Mixed-use transit-oriented development on a site sourced by tracking future Trolley Line announcements. Negotiated release from a 200+ property Master Lease Agreement with a REIT-controlled landowner. Built 2016, fully stabilized.
Ground-up mixed-use with ground-floor commercial on a Brownfields cleanup site. Led JV negotiations with the landowner, acquired city approvals with minimal resistance. Transit-oriented. Stabilized at 97%+ occupancy.
Mixed-use 332 units spanning traditional multifamily and student housing. Sourced off-market through direct effort including a sale-leaseback and landowner relocation. Entered the Brownfields Cleanup Program for remediation. Ground-floor retail on Main Street.
Transit-oriented development assembled from a full city block across four competing landowners plus the RDA, including one holdout. Ran point on entitlements and community meetings with neighborhood leaders, church leaders, city council, and the mayor.
5-acre mixed-use master plan in downtown SLC (D1 zoning, Opportunity Zone): 514 residential units, 400k sf commercial, 204 hotel keys. Sole negotiator on the off-market acquisition of the 400-key hotel from a publicly-traded owner, then assembled an adjacent half-acre. Phase 1 conversion of 184 units complete and stabilized.
Value-add acquisition and renovation. Sourced, designed, executed, and sold. Rents grew 40% post-renovation. Full cycle.
60-unit podium-parked multifamily LIHTC project. Affordable housing delivered in a Salt Lake market that needs it.
86-unit infill project. Formed a JV with the landowner, negotiated all business and legal points. Navigated a NIMBY lawsuit that lost at trial but was won on appeal, ultimately clearing rezoning and site plan approval.
Flex industrial building at Park City Business Center, 1.7 acres. Part of the Synergy Commons portfolio.
30,000 sf office plus 3,250 sf retail within the broader Ivory Ridge master-planned community.
Redevelopment of the former Burlington Coat Factory site, 5.4 acres, into 235 tuck-under and surface-parked multifamily units plus 12,000 sf of retail. Led the JV negotiation and Boise Planning Commission approval process.
Full city block redevelopment integrating retail, office, multifamily, and independent living. One of the most protracted entitlement processes of my career, including self-orchestrated neighborhood meetings, City Council working sessions, and multiple rounds of public hearings.
Mixed-use 130 units plus 74 hotel keys, retail, and restaurants. Site sourced by knocking doors and cultivating a 12-year relationship. Entitlement required multiple private meetings with Council, planners, the City Manager, and mayor. Site plan approval obtained Q2 2023.
Mixed-use 128 units with ground-floor commercial (two restaurants). Led JV negotiation with the landowner and the approvals process with the city, mayor, planners, and a neighborhood coalition that started as opposition and ultimately supported the project. Received full site plan approvals plus city incentives. Entered the Brownfields Cleanup Program Q2 2023.
Conversion of a 263-key hotel on 10 acres with a quarter-mile of river frontage into 132 apartment units plus commercial space for two restaurants, a membership fitness center, and an event venue. Turned NIMBY opposition into support through a Town Hall-style community meeting, including a few unit reservations from opposers-turned-supporters.
272-unit multifamily project catering to workforce housing. Transit-oriented development. Site secured through networking relationships cultivated over years. All city approvals and entitlements secured; construction imminent.
Mixed-use 291 units with ground-floor retail, future Class A multifamily. Assembled five parcels from different owners, including negotiating a release from a lender that had recently foreclosed on a prior owner. Running point on city approvals and entitlements.
Before stepping into mixed-use and multifamily, I ran Land Acquisition and Development for Alpine Homes, sourcing, acquiring, and developing numerous single-family home subdivisions across Northern Utah. Alpine was a top performer inside the Geonerco family of home builders, operating across Denver, Utah, Oregon, Seattle, and Vancouver. That era is where I learned how many shovels actually get in the ground when entitlements slip, and how to protect a development schedule from city friction. Everything on the Projects list above is a continuation of those fundamentals at a bigger scale.
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