125 Years and Growing: 1984-2009

In 1984, the company celebrated 100 years of business, taking its place as the oldest full-service, family owned real estate company in Washington, with a gala dinner at one of their best-known buildings of the period; Georgetown Park, built in 1982.

In the interim years following the 100th anniversary, the company, operating out of their offices at 2101Wisconsin Avenue, in Northwest Washington, expanded into other real estate services. One of these was Donohoe Hospitality Services. Donohoe is one of the largest hospitality management companies in the city, managing both full and limited service hotels under the Marriott, Hilton, and Intercontinental Hotel brands.

Now, in 2009, Donohoe marks 125 years of service. With added subsidiaries, they now number six. These are, Donohoe Development Company, Donohoe Construction Company, Donohoe Real Estate Services, Complete Building Services, and Donohoe Hospitality Services.

Over the years, and especially since 1984, Donohoe has developed, built, and serviced billions of dollars of premier office space. These include hospital, university, government facilities, schools, embassies, historic landmarks, and mixed-use developments, and other commercial and residential projects.

Donohoe’s reach now extends from Washington, DC, and the Maryland and Virginia suburbs, to key locations along the Baltimore and Richmond corridor.

More Than Bricks and Mortar

From the very beginning of the company in 1884, Donohoe has felt a duty and matter of conscience, to reach out to the community in tangible ways through good will philanthropy.

The firm and its employees are active in supporting a number of organizations and causes. In a recent interview, James Donohoe said, “ We must be good stewards of our community and offer a helping hand to its people in times of need. It is a role we have embraced throughout our 125 year history, and will continue to be a hallmark of the firm and its employees tomorrow and beyond.”

Some of the community projects we have dedicated our resources and time to are: Hospitality High School of Washington (a school that prepares students who wish to pursue careers in the hospitality industry) Yellow Ribbon Fund, Marine Semper Fi Fund (which provides hotel rooms the families of injured military service personnel, so they can be with them during medical treatment.)

The donation of $500,000 for the renovation of St. Augustine School, which serves inner-city school children, was a particularly bright spot for Donohoe, employees, teachers and students.

A large percentage of Donohoe employees take it upon themselves to give their own time to feed the homeless, lead community cleanup projects, and mentor school children. Donohoe is extremely proud of each and every one.

We hope you have learned something more out Donohoe from visiting these history pages. In doing this, you have, in your own way, joined with us in celebrating our 125th Anniversary. We thank you.

We encourage you to click back to our main Website to visit all of the Donohoe subsidiaries, and see how we are continuing to make history today.