John Wolf spent 18 years buying large office buildings as an executive at real estate investment giant Westbrook Partners.
But since leaving Westbrook in 2024, he has been buying up distressed assets and has even foreclosed on two buildings owned by his old firm — exemplifying the shift taking place in D.C.’s troubled office market. Once a haven for institutions the world over, D.C. is now a playground for bargain hunters that don’t have investment committees to answer to.
“We have a clean slate,” Wolf, now the CEO of FarmViewVentures, told Bisnow last week. “I’ve got a new company. I don’t have the legacy…