:: Calvin Gladney
:: Nia Francis
:: Wayne Curtis
:: Peter Garver
Calvin Gladney
Calvin Gladney, LEED AP, is Managing Partner of Mosaic Urban Partners, a real estate development and advisory firm based in Washington, D.C., whose core purpose is to transform urban communities.
Prior to founding Mosaic Urban Partners, Mr. Gladney served as Vice President of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC). At AWC Mr. Gladney assisted the CEO with the management of the Corporation and was the project manager for the $1.6B mixed-use redevelopment of 67-acres of District-controlled land known as Reservation 13. During his tenure at AWC Mr. Gladney also was the lead negotiator with a national developer for a new $80M 600-unit public/private development on District-owned land.
Prior to his tenure at AWC, Mr. Gladney was General Counsel and Transactions Manager at BRIDGE Housing Corporation, a private developer in San Francisco, CA. At BRIDGE Mr. Gladney was the lead business person in the investment of $60M of CalPERS equity in multiple real estate development deals. He also provided strategic advice on the development of more than 1700 units in operating properties and more than 1000 units then under construction or in entitlements.
Prior to his tenure at BRIDGE, Mr. Gladney was the first Senior Development Director and Counsel at the National Capital Revitalization Corporation (NCRC). At NCRC Mr. Gladney managed and negotiated the successful acquisition of all of NCRC’s initial real estate assets – at that time a $1B portfolio from various District and federal agencies. During his time at NCRC Mr. Gladney also served on the developer selection panel for what ultimately will be the CityVista project in Mount Vernon Triangle and 7 separate parcels of NCRC-owned land in Columbia Heights. Prior to his tenure at NCRC, Mr. Gladney was a transactional real estate attorney at Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., where he was the lead attorney on a variety of real estate acquisitions and refinancings.
Mr. Gladney graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School, received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute’s Washington, D.C. District Council, the Sustainable Business Network of Washington, D.C. and the DC Building Industry Association. email
Nia Francis
Nia Francis, consultant to Mosaic, has led numerous public-private development deals in both New York City and Washington, DC. She has over 12 years of experience working in different areas of the industry including development management, equity joint venture structuring and construction management. Ms. Francis recently served as Project Director at the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC), focused on redeveloping the publicly owned land surrounding the new Nationals Ballpark into a cohesive mixed-use entertainment district. She also managed a $2 Million predevelopment budget for various public-private initiatives within the South Capitol/Ballpark Waterfront District. Specifically, she was responsible for leading transactions, forecasting land use issues and performing financial analysis for redevelopment projects surrounding the Ballpark. Prior to joining AWC, she worked as a Development Manager at CarrAmerica where she obtained entitlements and concluded acquisition agreements for the development of 901 K Street, a trophy office building under construction in the East End subdistrict of Washington, DC.
Before relocating to the District of Columbia, Ms. Francis, a native New Yorker, worked as Vice President in the Mayor’s Office of Lower Manhattan Development, where, among other responsibilities she managed all predevelopment functions and negotiated new ground lease terms with The Related Companies to reposition the South Street Seaport, a 260,000 sq. foot waterfront retail center owned by the City of New York, into a new retail entertainment destination that included a new permanent theatre for Cirque Du Soleil as the anchor. Prior to her work in Lower Manhattan, she was a project manager at the NYC Economic Development Corporation, where she closed several land transactions and negotiated development agreements including the New York Times Headquarters and Brooklyn Junction.
Before joining the NYC Economic Development Corporation, she was a project manager at Bovis Lend Lease, and worked on various projects including a hotel renovation and a City-wide school modernization program on behalf of NYC’s School Construction Authority.
Ms. Francis holds a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Investment from New York University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Design with a concentration in Architecture from the University of Massachusetts. She is a member of Urban Land Institute and serves on two boards including The Children’s Art Studio and Jubilee Housing. email
Wayne Curtis
Wayne Curtis, strategic partner to Mosaic, is founder and managing partner of Curtis Concepts, an advisory services firm providing executive-level expertise in economic development, strategy and policy, and government relations. Mr. Curtis has extensive experience structuring complex debt and equity financing structures, particularly on behalf of governmental agencies and banking institutions. Mr. Curtis has over 25 years of experience in the financial services and real estate industries.
Before founding Curtis Concepts, Mr. Curtis was with Fannie Mae, where he managed the relationship-banking team, ensuring production of revenue levels and profitability. He lead the team in investment product sales and delivery of customer relationship management techniques and collaborated with clients to assess individual financial situations and develop strategic financial planning solutions. He also oversaw securities transactions, negotiations for transactions and funds transfers. Mr. Curtis created and structured Fannie Mae's Public Housing "Community Express" Product which resulted in their obtaining a 90% market share of capital grant securitizations for this client base. He created with the City of Chicago a unique Tax Increment Financing transaction that engaged the MacArthur Foundation as part of the credit structure, resulting in lower construction financing costs for the borrower and credit support to sell the bonds in the market place at competitive rates. In 2000, Mr. Curtis created the acquisition, development and construction group to participate on loans with developers, for profit and nonprofit, and lenders to spread the risk and generate more housing product in the market. The first year generated over $150 million in transactions.
Prior to his work with Fannie Mae, Mr. Curtis worked with the Chemical Bank/Manufacturers Hanover where he served as key team member in the brokerage services of fiduciary, investment management, and provided investment banking services to new and existing city and state clientele. He established and maintained strong relationships with fixed income investment clients to continually drive revenue growth, and successfully created a short term borrowing program for Allegheny County, PA, which resulted in less than 1% financing for an over $30 million transaction, which was the first of its kind at the time.
Mr. Curtis earned a Master of Science in Economic Development from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and a Bachelor of Administration, with honors, from Harvard University. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Leadership and Change at Antioch University.
Peter Garver
Peter Garver, strategic partner to Mosaic, is the founder and president of Sustainable Development Partnerships LLC (www.SustainableDP.com) and is involved with all phases in the planning and development of sustainable real estate projects. This includes both development for SDP’s account and consulting services with other developers and owners to strategically position their product or companies to be green.
As Vice President of Development for Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT), a New York Stock Exchange company that had little awareness of sustainability, Peter oversaw the development group and led the effort to position COPT as a green developer of national prominence. In his five years at the real estate investment trust, Peter transformed COPT into a company that counts green development as fundamental to its culture and core business model. Under Peter’s leadership COPT achieved:
• Three LEED Gold Buildings
• Three LEED Silver Buildings
• 24 additional LEED Registered buildings
• Winner of the NAIOP 2005 National Green Development Award
• Winner of the USGBC- Baltimore 2005, 2006 & 2007 Green Leadership Awards
• Nine LEED Accredited Professionals on staff
Peter has broad experience in development management. His products have included mixed use, Class “A” office, adaptive re-use, multi- family and senior housing. Peter is a licensed architect, and spent twelve years practicing architecture prior to his work as a developer.
Peter earned a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
Peter is active in the following organizations:
NAIOP
- national Green Task Force
- Private Development Forum
ULI
- national Small Scale Development Council
- Baltimore District Council Executive Committee
- co-chair of Regionalism Committee
Mt. Washington Improvement Association
- chair of Land Use & Zoning Committee
- former President |
