Middleburg Communities names new managing director of development

Middleburg Communities has appointed Robin Bettarel as managing director of development.

Bettarel will be responsible for leading the development activities for Middleburg’s entire Mid-Atlantic portfolio, including overseeing its development pipeline, sourcing new growth opportunities and managing the regional development team. She will work out of the company’s office in the Greater Washington, D.C. area.

Bettarel has almost 20 years of residential and commercial development experience. She joins Middleburg from Hoffman & Associates (formerly PN Hoffman), where she served as a senior vice president of development and oversaw a number of dynamic development projects including West Falls, a 9.5-acre, 1-million-square-foot mixed-use project in Falls Church, Virginia; Phase II of The Wharf in Southwest Washington, D.C., which involved the construction of a hotel, apartment and condo; and 4600 Fairfax Drive in Arlington, Virginia, a 450-unit multifamily apartment