Cornelle Smith Email & Phone Number

Cornelle B. Smith is the President of CBS Design Development Group, LLC, an acquisition, real estate, and development firm in Washington, DC. Cornelle is a construction and development professional with over 22 years of expertise in all facets of the industry, including 20+ years as an entrepreneur. He has expertise in residential construction and renovations. As a longtime resident of Washington, DC, Cornelle has from the ground up acquired knowledge of the local real estate development market and been able to consistently identify creative investment opportunities. Cornelle has developed long-term and trusted relationships with local political officials, real estate development firms and aggressive financial investors. CBS is a leader in sourcing below market properties and land assemblage opportunities in the DC Metropolitan area through cultivated relationships. His firm’s overall strategy is based on a continuing effort to maximize CBS’s in-house resources to benefit both investors and community through innovative market analysis, presentation of creative investment opportunities, acquisition, superior design, and quality construction.Cornelle has been instrumental in the development and construction of over thirty apartment buildings and condominium conversions in the DC metropolitan area. He has a verifiable track record for the successful completion of projects through coordinating trades, developing partnerships, and building positive rapports with architects, engineers, local officials, vendors, and clients while maintaining costs. He is skilled in contract negotiations, project estimating, procurement, building code and regulations, and site management through Certification of Occupancy. Formerly, he was a Construction Manager for Neighborhood Development Company, a real-estate development company in Washington, DC, and was a Procurement Manager for A-Wood Corporation, an industrial and building material supplier.Cornelle is also invested in legacy building for the minority community through real estate development through his development passion, The Elevation Group. With the ever-changing fabric of the community, The Elevation Group helps native Washington, DC homeowners build and preserve their legacy by leveraging existing equity to maximize the potential value of their home.

Listed skills include Budgets, Construction, Procurement, Management, and 3 others.

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  Mansfield University Of Pennsylvania

  Bachelor'S Degree