CRE consultant for investment and development firms — ops, capital, and deals.

He has overseen 2.6 million+ RSF spanning acquisition, development, and stabilized portfolios — the connective tissue between finance and operations, with the hands-on accountability of a COO and the fluency of a CFO.

He builds vertically integrated platforms, drives NOI growth, structures capital, and leads cross-functional teams. He also implements practical AI across those same platforms so teams scale without drowning in admin.

Operator experience, consulting lens

Dave spent the last decade inside commercial real estate platforms — owning outcomes across ops, capital, and deals, not writing decks from the sidelines.

As Chief Operating Officer at VMD Companies, a vertically integrated industrial investment and development platform, he built and led operating functions across development, construction, asset management, property management, and finance. He advised ownership on capital deployment, risk, and growth; ran capital planning and institutional reporting for a 2.6M+ RSF portfolio; led leasing across 2M SF of speculative and build-to-suit development; delivered 250,000 SF of pre-leasing; and completed $40 million in strategic land dispositions. He also stood up an AI-driven operating model that cut overhead and helped the platform grow without sacrificing quality.

Earlier, as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Operations at Kensington Investment Company, he led full operational management of 1M+ SF across a diversified Boston portfolio — property management, leasing, capital projects, budgeting, and performance reporting to ownership. He managed a team of 20+, drove multifamily occupancy from 77% to 90% in a single COVID-era quarter, and secured high-profile retail leases on Newbury and Boylston Streets.

He co-founded 180 South Solar and served as CFO, scaling the company past $500K in first-year revenue and acquiring FlipSwitch, a solar sales proposal platform.

Dave holds an M.B.A. in Finance and a B.S. in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University.

Through Brickmade Capital

Through Brickmade Capital, he brings that experience to CRE firms that need clearer systems, stronger capital decisions, and modern AI workflows — without hiring a full-time executive before they are ready. The firm is consulting-only: Brickmade works on your side of the table and does not buy or sell property for its own account.