Team
Edward A. de Avila
Edward de Avila has over 25 years of real estate experience spanning development, planning, design, entitlements, procurement, and construction management. Mr. de Avila has addressed the challenges of creating value in existing urban districts through mixed-use development, as well as crafting suburban street front mixed-use destinations. He has served as a catalyst for change providing insight and guidelines that inspire innovative solutions and value creation.
Mr. de Avila was previously the Managing Director responsible for all planning, design, and procurement of the mixed-use retail district at Union Point in metropolitan Boston, a proposed development comprising 8 million square feet, and 4,000 residential units. In his former role with Madison Marquette, Mr. de Avila focused on delivering the District Wharf, a $1.2B regional destination on Washington, D.C.’s Southwest waterfront. He managed the successful entitlements for the redevelopment of White Flint Mall into a 9-city block development consisting of 5.2 million square feet in Bethesda, MD. Previously, he led the effort to gain approval of a $56MM TIF, creating over $200MM of new development and repurposing of various buildings at the exemplary Country Club Plaza’s 15-city block district, as well as achieving approval of a $295 MM TIF on behalf of AMC Entertainment assembling 8-city blocks that included the Power &Light District in downtown Kansas City, MO. He was responsible for retail, food and beverage and entertainment components in Phase I of Reston Town Center, Reston, VA; one of the earliest examples of successful new urbanism. Mr. de Avila is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton, member of ULI and ICSC, and has served on numerous councils, boards, and technical assistance panels. He is passionate about creating the culture of place through strategic place strategies.
Roger Stevenson
With over 35 years of solid construction industry experience with a hands-on and solution-oriented approach, Roger brings tremendous value to costly and technically challenged projects.
Roger is responsible for overseeing and coordinating developments for every facet of pre-construction and construction activities. Activities include team selection, design management, proforma development, project scheduling, budgeting, constructability and owner’s representation. Roger has extensive experience with a variety of project types including multi-family residential, mixed use, retail, hospitality, office, parking, medical, institutional, renovations, adaptive reuse and tenant finishes. He is skill in a broad range of projects including low-rise to high-rise, and Type V to Type I construction.
A native of Indiana, Roger received his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Structures, Geo-Technical Systems and Construction Management from Purdue University. He is a member of the Construction Management Association of America, US Green Build Council, Urban Land Institute. As a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, Roger is a passionate advocate of sustainability and green construction.
