The Lenkin Company

What The Lenkin Company does

The Lenkin Company is a three-generation, family-owned real estate firm headquartered in Washington, DC, founded in 1929 and operating across the Washington DC metropolitan area and Northern Virginia. The company develops, owns, and manages a portfolio of approximately eight residential apartment properties and seven commercial properties spanning office and retail, plus a construction subsidiary (Fairmont Builders) that was closed on June 30, 2024, exiting in-house construction services. Residential assets include studio to two-bedroom units in Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, Dupont Circle, Foggy Bottom, and other DC neighborhoods; commercial assets include LEED-certified office buildings such as 1050 K Street (136,000 sq ft, LEED Platinum) and 1300 19th Street (120,000 sq ft, LEED O&M Platinum), plus retail centers like Westfields Retail Park in Chantilly, Virginia.

Name

The Lenkin Company

Legal name

The Lenkin Company

Website

https://lenkin.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1929

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Lenkin Company is a three-generation family-owned real estate firm, founded in 1929, that develops, owns, and manages a portfolio of residential apartments and LEED-certified commercial office and retail properties in the Washington DC metropolitan area and Northern Virginia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Property Management and Development

NAICS

Residential Property Managers (531311), Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (531120)

SIC

Operators Of Apartment Buildings (6513), Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Multifamily Apartment Property Management (BPAJAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Office Property Management (BPAJAGAA)

Keywords

• Real estate development
• Property management
• Residential leasing
• Commercial leasing
• Construction services

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Commercial Property Leasing: Leasing of commercial office and retail space to business tenants. Properties include LEED-certified office buildings and retail centers. 75% of leased square footage in DC is LEED Certified.
2. Residential Property Rental: Rental of residential apartments including studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units across multiple DC neighborhoods including Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Columbia Heights, and Foggy Bottom.
3. Construction and Development Services: Full-service construction management including pre-construction services, value engineering, constructability reviews, and post-construction services. Company also developed and built portfolio since 1930s.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Lenkin Company develops, owns, leases, and manages residential and commercial real estate in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and Northern Virginia. Its portfolio includes eight residential apartment buildings and multiple commercial office and retail properties, complemented by sustainable building features such as solar, rainwater harvesting, green roofs, and EV charging infrastructure.

Product overview

The Lenkin Company is a three-generation family-owned real estate development and management firm established in 1929, offering a portfolio of residential apartments, commercial properties, and construction services across the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The residential portfolio includes eight named properties: The Garfield House, The Lencshire House, The Parkhill, The Promenade, The Westhaven Cooperative, The Yorkshire, The Pennsylvania House, and 901 26th Street. The commercial portfolio includes seven properties: 1050 K Street, 1300 19th Street, 1717 DeSales Street, 1818 N Street, 5101 Wisconsin Avenue, Ryan Park, and Westfields Retail Park. The company also operated a construction subsidiary, Fairmont Builders, which closed on June 30, 2024. The company emphasizes LEED-certified sustainable buildings and serves both residential tenants and commercial tenants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fairmont Builders (Construction Services) Construction subsidiary of The Lenkin Company providing full-service construction and management; ceased operations on June 30, 2024.
• Residential Property Management Management of residential apartment properties in Washington DC including The Garfield House, The Lencshire House, The Parkhill, The Promenade, The Westhaven Cooperative, The Yorkshire, The Pennsylvania House, and 901 26th Street.
• Commercial Property Management
• The Garfield House
• The Lencshire House
• The Parkhill
• The Promenade
• The Westhaven Cooperative
• The Yorkshire
• The Pennsylvania House
• 1050 K Street
• 1300 19th Street
• 1717 DeSales Street
• Westfields Retail Park

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of commercial leased square footage in Washington DC is LEED Certified
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tower CompaniescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Lenkin Company partnered with the Tower Companies in the development of 1050 K Street, producing one of the most sophisticated buildings both companies have developed. This is a joint development partnership for a LEED Platinum certified commercial building in DC's East End.
• KLNB RetailcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKLNB Retail serves as the leasing broker for Westfields Retail Park in Chantilly, Virginia. Contact: Dallon Cheney at [email protected], 703-722-2703, located at 42395 Ryan Road, Suite 200, Brambleton, VA 20148.
• CBRE, Inc.coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCBRE serves as the exclusive leasing agent for 1300 19th Street commercial building. Contact: Randolph Harrell at [email protected], 202-585-5556, located at 1900 N Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tower Companies: Tower Companies is a Rockville-based, multi-generational owner-developer-manager of Class-A commercial and multifamily properties in the DC Metro. Tower is directly comparable because Lenkin partnered with them on 1050 K Street, both pursue LEED Platinum development, and their business model (own, develop, manage) mirrors Lenkin's owner-operator stack.
• Carr Properties: Carr Properties is a DC-focused commercial office owner-operator with ~5M sqft across trophy and Class-A assets including 100 Constitution Ave and 200 Constitution Ave. Comparable because both target high-quality DC office with strong amenity packages and ESG credentials (Carr is targeting carbon-neutral operations), directly competing for the same premium tenant pool.
• WC Smith: WC Smith is a long-standing DC-based owner and manager of multifamily and mixed-use residential assets across Capitol Hill, NoMa, and the Wharf. Directly comparable because both privately held DC firms operate residential portfolios in similar submarkets with direct leasing models and asset-managed rather than third-party-managed operations.
• JBG SMITH Properties: JBG SMITH is a publicly traded REIT focused on the DC Metro, with ~20M sqft of office, multifamily, and mixed-use assets in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Comparable because they pursue a similar mix of transit-oriented office and multifamily in the same geographies as Lenkin, though at materially larger scale and with a third-party management component.
• Horning + Fiscina (formerly Horning Brothers): Horning + Fiscina is a multi-generational, family-owned DC commercial real estate developer and owner-operator focused on DC and the Mid-Atlantic. Directly comparable as a similarly sized, similarly structured family-owned DC owner-developer competing for similar infill office and mixed-use opportunities.
• Douglas Development: Douglas Development is one of DC's largest privately held owners of commercial real estate, with a ~10M sqft portfolio concentrated in DC. Comparable because they are a similarly structured private DC real estate owner-operator that develops, owns, and manages commercial space, often competing with Lenkin for the same tenant demand in Class-B/C office and retail.
• Donatelli Development: Donatelli Development is a privately held DC-area developer specializing in residential and mixed-use projects across the region. Comparable as a similarly sized, similarly privately held DC developer-manager pursuing infill residential and mixed-use opportunities in overlapping submarkets.

Broad incumbents

• Vornado Realty Trust: Vornado is a large publicly traded REIT whose portfolio is dominated by the Washington DC office market (including 1726 Eye Street, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave) alongside NYC trophy assets. Comparable as a direct competitor for institutional DC office tenants, although Vornado operates at much larger scale and Lenkin's smaller buildings are often stepping stones or comps to Vornado anchor leases.
• Boston Properties (BXP): Boston Properties is a national publicly traded office REIT with a sizable DC presence (e.g., 2200 Pennsylvania Ave, 901 New York Ave). Comparable because both pursue Class-A DC office for legal, government-adjacent, and professional services tenants, although Boston Properties is vastly larger and nationally diversified.

Regional players

• Brandywine Realty Trust: Brandywine Realty Trust is an office-focused REIT whose portfolio spans Philadelphia and Austin with a growing DC component. Comparable because they compete for similar Class-A office tenants in DC's CBD and along key corridors, although their primary market is Philadelphia and Lenkin's buildings are direct comparables in their DC deal underwriting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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