Laura Bellantoni


Laura joined the H&R team in February 2024 as a Director, bringing with her over 7 years of retail leasing experience and a focus on Landlord Advisory in downtown Washington, DC. As a native of Northern Virginia who has called Washington, DC home for the past 12 years, Laura’s deep understanding of the region plays… Read more »

John Schultz


A native to Cleveland OH, John joined the H&R team in January of 2024. With 20 years of experience in retail brokerage, John specializes in the representation of local and national retailers and landlords in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C./Northern Virginia markets. In addition to his traditional brokerage duties, he continues to provide his clients with superior… Read more »

Rich Amsellem


For over 32 years, Rich has been one of Washington’s premier retail brokers.  Born and raised in the Washington, DC area, Rich has an unmatched understanding of the market and what it takes for retailers to be successful in this dynamic trade area. In his career, Rich has completed over 1800 retail transactions with a… Read more »

Alex Shiel


A native of the Chicago, IL area. Alex has lived in Maryland since 2005 and joined H&R in October of 2021 after spending 12 years at Rappaport. He is base out of the Bethesda office. Alex specializes in landlord and tenant representation throughout the greater Washington DC, Richmond and Baltimore region.   LANDLORD REPRESENTATION Regency… Read more »

Edward Crilley


A native of the Washington, DC area, Ed joined H&R in August of 2019. He is based out of the Bethesda office. Ed specializes in landlord and tenant representation throughout the greater Washington DC region. LANDLORD REPRESENTATION Calvin Cafritz Enterprises, City Interests, Foulger-Pratt, The Meridian Group, Perseus TDC, Tishman Speyer   TENANT REPRESENTATION Heartland Dental,… Read more »

Harper Sigman


A native to the Baltimore, MD area. Harper joined the team in July 2019. She is based out the Bethesda office. Harper specializes in landlord and tenant representation throughout the greater Washington DC and Baltimore region. Becoming a retail specialist has allowed her to combine her people skills and passion for retail into one career…. Read more »

Stuart Tipograph


Stuart is the most recent addition to the H&R Retail team. He previously served as Vice President of Retail Leasing at Promark Partners in Rockville, Maryland. Stuart’s notable transactions include a 70,000 square foot Onelife Fitness, twenty Club Pilates locations, over ten Smoothie King locations and currently overseeing the market entry for Yoga Six and… Read more »

Marc Katz


Marc Katz is the most tenured broker H&R Retail. Since he joined the company in 1986, Marc has leased/sold more than 19.5M SF and is consistently ranked as one of the top retail brokers in the greater Washington DC/Baltimore area.  Marc has completed upwards of 500 leasing transactions including the acquisition of 64 store locations… Read more »

Sebastian Restifo


Sebastian joined H&R Retail in March 2014 as a tenant and landlord representation specialist in the Washington, DC and Baltimore Metropolitan Areas. Having completed more than 100 leases, Sebastian currently represents multiple regional and national Landlord’s including KIMCO, RPAI, Grosvenor, Combined Properties, and Federal Realty. His tenant portfolio includes national and regional brands like MOD… Read more »

David Ward


For over 33 years, David has been one of the leading retail brokers and development consultants in the market with extensive experience in shopping center leasing, tenant representation, land acquisition, and retail/mixed-use planning and development. David was named President of H&R in 1997.     Notable Transactions:         Ground Up Leasing and… Read more »

Bradley Buslik


Bradley started his career at H&R Retail as an intern in 2006 and has since established himself as the firm’s youngest Principal. Brad’s specialties include strategizing, implementing and ensuring continued growth for multi-market tenant roll outs, including JPMorgan Chase Bank, Life Time Athletic, MOD Pizza, Bluestone Lane, Mission BBQ, The Habit Burger, Duluth Trading Company,… Read more »

Austin Hersh


A native of the Washington, DC area, Austin joined H&R in 2017 and specializes in landlord and tenant representation throughout the greater Baltimore and Washington DC region. Austin’s notable transactions include over 45 Chase ATM locations, 15 Inspire Nail Bar locations, and overseeing the market entry for Lidl. In 6 years at H&R Retail, Austin has completed over 180… Read more »

Suzanne Katz


Raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Suzanne joined H&R in 2007 and specializes in both landlord and tenant representation.  She has significant experience in complex real estate projects and has completed hundreds of transactions throughout her career.  As a second-generation retail real estate broker, Suzanne possesses comprehensive market knowledge of the Baltimore and Washington, DC Metropolitan market…. Read more »

Spencer Ward


Born and raised in Baltimore but a Washington DC resident since 2016, Spencer has extensive knowledge of both the greater Baltimore and Washington DC metro areas. He currently operates out of H&R’s Bethesda office.   Spencer represents both landlord and tenants, with specialties in shopping center leasing, big box leasing, and land acquisition and disposition…. Read more »

Bryan Davis


Originally from Chevy Chase, Maryland, Bryan Joined H&R Retail in 2015 as a retail specialist concentrating in both Landlord and Tenant representation. Bryan covers the Baltimore, Washington DC, Richmond and Northern Virginia Markets. After assisting in opening a retail store in Georgetown after college, Bryan has found a connection with in assisting both Tenants and… Read more »

Ray Schupp


Ray is native Washingtonian specializing in retail tenant and landlord representation in the Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia markets. Ray joined H&R Retail as a Principal in 2015 and currently leases over 3M SF of retail space for developers such as Kimco Realty, Boston Properties, MetLife, Acadia Realty Trust, Howard Hughes Corporation, Madison… Read more »

Jim Crilley


Jim has more than 30 years of project leasing, landlord representation, tenant representation and property disposition experience. He joined H&R Retail as a Principal in 2002. He has leased and sold upwards of 5.5M SF. Jim excels at all aspects of retail leasing. Throughout his career, he has cultivated strong relationships with national and regional… Read more »

Sean Harcourt


Sean joined H&R Retail’s Baltimore office as an intern in 2002 and transitioned to the firm’s Washington D.C. office in 2011 to focus on tenant and landlord representation. Sean has completed more than 700 leases over the course of his career. Sean currently represents multiple regional and national Landlord’s including Pritzker Realty, Howard Hughes, Brookfield… Read more »

Lawrence Hoffman


Larry joined H&R Retail in 1988 and has since closed 1,400 transactions. Larry oversees the leasing efforts for many major power centers, town centers, free-standing and street front stores in the Washington DC, Baltimore and Virginia markets. In addition to shopping center leasing, Larry also specializes in restaurant and retail representations. His team’s strategic site… Read more »

Geoffrey Mackler


Native to Baltimore, Geoffrey attended McDonogh School & University of Florida before joining H&R Retail in 1999. Thereafter, he attended the University of Baltimore School of Law and six years later, became the youngest partner in the history of H&R Retail. Throughout Geoffrey’s distinguished career, he has established himself as a leading retail broker and… Read more »

Brian Mitchell


Brian joined H&R Retail in 2007 and specializes in tenant and landlord representation, land acquisition, single tenant and NNN lease sales. Currently, Brian leases over 20 properties in the Baltimore/ DC metro area. His Tenant Representation client list consists of:Verizon Wireless, Dollar Tree/Family Dollar, Vitamin Shoppe, and Napa Auto Parts. Landlord Representation:      Tenant… Read more »