Eric Brown

Current

Owner at Urbane Apartments

Past

Owner at EricB Inc
Senior Vice President at Village Green Companies

Education

On the ground experience

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Industry

Real Estate

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Eric Brown’s Summary

Eric started Urbane Apartments in 2003, after leaving a lengthy stint as a Senior Vice President at Village Green Companies. Eric has established a solid track record of effectively repositioning an existing rental property to maximize rents and add value for investors and partners.

The Urbane Way significantly sets him apart, coupled with his unique approach to Underground Marketing and Property Management, focusing on the Residents Experience. His assets have achieved some of the highest rents per S/F and per unit in SE MI.

“The Urbane Way” Breaks From the Pack of Apartment Commodity shunning traditional marketing for Social Media Marketing with significant focus on Enhancing the Residents Experience. Eric dropped all traditional marketing efforts in exchange for an Urbane MySpace site, an Urbane facebook site, an Urbane You Tube site and an Urbane flickr site. Urbane Apartments and Urbane employees twitter regularly. To further integrate he started a Social Network site the Urbane Lobby where residents can meet and greet, trade pictures and videos and socialize on line. Eric manages and powers a blog aimed at his residents the Urbane Blog, all designed around a specific target demographic and local brand recognition.

Eric Brown’s Specialties:

Available for Social Media Marketing Projects for your Apartment Community or Property Management Company

Available for Consulting Contracts for Troubled, Complicated, Infill and Urban Multifamily Developments for Owners, Developers and Lenders

* (30) years in the Multi-Family Business having built over 17,000 apartment units, market rate, luxury and tax credit apartments.

Eric Brown’s Experience

Owner

Urbane Apartments

(Real Estate industry)

2003 — Present (6 years )

Hip and Cool For Rent Apartments in and around Royal Oak MI that have been Repositioned and Renovated
Owner

EricB Inc

(Real Estate industry)

2003 — 2007 (4 years )

Consultant for Village Green Companies overseeing and managing third party General Contractors for the City Apartment Brand. MDA City Apartments in downtown Chicago Loring Park City Apartments, Uptown City Apartments; Eitel Building City Apartments; Lake Calhoun City Apartments all in downtown Minneapolis.
Senior Vice President

Village Green Companies

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Real Estate industry)

February 1990 — 2003 (13 years )

Point responsible for all construction activates with annual volume of 125 million, relating to (1500) new or rehabbed units per year. Report direct to COO and Chairman. Direct responsibility for protecting Ownership’s money. Oversee and provide effective leadership for (4) Project Managers with direct reporting, and (55) construction employees working in multiple geographical locations throughout the Midwest, on developments ranging in hard cost construction value of 8 million to 52 million each. Provide a cohesive relationship between the various other Village Green companies, both internal and external customers. Develop project budgets and schedules for institutional partners, manage all primary union relationships, manage all construction litigation, manage all construction management agreements with various equity partners, oversee monthly profit/loss and forecast reporting