| Our Leadership Leading Grayco Partners is a highly skilled and experienced management team. Each Grayco principal brings nearly 20 years of experience dedicated to the business of commercial real estate. Grayco Partners employs a flat organizational approach in its business operations, which is unique among real estate developers. Each member of the Grayco team has a direct hand in all phases of the business, from real estate acquisitions, to design and construction, to delivery of the final product. The right people – experienced, versatile and committed – establish the sound foundation of Grayco Partners.   John J. “Jeff” Gray, III - Founder and PresidentJohn J. “Jeff” Gray has more than 20 years of multifamily real estate development, construction and investment experience, having developed as a principal more than 12,000 units with a value in excess of $1.5 billion. Mr. Gray is Founder and President of Grayco Partners, LLC in Houston, a national multifamily development firm specializing in the development of multifamily properties in major U.S. markets. At Grayco Partners, Mr. Gray has created a $560 million Investment Partnership with Camden Property Trust, one of the largest U.S. multifamily REIT’s, to develop high quality multifamily assets in diverse U.S. markets. Prior to founding Grayco Partners, Mr. Gray was a Partner and Executive Vice President of Development for the Finger Companies, a Houston-based national multifamily developer. At the Finger Companies, he oversaw the company’s development and construction activities between 1993 and 2005. During that time, he lead the company’s development efforts in multiple U.S. markets including, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta, Denver, South Florida, Boston and Los Angeles. Mr. Gray, a native of Houston, Texas, is married with two daughters. He is a member of the NMHC Board of Directors and is active in the ULI Multifamily Silver Council. He serves as a board member and head of the long range planning for The Fay School, Houston, Texas.  John Britton - Chief Operating OfficerGrayco Partners’ Chief Operating Officer, John Britton, brings more than 18 years of multifamily and commercial real estate expertise to the company, where he also serves as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Over his career, John has concentrated on real estate equity and debt structuring, as well as commercial property development. Mr. Britton served until early 2006 as Managing Director of a locally based private real estate equity fund, where he specialized on structuring and placing joint venture equity for commercial and multifamily real estate development projects. He also directed the firm’s commercial development program, overseeing the development of office building projects in Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon. Prior to that, he held several debt- and capital-related positions at the vice president and director levels at Prudential Realty Group. Mr. Britton has managed more than $1 billion of real estate transaction volume during his career. He holds a BBA in Finance & Real Estate, and an MBA, both from the University of Texas. Mr. Britton, a native of Houston, Texas, is married with three sons.  Ken Hauser - Vice President of ConstructionWith more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, Mr. Hauser manages the construction of multifamily projects for Grayco Partners. Mr. Hauser started his construction career while attending classes at the University of Texas as a job superintendent for a Houston based company building apartments. After spending eight years in Austin, Texas working on multifamily projects and general contracting, Mr. Hauser moved back to Houston and was employed by the Finger Companies, a national developer/builder of multifamily projects. With seventeen years at the Finger Companies, Mr. Hauser worked on apartment rehabs, management capital improvements and new construction. For the last thirteen years, Mr. Hauser managed new construction projects in Florida, Massachusetts, Texas and California, completing eleven projects and over 3,000 luxury units. Mr. Hauser joined Sunrise Luxury Living in 2008 as Vice President of Construction and worked on the development of projects in Texas and California. Mr. Hauser is married and has four children.  Jeannine Boswell - Vice President of Asset ManagementJeannine Boswell has more than 20 years of experience in predevelopment, lease up and management of multifamily real estate. Prior to joining Grayco Partners, Ms. Boswell was Vice President of Operations for the Finger Companies where she worked for 23 years. She was responsible for overseeing the management of almost 11,000 units and completed lease ups in Houston, Dallas, Austin, Denver, Atlanta, Boston, and South Florida. Ms. Boswell graduated with a BBA from Northeast Louisiana University and is married and has two daughters.  Susan J. Felice, CPA- ControllerSusan Felice, controller for Grayco Partners, has fifteen years experience in the construction and multi-family business. She has managed the financial reporting for as many as 15 partnerships, 4500 apartment units, 2.4 million square feet of office space and construction income of 160 million annually. Ms. Felice earned a BBA in accounting from Indiana State University and an MBA from the University of Houston, Clear Lake. She is married and has two children. |
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