Fundamental Guiding Principles

People are Important
People are our most important asset, and our relationships with them are precious. This includes all of our stakeholders: our employees, our lenders, our tenants, our customers, and our suppliers.

Integrity
At MJR we play by the rules – legal, ethical, and moral. We hold no hidden agendas and promote a completely open environment in all of our business dealings.

Do it with Passion
We are passionate about what we do, and we do it with out-of-the-box creativity, a positive attitude, and a unique style.

Work Hard, Play Hard, Have Fun
Since time is limited, we believe that it’s important to spend our time doing the things we love, with the people we love. Most of all, we like to work hard, play hard, and have fun with everything we pursue.

Dream and Make Dreams Real
At MJR, we dream about building and build what we dream.

Social Responsibility
We recognize the fact that we are in a unique position to help make the world a better place, a more beautiful place. We accept and embrace the responsibility that this implies and give back to the world through all of our projects.

Do it Right
It’s not worth doing if it’s not done right, so we do it right the first time. The process, the people, the result, all done right the first time.

Management Team

Michael J. Raskin, Partner and Founder

Michael J. Raskin founded MJR Development in 1991 and opened his first office in downtown Kirkland. Over the past two decades MJR Development has developed and constructed numerous projects throughout Washington State that have included office, mixed use, retail and, industrial buildings. MJR Development is a full service real estate firm founded on the mission of turning real estate dreams into reality. MJR Development has consistently developed buildings that stakeholders are proud of and that are sought after in the community.

Michael holds a BS from the University of Washington in Construction Management and an MBA from Columbia University. He and his wife Susie live in Medina Washington and are raising two wonderful boys Ben and Joey. Michael is also active in the community, having served on the boards of a number of private start-up companies and non-profit organizations. In his free time Michael enjoys windsurfing, skiing, hiking, golf and travel.

Mike McClure, Partner

Mike brings over 20 years of Real Estate Development experience and another 20 years of entrepreneurial experience in building great companies. Mike has been a member of the founding executive team at four local high-tech Puget Sound startups: Talisma, Marketwave, Chronology, and Virtual Vision Corporations. Three of these four companies were acquired, prompting Mike each time to get involved with another venture. Mike joined MJR Development in 2004, after his college roommate (Mike Raskin) convinced him to become his business partner.

Mike holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington and an MBA from Stanford University. He specialized in entrepreneurialism, high technology, and real estate. In his spare time Mike likes mountain biking, kayaking, golfing and boating. He is also known to like great Washington State wines.

Mark Lahaie, Partner

Mark brings over 30 years of real estate experience to MJR Development. After beginning his career in bank-owned real estate, from 1991 through 2004, Mark worked for the State of Washington, Department of General Administration's, Real Estate Services. He held various positions within the Department, including the Manager of Real Estate Services which delivers leasing and acquisition/disposal services to all state agencies, boards, commissions, and educational institutions.

Christian LaRocco, Partner

Christian brings over 20 years of construction industry experience to MJR. Christian thrives on the day-to-day challenges of development and his passion and energy is evident in the way he leads and mentors. Christian has lead teams at high-visibility projects such as the Bullitt Center (the greenest commercial building in the world), Terry Lander Hall at the University of Washington, Bastyr University Student Housing (11 buildings, 132 units.  LEED Platinum), and Madison Lofts Condominiums.

Christian is a union certified journeyman carpenter and holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Construction Management from the University of Washington. He also finds time to guest lecture and grade Capstone projects at the University of Washington Construction Management Department. In his spare time, Christian enjoys spending time with his new family as well as snow skiing in the winter.