15 Things You Need to Know This Morning

Title: VP, Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners.
Photo: Working on painting in “Hardware” series. 
Job: Lead teams in multifamily and commercial development – over 1M SF in central DC submarkets like H St, NE and Half St., SE. 
Years on the job: Over 3.
Company: Develops Class A office and mixed-use in core and emerging DC submarkets. Pipeline over 1.3M SF.
Memorable project: Redevelopment at 645 H St., NE – full gut renovation of 85k SF Class B building from office to office/retail mix. Sold in June for over $600/SF. 
Current projects: ANTHOLOGY – over 300 apartments and retail at 625 Half St., NE to complete June 2016; 462k SF mixed-use project at Half/N St., SE.
CRE career: Catellus Development in San Fran in 2000, managing large-scale public/private development projects, including redevelopment of former Naval Air Station Alameda. Also did light industrial, data centers and warehouses in Central Valley, CA. 
Grew up: LA and Huntington Beach.
Current home: u H St, NE.
Why DC: JBG job after business school in 2005. 
Schools: UCLA (history); UC Berkeley (city planning masters); and Wharton (MBA).
First job: Parking valet (including bow tie and suspenders) in Newport Beach.
Job in another life: Film director.
Daily habits: Mens sana in corpore sano, swim and yoga.
Favorite app: Parkmobile.
Favorite movies: Harakiri and After the Wedding.
Favorite restaurant: Maketto.
Top 3 songs: Queens of the Stone Age – “In the Fade”; Mogwai – “Travel is Dangerous”; Interpol – “Who do you think”.
Favorite book: "Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" by David Mitchell.
Favorite vacation spot: Copenhagen.
Guilty pleasure: Banana Bourbon Caramel ice cream from Jubilee.
Bucket list: Visit Cleveland – always intrigued by Rust Belt NFL cities while growing up in sun-soaked SoCal. 
Family: Married to Elle Roberts; one daughter (1).
Hobbies: Oil painting on canvas (latest artwork) and college football at Biergarten Haus on Saturdays.
Startling fact: Artwork was exhibited in group show at Foundry Gallery in DC in 2014.