MOTION TO AMEND PLEADINGS GRANTED:  April 26, 2022
CBCA 7359, 7360, 7361, 7362, 7363, 7364
JBG SMITH PROPERTIES, LP,
Appellant,
v.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION,
Respondent.
Stuart W. Turner and Amanda J. Sherwood of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP,
Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.
James F. H. Scott and Jessica Gunzel, Office of General Counsel, General Services
Administration, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
Before Board Judges BEARDSLEY (Chair), VERGILIO, and DRUMMOND.
BEARDSLEY, Board Judge.
Appellant, JBG Smith Properties, LP (JBG Smith), moved to amend the pleadings in
each of the above-referenced appeals to substitute the leasehold entity’s name for its own. 
Respondent, the General Services Administration (GSA), does not object to this motion.  The
Board grants the motion and substitutes the leasehold entity’s name for JBG Smith’s in each
of the six appeals.


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Background
JBG Smith filed six appeals, each involving a contracting officer’s final decision
(COFD) interpreting the provisions of a lease.  JBG Smith asserts that although it is either
the successor-in-interest or the parent company to each of the named entities on the subject
leases, and the use of its name was “meant to represent [JBG Smith’s] identity as the ultimate
common owner of the leases in these appeals,” the correct name for the appellant in each
appeal is the name on each lease.  JBG Smith moves to substitute the leasehold entities’
names for JBG Smith’s in each appeal.  The name of each leasehold entity and the
corresponding appeal is:
CBCA 7359:  CESC Mall, LLC
CBCA 7360:  BNA Washington Inc.
CBCA 7361:  CESC Crystal / Rosslyn II, L.L.C.
CBCA 7362:  CESC Square LLC
CBCA 7363:  Fourth Crystal Park Associates LP
CBCA 7364:  CESC Gateway Square L.L.C.
Discussion
In the past, we have allowed the substitution of an appellant mistakenly named
in the appeal when such action will not prejudice the agency.  [Eastco Building
Services v. General Services Administration, CBCA 5272, 17-1 BCA
¶ 36,670]; Triad Realty Trust, GSBCA 10568, 92-1 BCA ¶ 24,413.  An agency
is not prejudiced by the substitution of an appellant mistakenly named in the
appeal when the agency receives “full and timely notice of the appeal.”  Triad
Realty.  Full and timely notice of appeal is given when the notice of appeal
informs the agency of the contract in question and the COFD from which the
appeal is taken, by author and date; a copy of the COFD is attached to the
notice of appeal; and notice is given within the [Contract Disputes Act’s]
ninety-day filing requirement.  Id.
Alares LLC v. Department of Veterans Affairs, CBCA 6149, et al., 21-1 BCA ¶ 37,906.  
GSA received full and timely notice of each of the appeals.  In each claim and the
contracting officer’s corresponding final decision, the lease at issue was correctly identified
by contract number.  Each COFD also identified the lessor by name.  Each of the six claims
and COFDs was attached to the notice of appeal.1  The notice of appeal was filed within
1 JBG Smith filed one notice of appeal appealing all six COFDs.  

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ninety days of the leasehold entity’s receipt of the COFD, and JBG Smith has yet to file a
complaint in these appeals.  Substituting the leasehold entities’ names for JBG Smith’s in
each appeal at this time will not prejudice GSA.
Decision
The motion is GRANTED.  Appellant’s name, “JBG Smith Properties, LP,” will be
replaced with the name of the leasehold entity in each appeal.
    Erica S. Beardsley    
ERICA S. BEARDSLEY
Board Judge
We concur:
    Joseph A. Vergilio        Jerome M. Drummond    
JOSEPH A. VERGILIO JEROME M. DRUMMOND
Board Judge Board Judge