Janel Kausner

As Vice President of Development, Ms. Kausner is responsible for coordinating all phases of development projects, including acquisition due diligence and underwriting, budgeting, management of the entitlement process, and coordination of project design teams. Prior to her position at Washington Property Company, Ms. Kausner provided historic preservation consultation on over thirty successful commercial, industrial and residential adaptive reuse projects. As an architectural historian, she advised on preservation laws and regulations and is considered an expert in National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance. Ms. Kausner has received a Master of Science in Real Estate at Johns Hopkins University. She also holds a Master of Arts in Historic Preservation from Goucher College and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Delaware. Ms. Kausner resides in Bethesda with her husband, daughter, and Labrador Retriever.