{{Short description|American real estate developer (born 1942)}} {{Infobox person | name = Douglas Jemal | image = DouglasJemal.png | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|11|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, US | birth_name = Douglas Jemal | occupation = Real estate developer | known_for = {{Hlist | Founder of Douglas Development | Co-founder of ''Nobody Beats the Wiz''}} | children = 6 | spouse = Joyce Gordon }} '''Douglas Jemal''' (born November 30, 1942) is an American real estate developer, landlord, and the founder of Douglas Development.<ref name=dcjury>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600948.html |work=The Washington Post |title=D.C. Jury Acquits Jemal of Bribery |first1=Carol D. |last1=Leonnig |authorlink=Carol D. Leonnig |first2=Dana |last2=Hedgpeth |date=October 27, 2006 |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073915/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600948.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
Jemal first worked in electronics retailing, like his father. However, in 1993, he sold his interests in retail and began investing in real estate in the Washington metropolitan area. In 2016, he began focusing on real estate investments in Buffalo, New York.
==Biography== Jemal was born to a Syrian Jewish family in south Brooklyn, one of four sons and two daughters of Norman Jemal and Sally Chira, a discount retailer in lower Manhattan.<ref name=fall>{{Cite news | url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140413/FINANCE/140419949/nobody-beats-the-wiz-family-s-fall | work=Crain Communications | title=Nobody Beats the Wiz family's fall | first=Aaron | last=Elstein | date=April 13, 2014 | archive-date=October 12, 2024 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241012095928/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140413/FINANCE/140419949/nobody-beats-the-wiz-family-s-fall | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=stiff>{{Cite news | url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/301200/the-right-stiff/ | title=The Right Stiff | first=Angela | last=Valdez | work=Washington City Paper | date=April 12, 2007 | archive-date=June 16, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103740/https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/301200/the-right-stiff/ | url-status=live }}</ref> He attended David Boody Jr. High School but dropped out at age 15, during the 9th grade.<ref name=power>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/02/26/from-junior-high-dropout-to-developer.html | title=Douglas Jemal: No. 1 of the Power 250 people in WNY | first=James | last=Fink | work=American City Business Journals | date=February 26, 2021 | archive-date=February 27, 2021 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227113007/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/02/26/from-junior-high-dropout-to-developer.html | url-status=live }}</ref> He then worked odd jobs such as auction house runner, a delivery driver, and sold items on 14th Street during the Christmas shopping season.<ref name=power/> He joined his father's business at age 18, but 5 years later, he was bored and moved to Washington, D.C. to open his own store.<ref name=power/>
===Retail=== In 1966, at age 23, he and his younger brother Lawrence Jemal opened a store called Bargaintown in Washington, D.C. on the current site of the Capital One Arena.<ref name=fall/> He set speakers outside the store to attract customers, and, after noise complaints, bought the building for $5,000.<ref name=power/> In 1971, they opened a location at Iverson Mall<ref name=power/> and closed the D.C. location.<ref name=mystery/> In 1976, they returned to New York and along with two other brothers, Marvin Jemal and Stephen Jemal, founded ''Nobody Beats the Wiz'' (the name of their father's favorite Broadway musical), a discount electronics chain.<ref name=fall/> In 1980, he and Lawrence bought George's, a 15-store electronics chain in the Baltimore and Washington metropolitan area, from the estate of George Wasserman but sold it to Luskin's the following year.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1981/11/24/luskins-buys-georges-dc-baltimore-stores/beb5149c-8c7b-4bca-9e44-1115bf96cc57/ | title=Luskin's Buys George's D.C, Baltimore Stores | first=Jane | last=Seaberry | work=The Washington Post | date=November 23, 1981}}</ref> Douglas sold his shares in the Wiz back to the family in 1993.<ref name=fall/>
===Washington, D.C. real estate=== Jemal invested the proceeds into real estate in the Washington metropolitan area, which was opportune as the city was in a down cycle.<ref name=stiff/> His success was compounded by the fact that he recognized that retail was under-present in D.C., with half the national average of retail space per capita, and he focused his leasing efforts on high-end retailers, which would improve neighborhoods.<ref name=stiff/>
In the early 1990s, he purchased the former Wonder Bread bakery on Georgia Avenue near Howard University for $4.5 million; he renovated and sold it for just under $18 million in 1993.<ref name=mystery/> That year, he purchased the Park & Shop complex on Connecticut Avenue in Cleveland Park for $6 million; after attracting tenants, he sold it for $11 million in 1995.<ref name=mystery/>
In 1993, Jemal and his brothers offered $150 million to buy the Baltimore Orioles but were outbid by Peter Angelos.<ref name=mystery/>
By 2001, he owned approximately 70 buildings with an estimated value in the hundreds of millions of dollars.<ref name=mystery>{{Cite news | url=https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/263341/building-a-mystery/ | title=Building a Mystery | first=Holly | last=Bailey | work=Washington City Paper | date=May 25, 2001 | archive-date=June 16, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103740/https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/263341/building-a-mystery/ | url-status=live }}</ref> These included 15 buildings on 7th Street between E and I Streets NW in Chinatown.<ref name=mystery/>
In 2014, Jemal began redevelopment of the former Hecht's Warehouse in Ivy City into 300 apartments and 250,000 square feet of retail space.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dcs-historic-hechts-warehouse-getting-developed/64927/ | title=Jemal Developing D.C.'s Historic Hecht's Warehouse | first=Tom | last=Sherwood | work=WRC-TV | date=January 28, 2014 | archive-date=June 16, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103741/https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dcs-historic-hechts-warehouse-getting-developed/64927/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
By 2019, he owed 200 properties.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/douglas-jemal-on-the-keys-to-succeeding-in-real-estate-98952 | title=Douglas Jemal On Pioneering Neighborhoods And Building A Family Business | first=Jon | last=Banister | work=Bisnow Media | date=May 14, 2019 | archive-date=June 16, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103740/https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/douglas-jemal-on-the-keys-to-succeeding-in-real-estate-98952 | url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2021, he sold two Marriott International hotels in Washington, D.C. to an investor group affiliated with the Marriott family for $152 million.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/12/27/douglas-development-sales-close-ahead-of-2022.html | title=Two D.C. hotels sell to investor group tied to Marriott family members | first=Daniel J. | last=Sernovitz | work=American City Business Journals | date=December 27, 2021 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=December 27, 2021 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227221623/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/12/27/douglas-development-sales-close-ahead-of-2022.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
===Buffalo real estate=== In 2016, Jemal purchased the vacant 38-story One Seneca Tower, the tallest building in Buffalo, for $12.6 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2016/09/29/its-now-official-one-seneca-tower-has-a-new-owner.html |title=It's now official: One Seneca Tower has a new owner |first=James |last=Fink |work=American City Business Journals |date=September 29, 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2017/10/20/core-douglas-jemal-and-seneca-one-tower-lead-the.html |title=CORE: Douglas Jemal and Seneca One Tower lead the region's development tally |first=James |last=Fink |work=American City Business Journals |date=October 20, 2017 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=November 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120090005/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2017/10/20/core-douglas-jemal-and-seneca-one-tower-lead-the.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He redeveloped it at a cost of $150 million and by 2021, it was 80% leased.<ref name=power/>
In 2020, he acquired the Statler City complex in Buffalo for redevelopment.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2021/06/16/statler-progresses-through-renovations |title=New life coming to downtown Buffalo's Statler |first=Brandon |last=Lewis |work=Spectrum News |date=June 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108170740/https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2021/06/16/statler-progresses-through-renovations |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2021, Jemal acquired the former police headquarters building near Niagara Square, with plans for a $30 million redevelopment into apartments called "The Police Apartments."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/06/10/arrested-development-douglas-jemal-on-the-police.html |title=Douglas Jemal's The Police prepares to welcome its first wave of tenants |first=James |last=Fink |work=American City Business Journals |date=June 10, 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=June 27, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623033536/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2021/06/10/arrested-development-douglas-jemal-on-the-police.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In September 2021, Jemal announced plans to build a nine-story building at 61 Terrace Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/jemal-plans-nine-story-apartment-building-in-donut-lot |title=Developer Doug Jemal planning to build a nine-story apartment building in Downtown Buffalo |work=Audacy |date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129220751/https://www.audacy.com/wben/news/local/jemal-plans-nine-story-apartment-building-in-donut-lot |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2021, Jemal acquired the 64-acre Boulevard Mall with plans to redevelop the property. He also renovated the Hotel Henry on the Richardson Olmsted Complex, which was renamed The Richardson Hotel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/wny-development/jemal-in-final-stages-of-negotiations-to-operate-former-hotel-henry |title=Jemal in "final stages" of negotiations to operate former Hotel Henry |first=Jeff |last=Russo |work=WKBW-TV |date=July 29, 2021 |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128190711/https://www.wkbw.com/news/wny-development/jemal-in-final-stages-of-negotiations-to-operate-former-hotel-henry |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://buffalonews.com/business/local/douglas-jemals-western-new-york-holdings-extend-far-and-wide/article_9b78aff4-8043-11eb-8a53-87cccfc879be.html |title=Douglas Jemal's Western New York holdings extend far and wide |first=Jonathan D. |last=Epstein |work=The Buffalo News |date=June 9, 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128174438/https://buffalonews.com/business/local/douglas-jemals-western-new-york-holdings-extend-far-and-wide/article_9b78aff4-8043-11eb-8a53-87cccfc879be.html |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />in June 2025, Jemal announced that the Richardson Olmsted Campus would be operating the Richardson Hotel, as of July 1.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/jemal-out-as-operator-of-richardson-hotel/ |title=Doug Jemal out as operator of Richardson Hotel |first=Mark |last=Ludwiczak |work=WIVB-TV |date=June 30, 2025 |archive-date=July 1, 2025 |access-date=July 2, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250701031641/https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/jemal-out-as-operator-of-richardson-hotel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In September 2021, he acquired the Hyatt Regency Buffalo.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/business/douglas-jemal-completes-purchase-of-hyatt-regency/article_dd0ab318-214c-11ec-bc28-6beb7d117e66.html |title=Douglas Jemal completes purchase of Hyatt Regency |first=Jonathan D. |last=Epstein |work=The Buffalo News |date=September 29, 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=June 16, 2025 |access-date=June 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103741/https://buffalonews.com/news/local/business/douglas-jemal-completes-purchase-of-hyatt-regency/article_dd0ab318-214c-11ec-bc28-6beb7d117e66.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In October 2021, he acquired the Mahoney State Office Building at public auction for $4.1 million.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://ogs.ny.gov/news/walter-j-mahoney-state-office-building-downtown-buffalo-sells-41-million-auction |title=Walter J. Mahoney State Office Building in Downtown Buffalo Sells for $4.1 Million at Auction |publisher=New York State |date=October 7, 2021 |access-date=June 16, 2025 |archive-date=June 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103741/https://ogs.ny.gov/news/walter-j-mahoney-state-office-building-downtown-buffalo-sells-41-million-auction |url-status=live }}</ref> He listed it for sale in May 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.btpm.org/local/2025-05-06/jemal-puts-mahoney-building-on-the-market |title=Jemal puts Mahoney building on the market |first=James |last=Fink |work=WNED-TV |date=May 5, 2025}}</ref>
In December 2022, he acquired the HSBC Atrium from HSBC for $9 million.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2022/12/19/hsbc-atrium-buffalo-douglas-jemal.html |title=Douglas Jemal buys HSBC Atrium for $9 million |first=James |last=Fink |work=American City Business Journals |date=December 9, 2022 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |access-date=June 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219123333/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2022/12/19/hsbc-atrium-buffalo-douglas-jemal.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2024, Jemal acquired One News Plaza (rented to ''The Buffalo News''), an adjacent production facility, and the parking lot across Scott Street.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2024/03/20/douglas-jemal-buffalo-news-building-one-plaza.html |title=Douglas Jemal to buy downtown Buffalo News building |first=Jacob |last=Tierney |work=American City Business Journals |date=March 20, 2024 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=April 26, 2025 |access-date=March 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426153615/https://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2024/03/20/douglas-jemal-buffalo-news-building-one-plaza.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Personal life== Jemal's sons Norman Jemal and Matthew Jemal are active in the real estate business.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/washington-dc-top-real-estate-families-lerner-gould-cafritz-donohoe-48899 | title=DC's Top 10 Real Estate Dynasties Washington | first=Ethan | last=Rothstein | work=Bisnow Media | date=August 7, 2015 | archive-date=April 14, 2017 | access-date=April 13, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414162423/https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/washington-dc-top-real-estate-families-lerner-gould-cafritz-donohoe-48899 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2014/02/07/the-next-jemal.html | title=The next Jemal - As Norman Jemal's profile rises at Douglas Development, he eschews the limelight | first=Daniel J. | last=Sernovitz | work=American City Business Journals | date=February 7, 2014 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=June 22, 2024 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240622164042/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/print-edition/2014/02/07/the-next-jemal.html | url-status=live }}</ref> His daughter, Kim Jemal Cayre, is married to the nephew of Joseph Cayre, a New York real estate developer and record producer.<ref name=stiff/>
In 2020, Jemal purchased a $1.425 million house in the Nottingham Terrace area of Buffalo.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/local/developer-douglas-jemal-buys-bigger-mansion-on-nottingham/article_1e18d6e7-9d5c-5ff5-8f78-1d87811daec3.html | title=Developer Douglas Jemal buys bigger mansion on Nottingham | first=Jonathan D. | last=Epstein | work=The Buffalo News | date=November 10, 2020 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=November 22, 2021 | access-date=November 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122202342/https://buffalonews.com/news/local/developer-douglas-jemal-buys-bigger-mansion-on-nottingham/article_1e18d6e7-9d5c-5ff5-8f78-1d87811daec3.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
===Politics and pardon=== Jemal has contributed to politicians of both major U.S. political parties but he has given more to Republicans. In 2016, he contributed $32,000 to the Republican National Committee and in 2020, he contributed $100,000 to the RNC. He contributed $2,700 to the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign. He is also friends with real estate developer Charles Kushner, whose son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is married to Ivanka Trump.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.investigativepost.org/2021/05/27/the-politics-of-doug-jemal/ | title=The politics of Doug Jemal | first=Mark | last=Scheer | work=Investigative Post | date=May 27, 2021 | archive-date=June 16, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103741/https://www.investigativepost.org/2021/05/27/the-politics-of-doug-jemal/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
On January 20, 2021, Jemal received a pardon for his 2008 wire fraud conviction from President Donald Trump.<ref>{{cite web |title=Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Grants of Clemency |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/ |via=National Archives and Records Administration |work=whitehouse.gov |date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120171920/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-012021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2021, a denial of a liquor license for an associate of Jemal was reversed after it was noted that he contributed over $53,000 to the campaign of Governor of New York Kathy Hochul.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/After-Hochul-donor-complaint-license-denial-was-17276613.php | title=Liquor license denial was quickly reversed for Hochul donor | first=Chris | last=Bragg | work=Times Union | date=July 2, 2022 | archive-date=June 16, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616103740/https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/After-Hochul-donor-complaint-license-denial-was-17276613.php | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Awards and recognition== In August 2014, Jemal received the Lifetime Achievement award from the District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Past%20DC%20Preservation%20Award%20Recipients%20%202003%202024%20UPDATE.pdf | title=Past Recipients District of Columbia Awards for Excellence in Historic Preservation, 2003-2024 | publisher=Government of the District of Columbia | archive-date=2025-07-13 | access-date=2025-06-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713100247/https://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Past%20DC%20Preservation%20Award%20Recipients%20%202003%202024%20UPDATE.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
In December 2019, Jemal was inducted into the Washington Business Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/douglas-jemal-inducted-into-washington-business-hall-of-fame-102111 | title=Douglas Jemal Inducted Into Washington Business Hall Of Fame | first=Jon | last=Banister | work=Bisnow Media | date=December 5, 2019 | archive-date=January 15, 2022 | access-date=January 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062618/https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/douglas-jemal-inducted-into-washington-business-hall-of-fame-102111 | url-status=live }}</ref>
==Criticism and legal issues== Jamal has been criticized for often paying his contractors late to fund more real estate purchases.<ref name=stiff/> Turnover was high in his company as superintendents were stressed.<ref name=stiff/> He has been criticized for leaving derelict properties vacant rather than developing them and for asking for very high rents, forcing out long-standing local tenants.<ref name=fall/>
Jemal was accused or bribery for his relationship with Michael Lorusso, deputy director of D.C.'s Office of Property Management. Jemal bought Lorusso trips to Las Vegas, a Rolex watch, two pairs of $500 cowboy boots, and gave him $15,000 in cash. In 2002, Lorusso set up a deal whereby the D.C. government purchased an impound lot from Jemal for $12.5 million, nearly 10 times the amount Jemal paid for it just four years earlier. Lorusso also approved a $1 million lease payment to Jemal from the city. Despite Lorusso pleading guilty to bribery, Jemal was acquitted of bribery by a 12-person jury.<ref name=stiff/>
In July 2006, Jemal was convicted of wire fraud for falsifying an invoice to withdraw money from a lender-held reserve, which he needed to buy another property.<ref name=dcjury/><ref name=stiff/> This was all unbeknownst to his partner in the deal, Joseph Cayre, although Cayre defended Jemal in the legal proceedings.<ref name=stiff/> Jemal was sentenced to a $175,000 fine and received five years probation, but no prison time.<ref name=stiff/> The judge cited his charitable giving in the sentencing.<ref>{{Cite news | title=Jemal Avoids Prison For Fraud | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041701027.html | first=Carol D. | last=Leonnig | authorlink=Carol D. Leonnig | work=The Washington Post | date=April 18, 2007 | issn=0190-8286 | archive-date=April 14, 2017 | access-date=September 20, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414082113/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/17/AR2007041701027.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/04/16/daily16.html | title=No jail time for Jemal | first=Doug | last=Fruehling | work=American City Business Journals | date=April 17, 2007 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=April 26, 2025 | access-date=June 16, 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250426153538/https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2007/04/16/daily16.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://douglasdevelopment.com/ Douglas Development]
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