Matt runs Confluent Senior Living’s (CSL) national development department and oversees all of CSL’s ground up development projects. His responsibilities include but are not limited to: market identification, site selection, contract negotiations, entitlements, design, financing, construction, lease up and disposition. Matt manages both internal and external teams to ensure the success of CSL’s projects. CSL has completed 17 senior housing communities across the country with four currently under construction and three scheduled to break ground in 2020. CSL typically has three to four new, ground up senior housing projects annually. Matt works intimately with CSL’s operators; MorningStar Senior Living, Harbor Retirement Associates and Cappella Living Solutions.
Matt has a diverse real estate background and began his real estate development career more than 15 years ago working with Opus Northwest, focused on the development of Opus’ multi-family and mixed use development projects in Denver. Matt has also held positions in commercial brokerage, asset management, land development, land entitlements and land acquisitions.
A Denver native, Matt is active in the community, he actively serves at his church, is a foster parent, formally an Associate Board of ACE Scholarships and a Big Brother for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Colorado. Matt holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a master’s degree in real estate and construction management from the University of Denver.