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OUR PURPOSE
At Austin Lawrence Partners, we apply our expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and community values every day to identify promising real estate development opportunities and capitalize on them with projects that yield notable social and financial returns on investment.
THE POWER OF PLACE
We strive for the places we create to become epicenters of innovation, enterprise, and enjoyment that draw the community together. Whether at the forefront of a wave of development or strengthening established momentum, we aspire for our projects to be an integral part of a community’s growth.
A GREATER GOOD
We are committed to being a force for good in the communities where we invest, both through our work and as a company. Our community-informed projects position neighborhoods to harness their full potential as well as engender enthusiastic acceptance and hometown pride. We continue to engage with these communities after project completion by maintaining relationships and thoughtfully supporting ongoing community building.
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONABLE
Our tight-knit team represents decades of combined experience in real estate development. With the utmost professionalism, we execute on real estate acquisitions, development, restoration and renovation, property management, asset management, research, interior design, marketing, and sales for each of our projects. We work with passionate, like-minded partners to achieve goals that excite and inspire us, making our serious business into an enjoyable, rewarding endeavor.
Greg Hills, a Duke University graduate, began his career in real estate in 1979. His earliest professional roles, with Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services in Boston, MA, and at Monogram Industries (NYSE), provided opportunities to learn sound, fundamental business principles firsthand in a real-world setting. Throughout his career in real estate, Greg has specialized in acquisitions, development, restoration/renovation, management, design, and disposition of multi-family, condominiums, shopping centers, land development, and historic preservation projects. Under his guidance and direction, Austin Lawrence Partners has been recognized for our outstanding work and our positive impact on communities, with many neighborhoods improved and buildings designated as landmarks.
Jane Hills developed her marketing and design expertise in both commercial and residential real estate as vice president of a Southern California real estate marketing and PR agency, where she created successful marketing programs for a range of real estate projects and specialized in solving design, marketing, and management problems for distressed properties. Her passion for development and redevelopment imbues her work with Austin Lawrence Partners, evident in her ability both to see the potential in places and to bring vision to fruition that is meaningful to the community. Through serving on the boards of various educational, medical, athletic, and historic preservation organizations, Jane strives to effect change in the communities where we work.
Austin Hills is the son of Austin Lawrence Partners’ founders Greg and Jane Hills. While he grew up in the business, Austin officially joined Austin Lawrence Partners in 2012 after graduating from Duke University with a major in political science and a certificate in markets and management studies. In his current role, Austin is responsible for ongoing development management as well as sourcing acquisition opportunities.
Whitney Hills graduated from Duke University in 2015 with a major in cultural anthropology and a minor in African and African American studies. Whitney joined Austin Lawrence Partners in 2019 after spending two years working in social media and marketing for Kroenke Sports & Entertainment with the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche. In her current role as marketing associate and interior design associate, Whitney is in charge of design market research, sourcing, product and idea development for existing and new product, social media, websites, and collateral marketing development. With knowledge and intuition sharpened by her experience in ever-changing markets, Whitney keeps us at the leading edge of fast-moving trends across various sectors.
Wily Manering studied economics at the University of North Dakota. He oversees Austin Lawrence Partners’ development and restoration/renovation projects for contractual standards of quality. His eye for detail, acquired through years of field experience in the international diamond and emerald industries, ensures our position in delivering a high-quality product in an ever-demanding marketplace.
Peter Stumm graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Economics and is currently working towards a degree in Construction Management from Indiana State University which will be completed in May 2023. Peter joined Austin Lawrence Partners as an intern in January 2020 after spending the previous four years running his own commercial/residential painting company. The responsibilities for his company included sales, marketing, sourcing, and management. While working with ALP as an intern, Peter surpassed all expectations in business and personnel relationships and supported all projects whenever needed with goals and objectives mandated by investors, partners, and team members. Peter has continued to excel in his role as Project Management Associate and is looking forward to utilizing the skills that he has learned thus far as he works on current and upcoming projects for ALP.