About us

Our business strategy is simple.

We are an experienced boutique real estate company committed to serving neighborhoods in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area, as well as Baltimore City and Baltimore County. We research and become well-schooled in the unique character of each neighborhood in our market area.

With the support of landlords and tenants we work to enhance communities with retail stores and services people want and need.

We represent both landlords and tenants and are diligent in representing their best interests.

Commercial Retail Real Estate Experience

For more than a decade, Blake-Dickson Real Estate has been deeply involved in creating retail success stories in the greater Metropolitan Washington market:

Assisting retailers in finding optimum space.
Helping landlords match retail tenants for their real estate.
Working with entrepreneurs to start up new businesses, as well as helping mature retailers expand and grow.
Identifying new areas for retail growth through on the street market research.
Assisting in the sale of businesses.

Alan Zich

Ed Henderson

Melissa Patel

Paul W. Ruppert

Robert Chapman

Manik Dumera

Norm Veenstra

Gil Blankespoor

Carol Felix

Wayne Dickson

Carol Felix

Owner / Marketing Director

Directs, designs and implements all Blake-Dickson marketing services
Utilizes over 30 years’ broad-ranging experience in design, strategic marketing and brand building to effectively promote today’s developer and retailer client projects
Works directly with clients to properly target potential buyers and tenants, building marketing and advertising programs to successfully reach targeted customers
Actively served in DC community building as a Main Street Chair, co-creator of the Arts District and through the redevelopment of the DC 14th Street commercial corridor

Wayne Dickson

In Memoriam: Founder & Former Principal Broker

Fourth-generation Washingtonian and senior retail management and operations executive with over 40 years’ hands-on experience in management performance, implementation and sales
Co-founded Blake-Dickson Real Estate in 2000 as a boutique firm designed to fill a unique niche representing commercial property owners and prospective tenants throughout the Greater Washington, DC Metro markets
A highly regarded negotiator whose long-standing experience guides the firm in its day-to-day business transactions
Long active in DC government and community affairs, as President of Logan Circle Community Association, Chair of the Ward 2 Democrats, member DC State Democratic Committee, and mayoral appointment as Chair of the DC Comprehensive Plan Task Force, among many other community service projects

Our Locations

D. C. Office

Virginia Office