Distressed Project Recovery Services

Robert F. Williams, PE, LEED® AP, Principal

Rob Williams has over 18 years experience in commercial development and construction management. Before co-founding Advisors, LLC, he held executive management positions at Combined Properties, Inc. and First Washington Realty Trust. In these positions, he was responsible for managing the development, construction, and renovation of some of the region’s most well-known neighborhood shopping centers, and for negotiating and administering project financing on multi-million dollar projects. Earlier in his career, Mr. Williams worked as a civil engineer on land development design for multiple residential and commercial projects. He earned a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University and a MBA from George Washington University. Licensed as a Professional Engineer and certified as a LEED® AP, he is a member of the Urban Land Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers and the U.S. Green Building Council.

D. Joseph Luce, II, Principal

Joe Luce has more than 30 years of experience in both residential and commercial development and construction management. Prior to co-founding Advisors, LLC, he held executive positions at Clark Realty Advisors, Combined Properties, Inc., and Dart Group Corporation; he also served as a project manager at Franklin Property Company, a division of BF Saul Mortgage Company. His responsibilities at those companies included the oversight and management of more than $500M of commercial development and construction. Prior to that, Mr. Luce began his career in custom home project management, where he was responsible for the completion of high-end custom homes. Mr. Luce has been published in Fine Homebuilding (Taunton Press) and is a member of the Architectural Woodwork Institute. Mr. Luce studied at the University of Maryland for a B.S. in Finance.

Brian J. Spencer, Principal

Brian Spencer founded Development Management Group (DMG) in 1994 to provide program and project management services to commercial real estate owners, developers and managers. DMG provides a wide range of development services including new development project management, renovation, design management, land entitlement, re-zoning, tenant coordination, lease documentation, due diligence and pre-planning services. Mr. Spencer provides DMG with twenty-seven years of hands-on experience in the development of new real estate projects and the redevelopment and renovation of existing properties. Mr. Spencer has successfully completed work on more than nine million square feet of mixed use properties, office buildings, multifamily residential projects and shopping centers, including regional malls, marketplace centers and specialty retail and entertainment centers, for national and international real estate owners, investors and developers. Prior to his position as principal of DMG, he most recently spent 11 years in the development department of the Rouse Company as a Senior Project Manager. After graduating from California State University in 1979, Mr. Spencer spent four years as Vice President of Development for The Nouveau Group, Ltd., a California and Colorado based real estate developer.