Eight WC Smith properties have placed in J Turner Research’s 2019 “Elite 1%” national survey of apartments.

Two of the properties, 2800 Ontario and 2701 Connecticut, were the top-2 rated properties in Washington, DC.

The other WC Smith properties to be honored are: Park Vista (an affordable property), Brunswick House, 2800 Woodley, Agora, Meridian Park and Wakefield Hall.

Most of these properties are multi-year winners. Brunswick House has made the list four years in a row; it’s the third consecutive year for 2701 Connecticut and Wakefield Hall. 2800 Ontario, 2800 Woodley and Park Vista mark two consecutive appearances among the Elite 1%.

The Elite 1% ORA™ Power Ranking is an annual ranking developed by J Turner Research. Based on monthly online reputation research of over 116,000 apartments across 21+ review sites and Internet Listing Services (ILSs), J Turner assigns an independent Online Reputation Assessment Score (ORA™ Score) to each property, and this score determines a property’s rank. J Turner Research is an independent market research and online reputation management company exclusively serving the multifamily industry.

For the year 2019, a total of 1,290 properties earned the Elite 1% distinction. To be eligible for this ranking, a property had to register a minimum ORA™ score of 90. For properties with the same ORA™ score, the property with the higher number of reviews ranked higher. The national average ORA™ is 63.05.

“We’re very proud that so many of our properties achieved Elite 1% status, and that we have the top-rated apartment building in Washington, DC,” said WC Smith Chairman and CEO Chris Smith. “It’s a testament to the hard work and quality of our property management teams, who are wholly dedicated to providing our residents with a top-notch living experience.”

The annual Elite 1% ranking is part of the ORA™ Power Ranking series published by Multifamily Executive (MFE). Each month, MFE features a ranking of properties and management companies based on their ORA™ scores. A property or a management company does not have to be a J Turner Research client to qualify for this ranking.

ABOUT WC Smith

WC Smith (www.wcsmith.com) is a Washington, DC-based multidisciplinary real estate firm, providing integrated property development and property management services to the Washington metropolitan area for more than 50 years. Since our founding in 1968, we have built communities across all 8 wards of Washington that uniquely combine the city’s long-term vision for growth with our residents’ vision for how a neighborhood best serves their needs and desires.

Supported by a dedicated workforce of more than 600 employees, WC Smith continually compiles and manages a portfolio that ranks us in the top-10 of commercial real estate developers in the Washington region. Our development expertise is wide-ranging: we acquire, renovate and reposition market-rate and affordable multifamily communities, repurpose obsolete facilities and build new office, residential and mixed-use properties. Recognized and respected as one of the most experienced and capable property management firms in the Washington metropolitan area, WC Smith manages more than 11,000 rental, condominium and cooperative units valued in excess of $3.5 billion.