Austin's Mega-Multifamily 2018

With Alliance since 2012, Christy has 20 years of multifamily experience supervising all types of assets, including lease-ups, Class A+ high-rises, garden suburban communities, mixed-use assets and properties undergoing repositioning/rehab. She is currently Alliance’s Regional Vice President over approximately 10,000 third-party units in Austin and San Antonio. Prior to joining Alliance, she held positions at ZRS Management, Riverstone Residential Group, Trammel Crow Residential and Gables Residential. She is an outside-of-the-box thinker who takes great pride in building strong teams. Ms. Sanchez is active with multiple industry associations, to include serving as the Vice President at Large and the Legislative Tri-Chair for the Austin Apartment Association, and as a delegate for the Texas Apartment Association. She has also served prior terms on the Board of Directors and as Communication Chair for the Apartment Association of Tarrant County, and as an Alternate Director for the Texas Apartment Association. Christy is a Brookhaven College graduate, and holds Certified Apartment Manager (CAM) and Certified Property Manager (CPM) designations.

Endeavor Principal Nelson Crowe is responsible for leading the company’s multifamily acquisition and development activities, including site selection, entitlements, design, consultant coordination, construction, project capitalization, and asset management. Prior to joining Endeavor in 2016, Nelson spent eight years at Forestar Group, where he served as Vice President of Multifamily. In 2010, he was a founding member of the organization’s multifamily group, which developed and/or managed more than 4,000 units in Nashville, Austin, Dallas, Denver, Charlotte, and Houston, with a total capitalization of $600 million. Nelson previously worked for Crow Holdings, a private equity firm that focuses on direct real estate investment through equity funds for the Trammell Crow family and its capital partners. While there, he worked on the capital placement of an $850-million equity fund.

Talmadge Smith has overseen the design of Page’s largest Student Housing development projects including 2400 Nueces at the University of Texas at Austin and currently, the Student Housing for the 2020 Campus Expansion project at The University of California, Merced. Talmadge and our Student Life team are nationally recognized as experts in the design of state-of-the-art facilities such as student recreation centers, student unions, dining halls and conference and event/venue facilities. Since 2002, our team has programmed, master planned and designed over 15,000 beds of student housing in residence hall living/learning communities. Our facilities have proven records of positively influencing students’ experiences through improved academic performance and relationships.

Michael Antenora AIA is the Founding Principal of Antenora Architects of Austin, TX. Antenora Architects is a multi-disciplinary studio offering architecture, interiors, planning and graphics. For over two decades, Michael has led a diverse, design-oriented practice that brings thoughtful and responsive design to a number of market sectors such as Mixed-use, Multifamily, Commercial, Hospitality, Custom Residential and Historic Preservation/Re-use. The firm has received local, regional, national and international accolades for their work. In particular, they have been recognized for their exceptional work with Adaptive Re-use projects, and were honored to be selected for a 2017 AIA National Honor Award for Design for Re-use of a 1947 Cotton Gin/Grain Complex in Hutto, Texas.

Andrew Smith is Vice President and a Principal of Jordan & Skala Engineers. During his 24 years with Jordan & Skala he has led the HVAC department in Charlotte, pioneered the Dallas office, and has overseen the establishment of the Austin, Denver, Houston, and Las Vegas offices. Currently, he oversees a staff of approximately 115 people within the Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Las Vegas offices. His extensive experience has allowed him to work in contracting, sales as well as in designing and managing projects of all categories. With projects ranging in size from a drive-through hamburger stand to a planned 2,000 residence retirement community and over two dozen United States Green Building Council (USGBC) projects in his portfolio, Andrew confidently oversees projects of any size and complexity. In 2003, Mr. Smith became Jordan & Skala’s first LEED Accredited Professional. Soon after that, he became instrumental in the establishment of Jordan & Skala’s Energy Services Discipline, which provides sustainability consulting, program coordination, and education services for developers, architects or other engineers who are looking for the LEED certification on their projects or for their careers. A graduate from The University of Alabama, Mr. Smith, is a Registered Professional Engineer in all 50 states, he is part of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and a Certified Energy Manager (CEM).

Erica Leak is the Acting Assistant Director of the City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development (NHCD) Department. She was instrumental in spearheading the creation of Austin’s first Strategic Housing Blueprint, which sets affordable housing goals, priorities and strategies for the city to address its extensive affordability challenges. Prior to working for NHCD, she worked in the City of Austin’s Planning Department, in the private sector in architecture and landscape design firms in Kansas City, Seattle, and Austin, and as the coordinator for an academic association at the University of California, Berkeley. Erica has a master's degree in architecture from the University of Washington, Seattle, and completed post-graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has over a decade and a half of experience in planning, design, and public policy.

John Sloot is a Vice President for Hunt Mortgage Group (HMG), focusing on originating, term, and bridge loans for multifamily & commercial real estate properties across the country. All executions are direct through HMG’s Agency relationship (Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac), FHA/HUD and HMG’s Proprietary Lending Programs. Prior to joining HMG, John was an AVP in Associated Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Group where he provided support and asset/portfolio management needs for the group. John was responsible for managing a commercial real estate portfolio of 40+ assets/credit facilities with commitments totaling in excess of $200 million. John also assisted the group in closing in excess of $500 million in new commitments during his time with the company. Before joining Associated Bank, John was a Sr. Commercial Real Estate Analyst at BMO Harris Bank (fna Amcore Bank) where he was in charge of underwriting real estate debt transactions. John began his career and received formal credit/underwriting training through MB Financial and their Leadership Development Program where he rotated through various divisions of the Commercial Bank. Throughout his career, John has assisted in closing over $1 Billion in real estate transactions. John graduated from Roosevelt University with an MBA in Real Estate and received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration (BBA) from Roosevelt University.

With 37 years in commercial real estate, Charles Cirar is a specialist in acquisition and disposition strategies for multifamily properties and development sites in the Texas and Southwestern U.S. markets. He has closed over 350 transactions in the past 12 years for sales exceeding $10 billion. He has made the Colbert Coldwell Circle Award - Top 100 CBRE Broker list in each of the last 12 years. In 2007, Mr. Cirar was the #1 ranked broker in Multifamily for CBRE and the #5 ranked broker globally for all property types. In 2008, Mr. Cirar was the #1 ranked Multifamily broker for CBRE, and was ranked in the Top-25 nationally for all property types. In 2009, Mr. Cirar was the #2 ranked Multifamily broker for CBRE. In 2010, Mr. Cirar was a member of the Colbert Coldwell Circle, and ranked in the Top-5 nationally for the CBRE Multifamily Group. In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, Mr. Cirar was the #1 ranked Multifamily Broker for CBRE.

As Managing Director of the Southwest region office at RangeWater Real Estate, Nick is responsible for the firm’s development and operations in major markets such as Dallas, Houston, and Austin. He focuses on identifying new opportunities and leading the oversight and execution of development projects throughout the region. Nick has over 18 years of real estate experience and has spent time in development, acquisitions, and structured finance. As Development Director for one of the nation’s largest multifamily developers, Nick oversaw all aspects of real estate development for more than 4,000 multifamily units in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. He also has a deep knowledge and understanding of investment and capital markets after working for some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. Nick has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame and is involved in ULI and The Real Estate Council of Dallas. Nick enjoys golfing, traveling, and spending time with his family.

Zach is the co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Pender Capital. Zach co-founded Pender in 2015 and brings over 16 years of experience in both commercial real estate finance and capital markets expertise. Zach oversees the firm’s Investment and Research program which includes deal sourcing, research, and structuring and is a member of the Investment and Research Committee and the Management Committee. Prior to Pender, Zach served as Managing Director/ Senior Vice President for Liberty SBF, a commercial finance company based in Philadelphia, where he was responsible for establishing Liberty’s Western Regional HQ in Los Angeles and directed West Coast originations and operations. Zach personally originated over $60 million of commercial loans during the first year of operations on the West Coast. In 2008, Zach joined Silver Point Capital, LP in New York, a Goldman Sachs partner fund, where he was responsible for commercial real estate loan originations and insurance-linked securities trading. During his tenure at Silver Point, Zach traded more than $500 million in distressed commercial real estate debt, insurance-linked securities, and assets in the capital markets. From 2004 to 2008, Zach served as Senior Vice President/Division Director of Velocity Commercial Capital where he was the company’s highest grossing originator in e

Mike Celkis is a partner with the Firm’s tax practice. Based in the Austin office, Mike is responsible for providing domestic tax, financial accounting, and tax consulting services to individuals, corporations, and partnerships in many different industries. He is also responsible for planning and tax compliance reviews for partnerships and corporations with a focus on low-income housing tax credit projects and real estate developers. Mike has broad knowledge of, and experience in, international tax, energy tax credit services, multifamily and commercial real estate, and carryover allocations and is the firm expert on the Texas Franchise Tax and Section 199 (domestic manufacturing deduction). His clients include not-for-profit housing organizations and experienced developers across the United States. His duties include the planning, supervision and review of tax compliance matters for a substantial number of the Austin office's individual, partnership and corporate tax clients.