DFW Multifamily Update

Payton oversees and leads all components of JPI including two Regional Development and Construction Offices and Operations. Under his leadership, JPI has a People First focus. He serves as a member of the JPI Investment Committee and acts as a key executive in strategic direction and initiatives, as well as leadership and culture. Payton has a broad 20 years of real estate investment, finance and executive experience. Before moving to JPI, Mayes served as the Chief Investment Officer at DHIC Communities, a D.R. Horton company, expanding the company’s expertise in joint venture capital structures and distressed offerings. He also founded Cephas Partners, where he co-invested with Blackstone to acquire a portfolio from Bank of America Merrill Lynch with a total enterprise value of underlying assets of $4 billion. His experience also includes managing real estate private equity investments at Merrill Lynch, where he led a $600 million South American entrance, as well as serving on the board in three different development companies. He is a proud honors graduate of Texas A&M University and lives in Southlake with his wife Andrea and three children Merritt, Channing and Stella.

As Chief Investment Officer, Mike Altman directs Cortland's investment strategy with a focus on asset management. Mike joined Cortland in 2007 as a development associate and has played an integral role in growing the company, becoming Executive Vice President of Investments in 2010 before assuming his current role in 2013. Over the course of his career with Cortland, he has led many core aspects of the business that have directly influenced Cortland's evolution from a small development company to one of the leading companies in the multifamily industry, including capital raising and portfolio strategy. His expertise in Cortland’s growth provides a unique perspective on the value of vertical integration, the results of Cortland’s acquisition and renovation strategy, and the influence of a resident-centric approach within the apartment industry. Mike holds his master's degree in Real Estate from Georgia State University and his bachelor's degree in Environmental Science from the University of Georgia. He is a licensed real estate broker and is associated with the Atlanta Multifamily Network and the U.S. Green Building Council.

Ammanuel Metta is Senior Director of Acquisitions at TruAmerica and leads the firm’s investment efforts in Texas and the Midwest. Ammanuel brings more than 12 years of multifamily investment experience to the position with experience covering Texas, Atlanta, SE Florida and the Mid-Atlantic. Prior to TruAmerica, Ammanuel spent seven years with Dallas-based Price Realty Corporation. As Vice President of Acquisitions at Price, he was responsible for identifying multifamily investment opportunities throughout Texas. Previous to Price Realty, he spent six years with Archstone in their development and investment groups. Ammanuel is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he also earned an MBA with a specialization in real estate finance.

David’s contribution to senior living architecture started in Dallas in the 1990’s and accelerated greatly when he designed Edgemere in 1998. Since then he has designed one award-winning community after another. Although he is often on the dais of national and regional conventions (Leading Age, AIA, ULI, APA, Environments for Aging, et al) he has taken a life-long vow never to leave the drawing board.

Born and raised in South East London, Adam has always been a ken sportsman; representing his high school in Soccer, Rugby and Cricket. He started his working life as a Police Constable in Central London and then moved on to becoming a “Mens Grooming Expert” (which led to him appearing on The Times, The Telegraph, The Independent & GQ). This career path bought Adam to Dallas, Texas where he met his wife and decided to settle down. In Texas, Adam chose to start over or “re-tool”, and pursued a Management Degree at SMU. Once his studies were complete, Adam moved into sales of HVAC where he touched many commercial construction projects. Adam loves the thrill of new challenges, and meeting new people and can't wait to start his career with Bisnow in Dallas.