Chase
Thomas

Current Company:

Legacy Partners

Title:

Associate, Development & Acquisitions

Education (SMU specific):

SMU Cox School of Business - MBA, Real Estate & Finance

Career Background:

After a few years in the NFL, I worked at a sports tech start-up in a sales capacity. After I completed my MBA at SMU, I joined Alamo Manhattan, a small-boutique multifamily development company. I have since moved over to Legacy Partners, a national multifamily developer and work out of their Dallas office.

What am I doing – describe your current role and objectives:

I run the entire gambit when it comes to the life cycle of a deal. Meeting with land brokers to locate new potential sites and running the underwriting process. Once a deal is under contract, I work with all of our consultants and general contractor during the design phase. While the project is under construction, I assist our construction manager with any submittals/RFI's, as well as working alongside our property management group from an operations standpoint. Current objectives include building out our pipeline as well overseeing the lease-up of our properties prior to disposition.

Connections trying to make:

Professionals in Real Estate (brokers, capital markets, investors), Title, Insurance, Lenders, etc.