DANAC Realty Advisors

What DANAC Realty Advisors does

DANAC Realty Advisors (legal entity: DANAC, LLC) is a privately held, Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial real estate firm founded in 1963 that operates a vertically integrated platform across five service lines: brokerage, property management, construction management, development, and acquisition. The company organizes its owned and managed assets into three portfolio segments — Office, Single Tenant Commercial, and Multi-Family — and serves primarily property investors and commercial tenants in the Maryland/Washington DC metropolitan region. Its core operations involve identifying investment opportunities through the brokerage team, executing acquisitions and value-add improvements via its development and construction arms, and providing ongoing property management across the portfolio.

The business model is service-based and revenue is generated through three primary streams: transaction fees on brokered commercial real estate deals (e.g., procuring buyers for shopping centers), recurring property management fees on commercial and multi-family portfolios, and professional services fees for development and construction management engagements. Go-to-market is direct, enterprise field sales with a regional geographic scope; the firm works with named counterparties such as MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services on co-brokered transactions. Customer segments are horizontal, with property investors as the primary audience and commercial tenants as a secondary segment for office leasing and multi-family housing.

The firm has 11–50 employees, a single headquarters at 4800 Hampden Lane, Suite 500, Bethesda, and no disclosed funding, M&A, leadership changes, or technology/AI capabilities. Marketing is limited to a Wix-hosted website and a Facebook/Twitter presence, with no disclosed certifications, patents, or industry awards. The most recent documented activity is a 2026 co-brokered $10.7M sale of the Country Ridge Shopping Center in Essex, Maryland, where DANAC procured the buyer.

Name

DANAC Realty Advisors

Legal name

DANAC, LLC

Website

https://danacrealtyadvisors.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DANAC Realty Advisors is a Bethesda, Maryland-based commercial real estate firm founded in 1963 that provides brokerage, property management, development, and construction services to property investors and commercial tenants in the Maryland/Washington DC metro region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Services

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Real Estate Property Managers (53131)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Commercial Real Estate Brokerage (Leasing & Sales) (FSAEAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Real Estate Investment Advisory (Acquisitions/Dispositions, Capital Allocation) (BPAJANAA), Real Estate Development & Feasibility Advisory (Highest-and-Best-Use, Entitlements Support) (BPAJANAC)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate brokerage
• Property management services
• Real estate development
• Construction management
• Commercial property investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Chevy Chase

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Brokerage Services: Real estate brokerage services including procurement of buyers and sellers for commercial properties. The firm procures buyers for commercial real estate transactions, earning fees on successful transactions.
2. Property Management: Property management services for commercial and multi-family real estate portfolios.
3. Development Services: Real estate development services including acquisition, construction, and value-add improvements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

DANAC Realty Advisors is a diversified real estate investment firm that provides commercial real estate brokerage, property management, construction management, and development services. The firm procures buyers and sellers for commercial property transactions and manages office, single-tenant commercial, and multi-family residential properties in the Maryland/Washington DC metropolitan area.

Product overview

DANAC, LLC is a diversified real estate investment firm founded in 1963, offering an integrated suite of services including acquisition, development, property management, brokerage, and construction management. The company operates across three primary portfolio segments: Office, Single Tenant Commercial, and Multi-Family properties. Their services are delivered as a unified offering where the brokerage team identifies investment opportunities, development constructs or renovates properties, construction services manages build-out, and property management handles ongoing operations—creating a vertically integrated real estate investment platform serving tenants, employees, and financial partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brokerage Real estate brokerage services facilitating commercial property transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions for commercial property investors and owners.
• Property Management Comprehensive property management services for commercial real estate holdings, including office, single-tenant commercial, and multi-family residential properties.
• Construction Services Construction management services overseeing development and renovation projects for the firm's owned portfolio and client properties.
• Development Real estate development services for new construction and redevelopment projects across the firm's portfolio segments.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate ServicescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 4 May 2026MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller (Crilley Warehouse, LLC) in the $10.7M Country Ridge Shopping Center transaction while DANAC Realty Advisors procured the buyer. This represents a collaborative brokerage relationship where both firms work together on commercial real estate transactions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Colliers International: Global commercial real estate services and investment firm offering brokerage, property management, and advisory services. Comparable to DANAC across office, retail, and multi-family segments, with overlapping DC-area presence.
• Newmark Group: Commercial real estate advisory and services firm offering leasing, investment sales, and property management. Comparable to DANAC in core commercial brokerage and property management activities.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm with brokerage, property management, valuation, and consulting capabilities. Comparable to DANAC as a broad incumbent competing for the same institutional and regional clients.
• JLL: Global real estate services and investment management firm providing brokerage, property management, and capital markets advisory. Overlaps with DANAC's commercial brokerage and property management offerings across all major CRE asset classes.
• Marcus & Millichap: Commercial real estate investment sales and financing brokerage with focus on investment property transactions. Comparable to DANAC's commercial investment brokerage activities and small/mid-cap deal sourcing.
• CBRE Group: Global commercial real estate services firm offering brokerage, property management, valuation, and advisory. Comparable to DANAC as a broader incumbent providing the same core services at scale, particularly relevant in the DC-metro market.

Regional players

• B.F. Saul Real Estate: Bethesda, Maryland-based diversified real estate company with development, investment, brokerage, and property management operations. Directly comparable to DANAC given shared Bethesda roots, Maryland focus, and vertically integrated CRE service mix.
• KLNB: Mid-Atlantic commercial real estate firm headquartered in the DC/Baltimore region, providing brokerage and advisory services across similar asset classes (office, retail, multifamily, industrial). Comparable to DANAC in scale and geographic footprint.
• Saul Centers: Bethesda, Maryland-based REIT focused on grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use properties. Comparable to DANAC given geographic overlap in the DC-metro, exposure to commercial/Multi-Family assets, and shared regional roots.

Direct peers

• MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services: Maryland-based commercial real estate firm offering brokerage, property management, and advisory services. Directly comparable to DANAC as a regional full-service CRE platform, and explicitly identified as a transaction co-broker partner on the Country Ridge deal.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/danac-realty-advisors

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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