Bryan Brown

Managing Partner at Cardinal

Speaker

Mr. Brown has a very diverse background of forming and operating businesses and real estate development. He serves as a managing member of Cardinal MF LLC, developer of the 300-unit Brick and Mortar District Phase IA and 331-unit Phase IB in Kyle, Texas, 300-unit Lyric at the Merc in San Antonio, Texas 348-unit Oxly at the Merc in San Antonio, Texas, 350-unit Lumen at the Merc in San Antonio, Texas, 288-unit Enclave on Ross Road in Austin, Texas, 340-unit Goodnight Ranch Town Center in Austin, Texas, 336-unit SoSA on Palo Alto in San Antonio, Texas, 288-unit Vera In Odessa, Texas, 200-unit Cove In Odessa, Texas and 285-unit Pathway on Woodrow in Denton, Texas. Mr. Brown also serves as a development and financial advisor to UTSA BLVD IH10, LP, developer of the 998-unit University Village multi-family project and 116-acre mixed use development (San Antonio, Texas).

Prior to founding Cardinal, Mr. Brown served as CEO of Retama Entertainment Group for more than 16 years and in the role, oversaw the operations of Retama Park. Following an extensive search and negotiation with several other potential acquirers, Mr. Brown negotiated and closed on the sale of interests in Retama Park, including those owned personally, to Pinnacle Entertainment.

Prior to forming Retama Entertainment Group, Mr. Brown was Project Director of Riverwood and President of Riverwood Realty, Inc. and Riverwood Golf Club (Port Charlotte, Florida), a 1250-acre master-planned golf course community heavily amenitized with a championship golf course, community clubhouse/pool/tennis complex and river park. Under Mr. Brown’s leadership, an environmentally complex property was transformed into an award-winning residential development with a wide variety of single and multi-family offerings.

While at Riverwood, he was Chairman and founder of the Riverwood Community Development District, which, through the issuance of bonds, built and financed all infrastructure of the project including a 1 million gallon per day wastewater treatment plant on site.

Mr. Brown has been involved in many major financings as well including institutionally placed debt, privately placed debt, privately placed equity, tax increment financing, special purpose districts and bond defeasance. Mr. Brown was the primary party responsible for all these financing activities including five HUD 221(d)(4) closings.

Mr. Brown is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin having received an MBA in Finance and Organizational Behavior and a BBA in Finance.