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The decision of where to build your career is important. And that’s why, since the first day we opened our doors, we’ve set our sights on being an organization who values culture and professional development. As you learn more about Lovett Industrial, you’ll discover that our team reflects a collection of professionals whose sights are set on building an industry-leading platform for industrial real estate investment and development.

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Why Join Lovett Industrial

From our focus on empowering professional growth to diversity, see why Lovett Industrial is your next big career move.

Culture

Employees who are part of a strong culture tend to be united by a common path to purpose—not profits. And that is exactly what we believe at Lovett Industrial.

Wellness

Team members perform at their best when they are healthy and happy, and Lovett Industrial views itself as a partner in this mission.

Benefits

Your health is our number one priority. That's why we offer comprehensive, flexible plans that include medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Community

We're passionate about communities where we live and work, which is why we support a culture of giving back through both service work and philanthropy.

Diversity

We celebrate diversity, not only as the right thing to do, but as a statement of who we are. Our goal is to create an environment which facilitates inclusion.

Mentorship

Real world experience reinforces collegiate learning. That's why we facilitate mentor-mentee relationships, creating valuable perspectives from real estate experts.

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ASHLEY BIRD

Ms. Bird serves as Asset Manager at Lovett Industrial, joining in May of 2022. Ms. Bird oversees Lovett Industrial’s operating assets and Municipal Utility District projects. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Ms. Bird was the Real Estate Investment Manager at Cockrell Interests, where she focused on transactions, projections, reporting, and MUD projects. Ms. Bird earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and finance from Texas Christian University.

MATTHEW GIANNUZZI

Mr. Giannuzzi serves as a Senior Associate at Lovett Industrial, joining in August 2021. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. Giannuzzi is charged with evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities and supporting due diligence, entitlements, financing, leasing, and disposition efforts across the Eastern region. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. Giannuzzi spent 5 years in Deloitte Consulting’s Real Estate & Location Strategy practice. In this role, Mr. Giannuzzi helped corporate clients think strategically about their global office portfolios, including site selection, cost optimization, workplace transformation, and campus strategy projects. Mr. Giannuzzi earned a BA from Duke University, where he owned and operating a shipping and storage company for students, and an MBA from Columbia University.

TED HART

Mr. Hart joined Lovett Industrial in August 2021, to establish Lovett Industrial’s US Western Region platform. In addition to growing the Western Region’s footprint, Mr. Hart is also responsible for the execution of 4 million square feet of current pipeline totaling more than $800 million of projects across multiple markets. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Hart spent 7 years at Hines in the Los Angeles office where he was responsible for the acquisition, development and asset management of commercial real estate projects totaling over 3 million square feet and $5 billion of value. Prior to his career in real estate, Mr. Hart served in the United States Marine Corps for eleven years flying helicopters and completed numerous combat deployments around the world. Mr. Hart is active in supporting military veterans and lives with his wife and their four children in El Segundo, CA. Mr. Hart earned a BS in Economics from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

CODY FOX

Mr. Fox serves as Vice President – Construction – National Industrial at Lovett Industrial, where he is charged with overseeing all design and construction work that the firm undertakes. Mr. Fox has successfully completed more than 3 million square feet of projects over the past two years, comprising more than $200 million of managed costs and is actively overseeing the ongoing construction of approximately 7 million square feet of space.  Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Fox was a Vice President at US Builders, a national contracting firm specializing in retail, industrial, and office projects across the country.  Mr. Fox has extensive experience in build-to-suit projects for industrial tenants and national retailers, and he has unique familiarity with construction markets across the country. He has been involved in more than $700 million of construction projects in markets across the U.S. over the course of his career. Mr. Fox earned a BA in Construction Management from the University of Houston where he graduated magna cum laude.

JAMES MELODY

Mr. Melody serves as a Director at Lovett Industrial and market leader for Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, joining in April of 2020. Mr. Melody is currently supporting the ongoing development of over 2 million square feet of industrial projects and the planning of an additional 8 million square feet of space. Mr. Melody’s work includes evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities, managing due diligence efforts, securing financing, leasing, and more. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Melody worked at Clarion Partners, and during his time with the firm’s New York City-based acquisitions team, contributed to the purchase of over $1 billion in office, multifamily, and industrial property. In addition to his role in acquisitions, Mr. Melody provided analytical support to the firm’s debt fund. Before Clarion Partners, Mr. Melody worked on the origination and underwriting of commercial loans at Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital in the New York City real estate lending group. Mr. Melody earned a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Real Estate Development from Columbia University in New York.

CARMEN PEARSON, P.E.

Ms. Pearson serves as Vice President – Development – Texas at Lovett Industrial and is responsible for the successful entitlement and development of multiple large-scale build to suit projects. Ms. Peason has completed the detailed management of 1.7 million square feet for Lovett Industrial and currently has another 5.3 million square feet in development and/or under construction. Prior to joining the Industrial team, Ms. Pearson worked directly for Mr. Liu as Vice President of Lovett Homes/5177 Builders, InTown Homes, and Fenway Development where she was responsible for directing and managing all facets and activities related to development of brownfield and redevelopment projects serving residential and commercial projects. Prior to Lovett, Ms. Pearson served as Manager of Engineering with Jacobs Engineering North American Infrastructure and as Senior Project Manager with Carter & Burgess. Ms. Pearson earned a B.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Alberta and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

MADISON JONES

Mr. Jones serves as Director – National Industrial for Lovett, joining in September 2020.  At Lovett he is charged with supporting development teams company-wide in the evaluation, underwriting, and execution of development projects. Mr. Jones’ experience encompasses the successful completion of more than 5 million square feet of industrial space, and he is actively supporting the ongoing development and entitlement of approximately 15 million square feet in ten markets across the country. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Jones spent 3 years working with Johnson Development Associates within their industrial division and managed to completion more than 1 million square feet of industrial space and assisted with site evaluation and entitlements on sites across the southeast U.S.  Mr. Jones earned a BA in Environmental Studies from Wofford College.

RICHARD SACRA

Mr. Sacra serves as a Construction Manager at Lovett Industrial, where he oversees day-to-day construction activities on projects that are under construction and in predevelopment. Daily tasks include items such as managing budgets and pre construction requirements, project management, and site infrastructure/procurement needs. While at Lovett, Mr. Sacra has managed the completion of approximately 2 million square feet of industrial space and is actively managing additional developments both in Texas and in Phoenix. Prior to Lovett, Mr. Sacra worked as a project manager in the retail construction industry for over 10 years, where he built and managed over 75 projects throughout the country, ranging from build to suit, design build, ground up, tenant improvements, and sitework/site infrastructure projects. Along with project management, Mr. Sacra was also involved with preconstruction activities such as budgeting and estimating. Mr. Sacra earned a BS in Construction Engineering Technology and a Minor in Business from Texas Tech University.

AL HEDIN
  1. Mr. Allen joined Lovett Industrial in August 2020 to establish Lovett Industrial’s East Region platform.  During his time at Lovett, Mr. Allen has successfully commenced Lovett Industrial’s northeast US operations in some of the highest barrier to entry industrial markets in the country.  Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Allen held a position Hines, the global, real estate investment management and development firm, based in Houston, TX. During his 25-year career at Hines, Mr. Allen oversaw the development, acquisition, and operations of in excess of 8 million square feet of institutional, investment grade commercial, residential and mixed-use assets valued in excess of $5.6 billion. Mr. Allen has extensive experience in sourcing, entitlement, capitalization and execution of large scale commercial real estate developments across the eastern United States markets. He studied economics at Brown University in Providence, RI, earned a BA and MA at RISD where he later served on the Board of Trustees and oversaw the Brown-RISD joint degree program.
COLBY EVERETT

Mr. Everett serves as a Director at Lovett Industrial, market leader for the Dallas region, joining in November of 2021. Mr. Everett currently supports the ongoing development of over 4 million square feet of industrial projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Mr. Everett’s work includes evaluating new acquisition and development opportunities, managing due diligence efforts, securing financing, leasing, and dispositions. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Everett worked on the Acquisitions Underwriting team at Invesco Real Estate and, during his time at the firm’s headquarters in Dallas, contributed to the purchase and development of over $1 billion in industrial, office, and multifamily product, across multiple regions. Before Invesco, Mr. Everett worked on an office leasing team at CBRE Phoenix whose production ranked in the top 1% of the firm nationally, completing over 100 transactions per year. Mr. Everett earned a BS from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

KIRBY SHAW

Ms. Shaw serves as Associate Counsel of Lovett Industrial, joining in September 2021. At Lovett Industrial, she is charged with providing legal guidance on the nation-wide real estate transactions including property acquisition, financing, due diligence and leasing. She also supports the company in general corporate legal matters. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Ms. Shaw worked at Locke Lord, LLP in the Real Estate and Real Estate Finance groups with experience representing clients in a variety of real estate matters including acquisitions, development, and lending. Ms. Shaw received a BA in strategic communications from Elon University and a JD from the University of Texas School of Law. Ms. Shaw is licensed by the State Bar of Texas.

SETH FLETCHSIG

Mr. Flechsig joined Lovett Industrial in May 2022 to oversee development and acquisitions in Houston, Austin, San Antonio and South Texas. Prior to Lovett Industrial, he was a Regional Partner in the Southwest Region and Managing Director for Hines, the global real estate development and management firm. Mr. Flechsig began his 14-year career at Hines working in the Core Fund and REIT groups, during which he contributed to over $1.5 billion of asset-level financing for domestic and international acquisitions and coordination over $700 million in corporate level debt. In addition to his work in financing, Mr. Flechsig was also responsible for the financial modeling of acquisitions across all property types totaling over $900 million. More recently at Hines, he was the Project Manager and Managing Director for three ground-up developments, including two Class AA, 1-million-square-foot office towers (609 Main and Texas Tower) and Levit Green, a 290,000 square foot Class AA life science building. Mr. Flechsig majored in Finance at Tulane University and received his M.B.A. from Rice University. 

PAIGE CHIANG

Ms. Chiang serves as Marketing Associate at Lovett Industrial, joining in October of 2021. Ms. Chiang focuses on Lovett Industrial’s public outreach touchpoints such as its social media, website, media relations, ESG initiatives, and company events. Prior to Lovett Industrial, she worked as a Corporate Banking Analyst at RBC Capital Markets in New York City for approximately 3 years specializing in Real Estate, Municipals, and Power and Utilities. Ms. Chiang earned a B.S. in Finance from Marquette University.

NATHAN BENJAMANOV

Mr. Benjaminov serves as Associate – Texas Region at Lovett Industrial, joining in June of 2021. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. Benjaminov is charged with evaluating acquisition and development opportunities and supporting financing, leasing, and disposition efforts. Prior to joining Lovett, Mr. Benjaminov received his BA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. During his time as an undergraduate student, he held internships in acquisition roles with Lionstone Investments, Urban Genesis, a private family office and an investment sales internship with Cushman & Wakefield.

SARA BLOOM

Ms. Bloom serves as Vice President – Operations at Lovett Industrial, joining in February of 2021. Ms. Bloom oversees Lovett Industrial’s legal department, along with its property and asset management, compliance, and accounting divisions on a company wide basis. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Ms. Bloom was a senior attorney in the Mergers, Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group at Vinson & Elkins LLP, where she focused on private equity transactions, and also counseled public and private business entities with respect to corporate governance, compliance and tax-related matters. Ms. Bloom earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and earned her law degree, cum laude, from California Western School of Law-San Diego and an L.L.M. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Ms. Bloom is licensed by the State Bar of Texas, Louisiana and California.

AN DANG

Mr. Dang serves as Controller at Lovett Industrial, joining in April of 2021. Mr. Dang oversees Lovett Industrial’s accounting and administrative functions, including insurance, IT, HR, and property transactions on a company wide basis. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Dang was a Controller in North Latin America area at Aggreko, where he focused on ensuring compliance of the company’s internal control policy and overseeing the actual and forecast reporting for the full cycle monthly, quarterly and annual management and statutory financial. Before Aggreko, Mr. Dang was an accounting manager at Means Knaus Partners, where he managed the property management accounting for a portfolio of commercial office properties totaling over 2.5 million square feet for a publicly traded REIT and private investors. Mr. Dang earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting and human resource management and an MBA from Sam Houston State University.

Tyler Banton

Mr. Banton joined Lovett Industrial as a Senior Analyst in January 2022. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. Banton is responsible for evaluating acquisition and development opportunities in California and working through due diligence, entitlements, financing, leasing, and eventually project disposition efforts. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. Banton worked at Panattoni Development Company as a Senior Analyst where he assisted the team through 15 million square feet of ground up industrial development across the U.S. During his undergraduate studies, Mr. Banton interned at Hines, Greenlaw Partners, and HFF in Southern California. Mr. Banton was a Pension Real Estate Association Scholar at San Diego State University where he completed his B.S in Finance.

JORDAN KREFT

Mr. Kreft serves as Analyst – National Industrial for Lovett Industrial, joining in February 2022. He assists with Lovett Industrial’s capital markets activity including debt and equity capital campaigns and relationships. He also supports the development teams’ company-wide in the analysis, valuation, underwriting, and execution of industrial development projects and acquisitions. Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Kreft enjoyed a decade of mergers and acquisition investment banking with over $6 billion in successful transactions of domestic and international energy and technology deals. He worked on complex transactions from $50 million-$3 billion in size. He also brings extensive capital market expertise in debt and equity underwritings and public offerings. Mr. Kreft earned a BBA in Finance and BA in History from University of Texas at Austin.

ERIK JOHNSON

Mr. Johnson serves as Vice President – Development – West Region at Lovett Industrial where he leads pre-construction, due-diligence, and entitlement activities, including land use planning, agency approvals, design, and construction activities. Mr. Johnson joined Lovett Industrial in February 2022 to expand and reinforce their US Western Regional platform. Prior to that, Mr. Johnson was a Senior Project Manager at PCL Construction and Single Point of Contact for Authorities Having Jurisdiction at the $1.1 billion Consolidated Rent-A-Car (ConRAC) facility at LAX – at 6.3 million square feet, the facility is estimated to be the largest cast-in-place concrete project of its kind, only slightly smaller than the building area of the U.S. Pentagon. His prior experience was in general construction where he delivered various public projects including the ITS terminal at Pier G in the Port of Long Beach and numerous private projects over a span of 15 years. Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering Management from the Civil Engineering School at California State University, Long Beach.

BENNETT SEE

Mr. See joined Lovett Industrial as a Senior Analyst – Dallas in March of 2022. At Lovett Industrial, Mr. See is responsible for evaluating acquisition and development opportunities and supporting due diligence, capitalizing, leasing, and project disposition efforts for the Dallas region. Prior to joining Lovett Industrial, Mr. See worked at Quadrant Investment Properties, a premier Dallas-based boutique investor and developer, as an Analyst where he assisted in the acquisition of value-add office opportunities and the development of Class A office opportunities. Mr. See earned a BS from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.

MICHAEL ALLEN

Mr. Allen joined Lovett Industrial in August 2020 to establish Lovett Industrial’s East Region platform.  During his time at Lovett, Mr. Allen has successfully northeast US, including some of the highest barrier to entry industrial markets in the country.  Prior to Lovett Industrial, Mr. Allen held Hines, the global, real estate investment management and development firm, based in Houston, TX. During his 25-year career at Hines, Mr. Allen oversaw the development, acquisition, and operations of in excess of 8 million square feet of institutional, investment grade commercial, residential and mixed-use assets valued in excess of $5.6 billion. Mr. Allen has extensive experience in sourcing, entitlement, capitalization and execution of large scale commercial real estate developments across the eastern United States markets. He studied economics at Brown University in Providence, RI, earned a BA and MA at RISD where he later served on the Board of Trustees and oversaw the Brown-RISD joint degree program.