Investigative Post, Jemal: Big Portfolio, Unconventional Methods (online May 2024)

Douglas Jemal in Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Douglas Development Corporation - Official Website (online June 2022)




Douglas Jemal was born in Brooklyn, New York and came to Washington, DC in 1966. Douglas began his career in the retail trade with a small store on 7th Street NW. He soon expanded into the electronics and music business, and by the mid-1980’s had created one of the most successful retail electronics chains in the nation.

Douglas branched into real estate in the early 1980’s, purchasing his first parcel at 425 7th Street NW in 1981. Since then he has focused on purchasing and developing distinctive commercial properties in urban areas.

He believes in the hands-on approach to development and is actively involved at the design, construction and leasing of all his properties.

Douglas is particularly noted for his unprecedented success in preserving historic architecture while transforming properties into viable and successful retail, office or residential sites. 

Douglas’s work has expanded throughout the Washington, DC Metro Area as well as in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Richmond, VA and Buffalo, NY.

- Douglas Development Corporation (excerpts; online June 2022)



Seneca One
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Richardson Olmsted Campus- SOME BUILDINGS LEASED





Statler Hotel

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Mahoney State Office Building




Hyatt Regency
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Curtiss Malt House
 



The Police Apartments
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61 Terrace (Skyway Loop Lot)

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Mohawk Ramp and Simon Electric

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The Mansion on Delaware Avenue




Genesee Gateway Historic District
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Butler Mansion
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Buffalo News

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Roycroft Inn



Roycroft Chapel
 



980 Elmwood Avenue
2022 Photo




HSBC Atrtium, 95 Washington Street


Boulevard Mall

Wegman's - Amherst

River Rock Incubator, Rano Street

Hook & Ladder Firehouse, 174 Chicago St.

King Sewing Machine, 308 Crowley Ave.

Century Theatre, 513 Main Street/486 Washington Street

Casa Di Pizza building, 11 E. Mohawk St./464 Washington St.

500-block Main Street buildings

Former St. Barbara's Church site, 539 Ridge Road, Lackawanna



Special thanks to Michael Swart for research assistance in 2024

Color photos and their arrangement © 2022 Chuck LaChiusa
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