Kenneth Luchs Named SVP at Scheer Partners
Posted December 20, 2011
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Kenneth Luchs
Kenneth Luchs has been named senior vice president at Scheer Partners. In this position, he will focus on, among other things, representing health-care tenants and owners of medical-office buildings in the D.C. region.
For five decades, Luchs has worked in real estate, and his experience spans most areas of this sector, such as commercial and residential brokerage, appraisals and consultations, development, insurance, mortgage lending and property management.
"I have no desire to ever retire," says the 73-year-old Potomac resident.
Luchs first got to know Robert Scheer at the Shannon & Luchs Company. Scheer managed the company's commercial brokerage business in Maryland prior to founding Scheer Partners in 1991. And Luchs, who began his 32-year career with the firm in 1961, served from 1989 to 1993 as president and CEO of the Shannon & Luchs Company, which Luchs' grandfather co-founded in 1906.
In 1993, the Shannon & Luchs Company was acquired by two firms - the Polinger Companies (now the Polinger Shannon & Luchs Company) and Weichert, Realtors - that bought the commercial brokerage/property management and residential brokerage businesses, respectively. The insurance division, purchased by its employees, is today known as the Shannon & Luchs Insurance Agency.
Since the Shannon & Luchs Company's sale, Luchs has primarily concentrated on commercial real estate consulting and brokerage, such as the leasing and selling of office and apartment buildings, warehouses, shopping centers, hotels and land.
The Luchs family has long-time roots in the local real estate scene. Ken Luchs, his father and his grandfather have all served as president of what is now known as the Greater Capital Area Association of Realtors. Ken Luchs has also served on several other boards, including those of American University, the National Savings & Trust Company, the Washington Hebrew Congregation, and Woodmont Country Club.
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