McLean Neighbor Moves to Detroit to Head GM
Daniel Akerson ( Photo AP-The Washington Post)
By Bobbi Bowman, The McLean Ear
MCLEAN, VA - McLean neighbor Daniel F. Akerson, who was named CEO of General Motors Aug. 13, is about to exchange his stately home valued at $2.6 million located just off Dolley Madison Blvd., for Grosse Point or Bloomfield Hills, the two posh suburbs of Detroit.
McLean home of Daniel Akerson
The Ear once lived in Detroit so we can tell him that Grosse Point is closer to the office. GM moved from its headquarters from its historic building on Grand Boulevard to the Renaissance Center on the river in downtown Detroit in 1996. (Henry Ford II built the RenCen in hopes of spurring Detroit’s rebirth after the devastating 1967 riots. The city never recovered.)
Akerson and his wife now live quietly in a 10,000 square foot mansion built in 2007 with four bedrooms, six baths, and seven fireplaces. Of course, there’s a swimming pool and bath house. The property is valued at $3.4 million, according to Fairfax County tax records. His street really resembles a country lane although it’s minutes from the George Washington Parkway.
The property is listed under the name of a limited liability corporation. That same company owns the lots on either side of the two and half story brick and columned home. In 2006, the properties were purchased for a total of $5.2 million in two separate transactions, according to Fairfax records. When purchased the properties had buildings. Both are now empty lots.
The family is expected to keep their McLean home.
His neighbors include Capital One founder and CEO Richard Fairbanks who moved in when Capital One moved its headquarters to McLean.
Another McLean CEO, Ted Leonsis, who owns the Washington Wizards basketball team and the Washington Capitals, the hockey team, congratulated Akerson. Leonsis lives just off Georgetown Pike near Langley High School.
Akerson is a Managing Director of The Carlyle Group, the Head of Global Buyout and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, according to his bio on the Carlyle Group web site. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. The Washington Post reported that he served five years on a destroyer.
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