TAMPA — Charlotte, N.C.-based real estate investment and development firm Crescent Communities has named Jay Curran as vice president for the firm's multifamily development in Georgia and Florida.
“Crescent has a long history in the southeast region, and Jay Curran's leadership will help us continue to identify and execute strategic opportunities for multifamily development in Georgia and Florida,” Crescent Communities' Multifamily Group President Brian Natwick says in a statement.
Curran began his career working for Ernst & Young and Sprint. After a stint as a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta, Curran moved into the real estate development industry, joining the Novare Group to develop high-rise residential properties in Atlanta and Tampa. Curran has spent the past five years with national apartment operator and developer Archstone, developing properties in Texas and Florida.
Crescent Communities recently opened the 344-unit apartment community Crescent Crosstown in Brandon and is developing the 367-unit Crescent Bayshore community in Hyde Park. Its current total real estate portfolio includes 27 master-planned communities and 16 multifamily projects with 4,600 units under construction or in planning/pre-development stages. The company owns and manages roughly 72,000 acres of land.