Fried Companies, Inc

Metro Park, a 1.3 million square foot office project adjacent to the Franconia-Springfield Metro/VRE, developed and managed by Fried Companies, Inc.

My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight.
Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes,
Is the deed ever really done
For Heaven and the future's sakes.

B. Mark Fried often quotes Robert Frost's last stanza of Two Tramps in Mudtime, a favorite poem of his from childhood. The love of dogs- his avocation- combined with his vocation as an entrepreneur and builder, underlies the vision for Olde Towne Pet Resort.

B. Mark Fried serves as Chairman of the Board of Olde Towne Pet Resort; his daughter, Leah Fried Sedwick, serves as President of Olde Towne Pet Resort.

Fried Companies, Inc. is a real estate development, construction, leasing, and property management firm engaged in the development of office complexes, shopping centers, hotels, residential communities, industrial parks, and, now, first-class pet resorts. In addition to the law firm and real estate development business he founded with his wife, B. Mark Fried co-founded the following companies: RAMCO (RTC asset management); Fortran Corporation (regional telecommunications); Axtron (printing cartridge and remanufacturing). Fried Companies, Inc. has enjoyed a presence in Northern Virginia and surrounding areas for over fifty years, with its headquarters now in the Charlottesville, VA, region.

The Fried family and Fried Companies, Inc. are committed to public service and community betterment. Mark and Barbara Fried are founding members of Innisfree Village, Inc., a community for the mentally handicapped outside of Charlottesville, VA; Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy (CART), a horseback therapy program for handicapped people; the Northern Virginia Dental Clinic, a coalition of local doctors serving uninsured residents with dental needs.

Mark and Barbara both have served and / or currently serve in leadership roles for the following: Northern Virgina Community College Foundation; Virgina Foundation for the Humanities, Board; Board of Visitors of the University of Chicago Law School; ; Board of Trustees and President, George Mason University Foundation; Board of Visitors, George Mason University; Northern Virginia Regional Advisory Board; Thomas C. Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership, Chair; Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board, Chair; Member, Virginia Housing Commission; Director, National Capitol Area YWCA; Director, Albemarle Housing Improvement Program; Chairman, Community Services Board of Fairfax County; President, Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Northern Virginia.

Their daughter Leah Fried Sedwick currently serves or has served: Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, Board; Fairfax County Public Library Foundation, Board; UCM Community Solutions, Board; Laurel Grove School Association, Executive Vice President; Transportation Association of Greater Springfield (TAGS), Secretary; Alexandria Affordable Housing Advisory Commission.