Dion Akins

R. Dion Akins has an extensive and successful background in investment & commercial real estate management. Joining Washco Management on August 4, 2004 as Director of Operations, he has been instrumental in the successful growth of the company. Currently he serves as the Director of Commercial Real Estate. He is active in the community, serving at his church as a board member, worship leader and delegate to Nazarene Missions International council. He also coaches baseball in the Maugansville Little League, where he serves as a board member. Dion also coaches basketball in the Washington County Youth Athletic League. Dion is a Florida native. He and his family have resided in Hagerstown, Maryland since August 2004. He is an Army veteran and attended the University of North Florida after serving a distinguished career in the military. He began his real estate career in 1997 and served in various management roles in several firms. He is experienced in all phases of multi-family housing & commercial real estate. He began his real estate management career as a leasing consultant with Silver Tree Investments in Jacksonville, Fl in 1997. Early on his management talents and “can do” attitude caught the eye of his superiors and he was recommended and subsequently fast tracked to a management trainee program. In 1999 Dion and his family relocated to State College, PA. there he was employed by The Apartment Store Real Estate Group. Dion was an integral part in the success of the company. He served as the companies first Sr. Property Manager, working directly under the tutelage of the Vice President of the firm. He was instrumental in creating & implementing budgets, employee development, coordinating student housing turnover as well as operating a janitorial company that provided services to Keystone Real Estate Group (KREG.) During his tenure with the Apartment Store Real Estate Group, Dion was actively involved in the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors, Centre County Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. He also served within the community through his local church for charitable organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and Centre County ARC. Dion has his real estate license for Pennsylvania and will be pursuing his license for the State of Maryland. He has also taken courses toward earning his brokers license for Pennsylvania. At Washco Management, Dion has managed to bring a broad range of commercial real estate experience that enables the organization to develop flexible real estate solutions for its clients’ long-term solutions. He has been able to sort through the changing market complexities and find creative ways to accommodate the needs of clients. Using financial expertise complemented by commercial and residential management experience, Washco Management along with its parent company Washco Companies produces upscale communities from West Virginia to Pennsylvania. The communities combine retail, office and residential uses into environments reflective of a carefully planned PUD. Our goal of mixed-use developments is to enhance the communities where they are located, improving the quality of life for the residents who live and work within and around them. In conceptualizing, designing, building, marketing and managing these neo-traditional communities, Washco growth strategies support regional planning for open space, reducing sprawl, decreasing traffic congestion and the balanced development of jobs and housing.

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  Philadelphia, Washington, DC
• Property Types
  Office, Retail
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