis

Prospective Inc.

PS Business Parks, Inc

Quadrangle Development Corporation

R.W. Murray Co.

SIGAL Construction Corporation

Skanska USA Commercial Development

St. John Properties, Inc.

SunTrust Bank

Tishman Speyer

TRINITY Group Construction, Inc.

Turner Construction Company

Tyler Mechanical Contracting

Virginia Square, 3701 North Fairfax Drive

Vornado/Charles E. Smith

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust

WestDulles Properties, Inc.

Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

NAIOP Northern Virginia is a chapter of NAIOP,

 

the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, and it comprises over 825 members serving the local Northern Virginia market. NAIOP is the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial and mixed-use real estate, with 15,000 members in North America. NAIOP advances responsible commercial real estate development and advocates for effective public policy. For more information, visit www.naiopva.org.

November 6, 2013, Ashburn, Virginia – One Loudoun Downtown, LLC, a joint venture of Miller and Smith and NORTH AMERICA SEKISUI HOUSE, LLC (NASH) announces today The Fresh Market is now open at One Loudoun in Loudoun County, Virginia. The new 23,800 square-foot, specialty grocery store opened its doors to thousands of shoppers eager to discover the grocer’s unparalleled product selection. Store representatives and local officials marked the occasion with an official “Crack the Parmesan” ceremony, followed by chef demonstrations, food sampling, and gift card giveaways.

“We welcome The Fresh Market and its more than 90 employees to the Downtown One Loudoun community,” said Bill May, Vice President of Miller and Smith. “It is exciting to add more fresh food options for local residents and expand the amenities of Downtown One Loudoun. We invite everyone to stop by, shop and enjoy.”

The new store houses culinary delights, including a bakery that produces 30 freshly baked breads and 14 different pie varieties daily, a full service meat counter with freshly ground beef, a wide selection of ready-to-serve entrées, fresh seafood delivered to the store several times per week, and more than 200 imported and domestic cheeses, as well as a bountiful produce department with more than 400 items and a large organic selection.

The Fresh Market is committed to the communities where it does business. The new store is partnering with the food pantry at Reston Bible Church in Sterling and Messiah’s Market to provide regular donations of food. In addition, as part of the company’s focus on providing the freshest, best quality products, the store features a growing number of local and regional products from area growers and producers.

For more information about One Loudoun, please visit www.oneloudoun.com or call the One Loudoun Welcome Center at 703.724.1111.  Follow One Loudoun on Facebook and Twitter.

 

About One Loudoun: 

One Loudoun is a premier 358-acre omni-use, master-planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia, that will feature 1,040 homes, 702,000 square feet of retail including fine dining, upscale shopping and movie theater, a luxury hotel, three million square feet of office space, a clubhouse with pool and an amphitheater – all surrounded by approximately 150 acres of public land with miles of walking trails.  One Loudoun’s mixed-use Downtown district opened in Spring 2013 and continues to add new tenants. One Loudoun Holdings, LLC is one of NASH’s consolidated subsidiaries in the US. Visit www.oneloudoun.com to learn more, or follow the community on Facebook and Twitter.

 

About The Fresh Market, Inc.

Founded in 1982, The Fresh Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: TFM) is a specialty grocery retailer focused on providing high-quality products in a unique and inviting atmosphere with a high level of customer service. The company currently operates 144 stores in 26 states, primarily located in the Southeast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and West Coast, with plans for continued expansion throughout the country. The Fresh Market is an equal opportunity employer.  For more information, visit www.thefreshmarket.com.