Thomas Houska Email & Phone Number

Washington, D.C., Us

Washington, D.C., Us

I work on a wide range of acquisition and/or federal space management work for complex realty transactions. The primary duties involve advising on, planning, or directing the following functions: (1) acquisition of real property; (2) management of real property in the administration of Federally owned, leased, or consigned space or property. Specialized experience includes performing real estate transactions for commercial office space by researching, interpreting and applying real estate laws, regulations, and practices. Experience includes the following:o Lease acquisition including negotiating, preparing and/or executing real estate contracts;o Performing market surveys and real estate site inspections;o Performing real estate project management using project management tools to manage projects or portions of projects from inception to closeout;o Performing limited cost analyses for real estate transactions and;o Monitoring lease transactions and documents for procurement and financial accuracy. Lease acquisition including negotiating, preparing and executing real estate contracts; Conducting market surveys and real estate site inspections; Performing real estate project management using project management tools to manage projects from inception to closeout; Conducting cost analysis for real estate transactions to provide recommendations and; Managing lease transitions an documents to ensure procurement an financial accuracy.

Washington, D.C., Us

Building Manager responsible for 500,000 square foot and 33,000 square foot U.S. Federal Courthouse buildings in Fresno and Bakersfield, California responsible for tenant relations and vendor management. Not limited to day to day operations of the facilities and tenant needs but also capital improvement projects. Responsible for the administration, financial, budget, maintenance, insurance, legal and business relations of all tenants. Contract management, staff relations, tenant satisfaction and support to real estate, property management, leasing administration, contract management and main contact for regional management. Steward of the public properties owned and managed by the GSA to ensure safe and efficient building space for all government employees and vendors while maintaining value and safe office space for government employees and the general public. I am also a Lease Administrative Manager for off-site leases and work with the Lessor, Project Manager, Property Owners and Agency point of contacts. I am a GSA Project Manager and compete work efforts for on and off site construction projects. Preparing scopes of work, budgets, schedules, selecting contractors, managing work efforts, warranty issues and complete the close out of the project.

Washington, Dc, Us

Division of Resolutions and Receiverships Specialist responsible for insuring depositors, examining and supervising financial institutions for safety and soundness and consumer protection and managing and resolving receiverships. Working with all functional teams including but not limited to owned real estate, asset management, legal, accounting, environmental, litigation, loss share, structured transactions, capital markets, settlements and subsidiaries. Responsible for the monitoring and updating of all data and actions pertaining to the life and eventual termination of a receivership.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Obtained entitlements for four Apartment projects in Southern California and Utah. Pulled Building permits and managed construction through Certificate of Occupancy. Resposnsible for preparing pro-formas,budgets and schedules for multi projects in various stages of development. Assembled project teams of architects, civil engineers, landscape architects, geotechnical engineers, planners and site designers to prepare, submit, process and approve construction plans to build and complete projetcs within budget and time line. Worked with all jurisdictional agencies including federal, state and local agencies to review, approve and construct all projects related to both individual and master planned development projects.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for supervising and training staff and coordinating with marketing, sales, purchasing, construction, community and land development for the successful completion of 2,500 residential units. Worked with multiple agencies within six counties meeting, processing and obtaining approvals from planning, building and safety, parks and recreation, police and fire, public works, utilities, redevelopment, finance and engineering. Presented development proposals to Staff, City Council and the Planning Commission for review and approval. Took the projects from conceptual design and development through to certificate of occupancy, sales,warranty and customer service resolutions.

Responsible for land development activities starting with due diligence, land acquisition to purchase. Prepared pro-forma data and budgets and schedules. Assembled the project teams to prepare plans for submittal, processing and approval. Worked through on and off-site improvements and contruction through to final certificate of occupancies and sales. Reviwed and approved all construction working documents including but not limited to landscape plans for common areas and indiviudal lots, MEPS plan review and approval with the construction division, coordinating payments, invoicing and progress of all construction stages. Responsible for all inspections and approvals by regulatory agencies and work efforts related to resolvement of all outstanding issues in the field. Monitored payment of all fees for pulling building permits for each phase of development including, park, school, sewer and water connection, transportation, library, special distrcits, engineering, building and utilities fees. Formed CFD for financing of public improvements on and off-site.

Responsible for the preparation of land use site plans, civil plans and planning and environmental documentation in order to obtain entitlement approvals. Prepared data and documentation for presentations to Board of Supervisors, City Council and Planning Commissions related to traffic, noise, site and visual and environmental impacts for projects. Worked with community association and homeowners groups to present, answer and negotiate solutions to concerns and issues brought about from development proposals. Worked with public agencies for approval of environmental impact reports, specific plans, site plans, area plans, construction documents and working drawings. Monitored conditions of approval compliance to ensure all requirements were satisfied and approved by the appropriate agency.

Worked with commercial developers Sunrise Assisted Living Development, Homestead Hotels and the 4,000 acre / 8,100 unit mixed use Master Plan community of Ladera Ranch. Responsible for the coordination of preparation, submittals and approvals for all backbone and internal civil engineering plans, landscape plans for individual tracts and master planned common areas and all wet and dry utilities planning, installation and energizing for all phases of development. Coordinated submmital of all builder in-tract improvements related to construction and phasing of master developer improvements. Confirmed and monitored all conditions of approval towards approval and implementation of improvement plans, environmental, traffic, capacity and phasing issues for all public improvements. Ensured compliance with all specific plans guidance and regulatory requirements and assisted with all site inspections for final approvals.

Provided Property Management services for 15 communities providing recommendations to the Board of Directors for decisions regarding finance, elections, legal assistance, insurance, and the maintenance of common interest developments. Managed on-site staff and internal staff as well as all maintenance and capital improvement vendors with scope of services, budget and schedules to ensure projects were completed to standards, codes and requirements of contracts. Attended all public held meetings with residents and made presentations of all board packet items including but not limited to working budget, reserves and daily operations and maintenence of all common areas. Responsible for all capital projects and construction activities for each community and hiring and firing of all vendors for the each community. Prepared detailed financial analysis and recommendations of association dues of individual and master planned communities. Worked through difficult homeowners complaints, enforcement issues and election issues with board of directors and other committee members. Responsible for the effective retention of all clients for the company and was a constant positive representative for the company reputation.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Real estate planning and engineering firm responsible for the forward planning of Talega, a multi-use master planned community of 3,500 acres consisting of residential, commercial, industrial and recreational land uses. Director of Project Management for all activities related to the forward planning of all activities including but not limited to direct contact with all merchant builders, city and county officials, public agancies and approving authorities. Direct contact for master land owner and developer and laison for the implementation, coordination and approvals of all plans and related documents. Maintained and informed land owner of all project schedules and budget work efforts and status. Completed and orchestrated project team meetings with all client staff, consultants and approving agancies. Provided detailed and relevant updates to the client with recommendations on action items and affect to budgets and schedules. Ensured client was able to meet quarterly deliverables by working through and resolving all potential delays and budget cost impacts.