Douglas R. Kington

Douglas R. Kington

Experience:
In the summer of 2003, Mr. Kington founded Kington Commercial as a full service commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in assisting small to medium size businesses in the Baltimore / Washington, D.C. Region. Since its founding, the professionals at Kington Commercial have completed over 60 transactions representing 306,000 square feet of commercial space and 45 multi-family units, having a combined value of $26.2 million. Clients that Kington Commercial has represented include:

Total Health Care
New York Life Insurance Company
MCB Real Estate
New Horizons Realty
Madison Commercial Real Estate Holdings
Baltimore City Community College
Edge Web Hosting
Segal McCambridge Singer Mahoney, Ltd.

For seven years prior to founding Kington Commercial, LLC, Mr. Kington worked in the McLean, Virginia (Tysons Corner) office of Cushman & Wakefield. His practice focused on office and high-tech tenant representation, landlord agency, and investment sales. During his tenure, he negotiated 76 lease transactions for over 925,000 square feet, having a total value of $88.2 million. He worked on teams that represented firms such as:

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
Progressive Insurance
New York Life Insurance Company
RWD Technologies
JP Morgan Investment Management
Philips Medical Systems

Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield, Mr. Kington headed the Commercial Group of Otis Warren & Company, Inc., in Baltimore, Md., where he provided brokerage services to such clients as NationsBank (now Bank of America), Signet Bank (now Wells Fargo Bank) and LaVan Hawkins InnerCity Foods (dba Checkers). Before entering the commercial brokerage field, Mr. Kington managed the corporate real estate department for USF&G Insurance Company in Baltimore, managing a portfolio of 169 leases containing 1.9 million square feet and 18 assets valued at $220 million.

Education:

University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School
Master of Business Administration

University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Awards and Professional Activities:

Mr. Kington received a Commercial Leasing Award from the Greater Washington Commercial Association of REALTORS® in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He is the past Chairman of the Commercial Education Committee of the Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors. In October 2003, Mr. Kington appeared on the weekly radio program, Real Money Radio, hosted by Deborah Owens on WEAA, 88.9 FM, the radio station of Morgan State University. As the visiting expert, he discussed commercial real estate issues of interest to small business owners.

Licenses:

Mr. Kington is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Maryland. While at Cushman & Wakefield, he was also a licensed real estate salesperson in the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Volunteer Activities:

In August 2004, Mr. Kington was jointly nominated by then Baltimore City Mayor Martin O'Malley and then Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich to serve on the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, on which he served until 2006. During his tenure, he chaired the Facilities Committee that was responsible for recommending school closures. Four schools were closed and three were phased-out, reducing school facilites by 1.2 million square feet. Mr. Kington is a past member of the Empowerment Zone "EZ Track 2" Loan Advisory Board at the Development Credit Fund. He is also a former member of the board of directors of the Garrison Boulevard United Neighbors Association (now the Garwyn Oaks United Neighbors Asociation).