Lou Reese has been actively engaged in the commercial real estate business since 1972, and has acted as a principal in transactions valued in the billions of dollars. Mr. Reese has developed, acquired and managed assets, which span the spectrum of commercial real estate: from hotels and condominiums to retail centers, warehouses office buildings and land development.

Today he focuses his efforts on environmentally sustainable, socially responsible and financially viable projects. These efforts include aggressively managing, up-cycling and growing a sizable retail portfolio which includes such tenants as Lowe’s, Target, Kohl’s, Belk, Wal-Mart, Sam’s Club, Sears, Penney’s, Kroger, and a myriad of others: and on the development of age-inclusive, environmentally sustainable, multi-generational communities in California,Colorado, Texas and Florida. Current or frequent builder participants and partners include many of the nation’s top national and regional home builders, among which are Centex, Lennar, Newmark, David Weekly, First Texas, Legacy, Village, Meritage, D. R.Horton, Ryland and Pulte Homes.

Mr. Reese is also passionate about urban redevelopment, the life of cities and what makes cities work.

A significant amount of Mr. Reese’s energy and interest is focused on developing an environmentally sensitive 1500 acre ocean front resort community in Costa Rica.

Mr. Reese has been married to Susan for 30 years, and they have three delightful, grown children. Mr. Reese graduated cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1971 with concentrations in Philosophy and Creative Writing. His interests include environmental and educational causes in which he is increasingly active, writing, music, snowshoeing, film, fiction, the outdoors and most importantly, family, friends and fly-fishing.