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Bob Elliott is a real estate developer in Bethesda, Maryland. He is CEO of River Falls Investments (formerly Lantian Development), a privately-held firm with a portfolio across DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

He is also a painter; Red Line has been hanging in the Bethesda Metro pedestrian tunnel since 2012, selected from roughly 200 submissions for the juried Tunnel Vision exhibition.

Career, in order

Rice University — B.A. Architecture (1991), B.Arch (1993). Four years at Murphy/Jahn Architects in Chicago (1993–1997), drafting high-rises and airports across Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Co-led the CAD department. Wharton MBA, finance and real estate (1997–1999), with a summer at Citicorp Real Estate and a year at Legg Mason's investment bank. Two years in London with BuildOnline and UrbanCapital.

Back in Washington in 2002: senior development officer at The JBG Companies (DOT HQ, L'Enfant Plaza), then VP and director of development at Clark Enterprises (500 N Capitol), then director of development at Washington REIT (Silverline Center). COO and then CEO of Lantian Development from 2016, which rebranded as River Falls Investments.

What's on the desk now

204 acres in Clarksburg, Maryland — the former COMSAT Laboratories campus, designed by Cesar Pelli and acquired by Bob's firm in 2015. Demolition began on April 13, 2026. What gets built there next is the next decade.

One painter's note

Bob has shown in galleries, sold privately, and serves on the board of VisArts. The legacy art portfolio remains at bobelliottart.weebly.com.

Contact

For real estate matters: River Falls Investments, 4341 Montgomery Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.

For everything else, including art and writing: bob@bobelliott.org. (TODO: confirm public email with Bob.)