Potomac Real Estate Management Company is a strategically diversified investment and development firm with the unique reputation of being one of the most active and respected community developers in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Potomac Real Estate’s development philosophy embraces the historical legacy and environmental sensitivity of the County’s established communities, and serves to improve the quality of life of the people that live there.

Known as “the community builders,” The Potomac Real Estate Team engages community partners in each development project, in an effort to create opportunities for community residents in the areas of job training, job placement, and small business creation and development. Potomac Real Estate has developed its business opportunities by focusing on small- unencumbered sites, as well as large mixed use developments and the revitalization of pre-existing multi- tenant income producing properties.


Led by Carl Williams, Potomac Real Estate Management Company has a passion for creating real estate investment and development opportunities in both under-served and established communities within the Washington Metropolitan area, specifically in Prince George’s County. Engaging in open and honest collaborations, Carl Williams as the Managing Principle has enabled the company to gain the trust of an impressive network of investors, contractors, consultants, architects, community-based and faith-based organizations and public sector officials that serve as experienced members of The Potomac Real Estate Team to address the needs of every project. As a developer, Carl Williams has managed land acquisitions, construction and sale of both residential and commercial projects and has extensive experience in all aspects of development and construction. Carl Williams has orchestrated the acquisition, development, construction and on-going operations of projects which include commercial, residential and mixed-used development, office buildings, restaurants, retail, educational and daycare, churches, apartments, senior apartments, and condominiums. Many of the referenced projects involved both public/private and multiple layers of financing.

Carl Williams has utilized an approach to planning, budgeting, managing and implementing construction projects that assured on-time and on-budget completion of projects without sacrificing superior levels of quality controls. Carl Williams’ construction management and technical services experience includes plan review, estimating, scheduling, contract award, and field inspections; he does this by utilizing proprietary construction techniques and processes. He has selected and managed teams of Architects, Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Attorneys and other consultants to develop and implement projects. Carl Williams is accomplished in real estate transaction management that mixes brokerage and consulting services for portfolio and asset management, transaction management and development management. Carl Williams has completed real estate development projects in both good and bad market cycles, always including strong comprehensive community-building initiatives. His philosophy is to seek to maximize profitability by engaging in projects that include urban mass-transit orientation and other synergistic community benefits as project objectives.