B.F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust
B.F. Saul's Landsdowne Town Center development in Loudoun County. (Photo: Courtesy of company.)
About B.F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust
7501 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, Md. 20814
301-986-6000
| Founded: 1892
Industry: Real Estate | Category: Top Private Companies
B.F. Saul is a private company specializing in commercial real estate, insurance, and property development and management. Its chairman and chief executive, B. Francis Saul II, also holds those titles at Chevy Chase Bank and Saul Centers, a publicly traded firm that invests in shopping centers and office buildings. Last year, the private company continued to enlarge its hotel division, opening two properties near Dulles: SpringHill Suites by Marriott and the Hampton Inn & Suites at Dulles Airport.
Chairman and CEO: B. Francis Saul II
2007 Financial Data
Total employees: 4,473 | Local employees: 1,300Did You Know
GROWTH INDUSTRY: B.F. Saul, the current chief executive's grandfather, immigrated to the United States from Ireland to be a horticulturalist of the Capitol grounds, and his nursery became the start of the family's real estate business.
