News & Events

North Pointe at Flower Hill!   This project is the latest endeavor of the Pettit Family and consists of an upscale restaurant and retail space (now under construction) at the corner of Route 124 (Woodfield Road) and Muncaster Mill Road.   Gentleman Jim’s Restaurant, a locally owned family style restaurant reports breaking sales records since relocating …

Our History

Our Founders John H. Pettit was born in Ellicottville, New York and later moved to Grantsville in Western Maryland in the 1950s. After the Korean War, he graduated from Strayer Business College. John Pettit worked for J. Wesley Buchanan & Company—a home building company—before founding his own business, Pettit & Griffin, Inc. in 1963, which …

Leadership

Our Leadership Team Pettit Companies, in its third generation of family leadership, continues to grow with the dedication, values, and the vision of its founder to sustain the legacy that was created in 1963. Since then, the family continues to operate the variety of real estate businesses to providing the Advantage of Quality and Value …

Land Development & Excavation

Land Development & Excavation in the Washington, DC Area Pettit Development provides a wide variety of excavation and land development services to residential home builders and developers throughout the DC metropolitan area. Our fleet of equipment is capable of servicing small and large residential communities from one unit to over a thousand units. We have …

Land Development & Excavating Services

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About Us

In the Beginning… Corporate Biography: Since 1963 – Building The Next Generation… Pettit & Griffin, Inc started their first single family project consisting of 19 homes on April 1, 1963 with six employees, including its founders, John H. Pettit and Howard D. Griffin, Jr.. Mr. Pettit and Mr. Griffin concentrated on development in Prince George’s …

Welcome to Pettit Companies

Pettit Companies, a third generation, family-owned business, founded in 1963 by John H. Pettit, has focused on the development of residential, light industrial warehouse, office, and retail properties. The company has developed and built over 5500 residential units in 50 communities and more than a half million square feet of commercial space in 13 buildings …