About Us

Refined Urban Ventures principals have experience managing over $1 billion of real estate investments across 13+ states / 20+ markets.

Managing Principal

Chris is a managing principal of Refined Urban Ventures. Since 2017, Chris has been focused on private real estate investments in high growth secondary markets including Austin, Raleigh, and Charlotte. Prior to that, he worked at Tishman Speyer in their New York office across a number of roles including asset management, acquisitions, and corporate strategy. Chris received his bachelor’s degree from The College of Holy Cross and his MMS degree from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. 

Managing Principal

Simon is a managing principal of Refined Urban Ventures. He is a seasoned developer with over $1 billion of ground-up development and 3.5 million square feet of asset management experience. His prior experience includes managing a $700M ground up tower in New York while at Tishman Speyer, a portfolio of re-development and development projects at W.P. Carey, and a 4 million SF development pipeline at PlaceMKR. He has additional experience at Goldman Sachs, DeBartolo Development, and Westward Capital Group. He is also Head of Development of ACMI Properties. Simon received his bachelor's and master's degrees from University of South Florida.