McWilliams|Ballard Opens Branch Office in Arlington, VA

ALEXANDRIA, VA--(Marketwire - May 18, 2011) - McWilliams|Ballard announced today that it has opened a branch office at 1800 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Virginia to better serve the Northern Virginia real estate market. With extensive experience in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor of Arlington, McWilliams|Ballard sold the 153 condominium homes at 1800 Wilson, as well as the homes at nearby Waterview, Clarendon 1021, The Phoenix at Clarendon and The Hartford at Clarendon metro, the branch office is currently serving as the official sales gallery of Abdo Developments, Gaslight Square project which is currently under construction adjacent to the new office.

Founded in 1996, McWilliams|Ballard has become the East Coast's most recognized new home sales and marketing firm. With a primary focus in the Washington DC Metropolitan area, the opening of the Arlington branch office will allow McWilliams|Ballard to better serve an area that is poised for significant growth in the coming years.

"Having always looked to provide our clients with best in class service, the addition of the McWilliams|Ballard Arlington office allows us to better service those clients and projects located in the highly active Northern Virginia market," say Ross McWilliams and Christopher Ballard, Principals at McWilliams|Ballard. "Having a centralized office in the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor where we can hold meetings, conduct sales presentations and be readily available for our clients is part of the reason we have been able to successfully navigate through the recent economic downturn and position McWilliams|Ballard for the recovery."

McWilliams|Ballard, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a sales and marketing firm specializing in the sales and marketing of condominiums and townhomes. While based in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area, McWilliams|Ballard has clients nationwide, creating partnerships with developers and builders to provide sales and marketing solutions from project inception to the final closed sale. In addition to start-to-finish sales and marketing, the firm also provides consultation and market research used by some of the largest development firms in the country. Founded in 1996, the firm's expertise now spans more than ten states nationwide including Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Florida and the District of Columbia. As one of the most successful project development real estate and marketing firms in the country, McWilliams|Ballard has sold and settled more new homes than any other firm in the Mid-Atlantic Region, and is consistently ranked in the top 5 of national firms with a focus on for sale multi-family product.