FUNCTION

PROFILE

• Real estate executive possessing extensive multi-family/mixed-use experience. Development, acquisitions, construction, finance, and asset management. Manage day to day operations, oversee site selection/due diligence, and source project debt and equity. Excellent at strategically positioning organizations, building top performing teams, and exceeding corporate objectives. Developed over 7,300 units; $750 million capitalization.

EDUCATION

THE WHARTON SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, PA · 1994-1996
MBA; Real Estate and Finance

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Boston, MA · 1982-1986
BS - Cum Laude; Civil Engineering

EXPERIENCE

GREYSTAR REAL ESTATE PARTNERS
Dallas, TX · 2005-2009
Managing Director - Development

• Opened regional development office with primary focus on the Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin, TX; with secondary focus on other national markets.
• Managed daily operations including market research; site selection; financial underwriting; project designs/entitlements; sourcing debt and equity; and project construction, management, and disposition.
• Established Greystar presence in Austin, Dallas, and Tampa, developing six projects comprising 1,420 units, 23,000 sf of retail, and total market capitalization of $240 million.
• Managed development teams in Dallas, Austin, and Charleston.
• Created national development/construction policies and procedures.

THE LIONSTONE GROUP
Houston, TX · 2004-2005
Vice President

• Managed day to day operations of $200M discretionary equity fund (Lionstone Urban Investments).
• Financial underwriting, contract negotiations, due diligence, project financing, asset management, and asset disposition.
• Obtained debt financing and completed due diligence/pre-closing on $40 million mixed use investment (Gates East Campus; Denver, CO). Project included two vacant office buildings totaling 300,000 NRSF, 16,000 SF of commercial space, 28 rental homes, and 14-acres of vacant land.

GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST
Dallas, TX · 2002-2004
Regional Vice President

• Directed seven-person Dallas Investments Group developing, acquiring, and constructing multi-family communities.
• Sourced development sites/project acquisitions and managed day-to-day operations including financial underwriting, market research, project design/development, entitlements, construction, and asset management.
• Incorporated creative deal structures including landowner/mixed-use joint ventures, “operating partnership unit” transactions, and ground leases.
• Obtained federal historic tax credits, tax abatements, and TIF financing.
• Rebuilt development team and implemented new management and control systems.
• Lead all regional offices in new development/investment activity; one acquisition and five new developments worth over $200 million. Developments comprise a 450 unit mid-rise, 224 unit adaptive reuse of historic high-rise office building, and two mixed-use joint ventures with 175 units and over 50,000 sf of retail.
• Completed development, construction, and lease-up of two existing projects; 596 units/$55M.

TRAMMELL CROW RESIDENTIAL
Raleigh, NC / Fort Lauderdale, FL · 1996-2002
Division Partner

• Opened two regional offices pursuing South Florida, Carolinas, Southern Virginia, and Ohio developments.
• Managed day-to-day operations including market research, site selection/acquisition, project development, debt and equity financing, construction, and asset management.
• Profit and loss responsibility.
• Built management teams hiring city partner, construction president/vice president, and support staff.
• Developed three new communities; 904 units/$70 million.

PIZZAGALLI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Northeast Region · 1986-1994
Project Manager

• Managed $39 million in commercial, industrial, and institutional construction projects.
• Supervised all field and office operations.
• Profit and loss responsibility.
• Successfully completed five projects totaling $39 million on time and under budget.
• Negotiated $24 million in new Marist College business.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Club Membership: MBA

Interests:

• Acquisitions
• Banking
• Development
• Investment Banking

Former Board of Directors; State Thomas TIF and Dallas Uptown Public Improvement District. Licensed Professional Engineer. Member of Urban Land Institute and Dallas Real Estate Council. Enjoy golf, tennis, skiing, backpacking, bicycling, cooking, and the arts.