The Wilkes Company was founded by its Chairman, Charles C. (Sandy) Wilkes, in 1980. Berkeley M. Shervin joined the company not long after, in 1982. Mr. Shervin became a partner and currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer. Together, Mr. Wilkes and Mr. Shervin established The Wilkes Company as a leading real estate development company in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

The company’s focus has been on developing hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, condominium projects and warehouse facilities in the District of Columbia as well as in Fairfax, Prince George’s, Calvert, St. Mary’s and Prince William counties.

The Wilkes Company maintains a special interest in Washington, DC. With Quadrangle Development Corporation, The Wilkes Company is developing Mount Vernon Place, a 2.1 million square foot mixed-use project that includes several city blocks in Mount Vernon Triangle. In design is 300 M Street, a 525,000 square foot mixed-use development situated one block from the New York / Florida Avenue Metro Station. The company has also developed the historic Henley Park Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue NW with Coakley & Williams, renovated and adapted for office use the historic parochial school at St. Mary’s Church on Fifth Street NW, and built the 200-room Red Roof Inn on H Street NW.

The Wilkes Company portfolio includes over a million square feet of warehouse/distribution space. The company has also assembled sites throughout the metropolitan region and, after subdivision and/or rezoning, leased them to national and regional tenants. Representative holdings include properties leased to McDonald’s, Auto Zone, DHL, Tischer Automotive Group, J. Price International, Altman Parking and The Strong Company.

Other current projects include a 120,000 square foot office building in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, DC, and Parkway Commerce Center, comprising two office buildings and a limited service hotel at the junction of Route 198 and the Baltimore/Washington Parkway, close to Fort Meade.