Savills Studley Announces DC Promotions

Savills Studley, the leading global commercial real estate firm specializing in tenant representation, is pleased to announce the following promotions in its Washington, DC regional offices.

Wendy Feldman Block has been promoted to Senior Managing Director. Since joining Savills Studley in 1987, Feldman Block has provided real estate services to major tenants in Washington, DC and around the country with a focus on law firms, associations, and corporations. Her expertise lies in leveraging market intelligence and structuring transactions that best suit her clients’ unique objectives. Feldman Block’s experience includes a broad range of project types, including build-to-suit transactions, leases, due diligence, and acquisitions and dispositions. Notable clients include Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), McGladrey, Year Up, and Williams Mullen. Additionally, she is actively engaged in the community, playing a substantial role on many boards including the DC Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women, IONA Senior Services and the Tikkun Olam Women’s Foundation which funds social change to benefit women and girls.

Nicole Miller and Demetri Koutrouvelis have also each been promoted to Senior Managing Director. Miller focuses on serving the real estate needs of associations, non-profit organizations, law firms and corporations nationwide. She offers her clients full-service commercial real estate services, including strategic planning, lease, purchase, sale, and build-to-suit negotiations and analysis. Miller’s strong analytical skills and financial background, which includes an MBA with a concentration in finance from the University of Baltimore, are valuable for clients looking to integrate detailed financial analysis and forecasting into strategic real estate planning initiatives.

Koutrouvelis provides real estate services to corporations, associations, non-profit organizations and law firms throughout the country. His background in architecture and construction management has allowed him to offer his clients full service commercial real estate services including workplace strategies, strategic planning, leasing, purchase, sale, and build-to-suit transactions. Prior to joining the firm, Koutrouvelis was a project manager at Clark Construction, where he specialized in pre-construction and construction management of major base-building commercial office developments and prior to that spent several years as an architect for both Gensler and RTKL.

Working together, Miller and Koutrouvelis have been instrumental in assisting clients including the DC Bar, The Bozzuto Group, the American Hospital Association, Vanda Pharmaceuticals, the American Alliance of Museums and Mitsubishi Electric to enhance their business objectives through creative real estate solutions.

Greg Scheipers and Jon Glass were each promoted to Corporate Managing Director. Scheipers, who has been with Savills Studley since 2011, focuses on assisting nonprofits and associations, law firms and government contractors locally and nationally. Scheipers assists his clients throughout the entire processes starting with strategic planning, market analysis, and lease negotiations. He has worked on behalf of clients throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area such as Caplin & Drysdale, RatnerPrestia, Development Gateway, and GlobalGiving among others.

Glass focuses on managing the real estate needs of non-profits, technology firms, law firms and corporations throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area for such clients as Omidyar Network, The Truth Initiative, Wilkinson Barker Knauer and Senior Service America. His specialties include assisting clients with full-service commercial real estate services such as complex lease renewal and restructuring agreements, strategic planning for lease and purchase transactions and integrating financial modeling into executable long term strategies.

“We’re very pleased to announce the promotions of these exceptionally talented and valuable members of our firm,” said Executive Vice President and Director David Lipson. “Their commitment to clients and dedication to best practices in the industry contribute greatly to Savills Studley’s ongoing success in the DC region.”