Adam Stetson
Adam joined PSW Real Estate in early 2013 to lead our introduction into the Dallas – Fort Worth market. From 2005 through 2013 Adam spent time rotating through various leadership roles (sales, community development, production, service, HOA) for the nation’s largest private builder, Shea Homes. In 2007, he led a sales team to national honors as the 3rd best selling master planned community in the nation. While in Operations and Customer Service management, his teams received national distinction from JD Powers as the top rated Active Adult community for Customer Satisfaction in 2008 and 2009. Since the retirement of this award from JD Power, Adam was an integral part in Shea Homes’ JD Power Brand Champion awards in 2011 and 2012. Prior to his time at Shea Homes, Adam was a Product Manager for Black and Decker with responsibility for the Kwikset, Weiser and import door hardware lines.
Adam graduated from the University of California, Irvine where he was captain of the Men’s Basketball team. He continued his education at the Paul Merage School of Business at UCI in 2003.
After more than 17 years away from Dallas, Adam, his wife, Samantha, and their daughter, Ainsley, are excited to be back by family and enjoying the culture and outdoor activities that Dallas has to offer.
Anthony Siela
An active managing member of PSW, from 2002 through 2008, Anthony rotated through various leadership roles (Acquisitions, Finance, Operations) with the largest privately held home builder in the country, Shea Homes, before moving from Phoenix to Austin to grow PSW’s home building operation in January 2009.
Anthony graduated from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Accountancy and began his career with Arthur Andersen.
After moving to Austin, Anthony and family quickly embraced the Central Austin lifestyle, often enjoying time spent at Zilker Park along with various downtown activities.
Jim Bernard
Jim joined the Investor Services team as a Member of PSW in January 2010 to develop and maintain investor relationships. While advising on all partnership and capital structures and multifamily opportunities. Prior to joining PSW, Jim worked on more than $4 billion in real estate assignments with The Trammell Crow Company, Cushman & Wakefield, AMRESCO/Lend Lease and The PNL Companies where he learned the importance of disciplined investment evaluation and the commitment to investors.
Jim earned a MBA from Southern Methodist University and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin. Jim is a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker and Realtor®.
After more than a decade away, in 2008 Jim returned to Austin with his wife Casey and their two boys. Jim has enjoyed getting reacquainted with the city and his alma mater, particularly the outdoor, cultural and athletic opportunities they offer.
Mike Andrus
An active member of PSW Real Estate since January, 2009, Mike is responsible for all Investor Services. He had spent the previous four years with the nation’s largest privately held homebuilder in various management capacities. His work primarily was focused at the organization’s flagship national award winning master plan community. He performed in roles within Construction Project Management, Customer Service and Sales/Sales Management where he learned all facets of Community Development in a community generating greater than $100,000,000 in revenue annually.
Prior to that, from 2002-2004 Mike worked as a Mortgage Broker in prestigious Scottsdale, AZ creating and managing a team of Loan Originators generating over $50,000,000 in new business during his tenure in the Mortgage field. His responsibilities include all aspects of investor relations for PSW partnerships and new business/relationship development. Mike earned his MBA from Arizona State University and currently lives in Austin with his wife Arline and three children.
Mike Padavic
Michael joined PSW as a Member in late 2011 to develop an internal architecture team. The move was part of an initiative to bring the design of PSW’s communities and homes in house, allowing for greater efficiency and a unified vision.
After achieving a Master in Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, Michael honed his skills working for several mid-size firms in Chicago, managing a variety of projects including high-rise residential towers, high-end residential renovations, public libraries and school restoration. Michael has also worked extensively with Building Information Modeling, leveraging the many facets it has to offer. Currently, he holds architectural licenses in both Illinois and Texas, is an active member of the American Institute of Architects, and is a LEED Accredited Professional.
Above all, Michael relies heavily on his wife, Kristen, for the design of all of PSW’s homes. Working for several high profile design firms in Chicago, her extensive experience in forward thinking residential design includes a broad range from luxury single family homes to 400-unit condominium buildings. After meeting at Harvard’s architecture program, the couple spent almost a decade in Chicago, eventually jumping at the chance to engrain their family in the food and music scenes of Austin. They currently live with their twin daughters in the Brentwood neighborhood.
Ryan Diepenbrock
While managing member of PSW, from 2001 through 2005 he also maintained the Controller and CFO positions for ITax Group, Inc., a tax consulting and software firm. Ryan been instrumental in expanding PSW from an investment and asset management company to the full service real estate development and homebuilding company it is today. Ryan has a Master’s in Accounting and Information Systems as well as a B.S. in Accountancy from Arizona State University.
Ryan and his family live in the Travis Heights neighborhood of Austin. They enjoy Zilker Park with their dog, Roma, and spending ample amounts of time exploring downtown.
When Ryan Diepenbrock and Anthony Siela started buying investment properties surrounding the campus of their alma mater, Arizona State University, in 2001, neither one of them expected to be managing the development of hundreds of homes in Texas eleven years later.
The childhood friends were effective partners because they shared a common desire to provide a superior housing product at an attainable cost to the urban consumer. With those values in mind, PSW Real Estate took on its first project, a five-unit townhome community just north of the University of Texas campus in Hyde Park. The success of that project demonstrated that there was a demand for sustainable living near the urban core, and gave Diepenbrock and Siela the nudge they needed to take the company to the next level.
In 2009, Mike Andrus and Jim Bernard joined the leadership team to help PSW raise the capital required to take on larger projects, and as the company grew, the values remained in tact. Responsibility, respect and a reflective attitude would drive company actions in serving our customers while connecting to the world at large. With this philosophy in mind, PSW began to seek out development opportunities that would not only provide much needed urban housing for Austinites, but also situations where density and modern construction would benefit the neighborhood at large, in some cases providing safer routes to schools by adding sidewalks and offering family recreation opportunities by improving neighborhood parks.
In an effort to establish a holistic design vision, while improving the efficiency of PSW’s development process, Diepenbrock and Siela turned to Michael Padavic, a fellow high school and college classmate, to join the leadership team as the Director of Architecture in 2011. Along with his wife Kristen, who quickly established herself as PSW’s lead project designer, Michael leads an architecture team that is responsible for the design of all communities and homes, from acquisitions through construction. With this key component in house, the number of active PSW projects quadrupled from 2011 to 2013. Last but not least, Building Information Modeling was implemented as part of the design process, further embracing technology and taking project development to the next level.
Building on the successful growth in Austin, PSW expanded into Dallas Fort-Worth in early 2013. Capturing on DFW’s national leading population growth, Anthony and Ryan turned to Adam Stetson to head up Operations in DFW. Given Adam’s multi-faceted leadership background in award winning communities, Adam will lead a team responsible for all projects from feasibility through customer satisfaction. In this new location, PSW’s team will continue our vision and value for providing sustainable communities close to desirable urban neighborhoods.
Today, PSW Real Estate is a Texas home builder and real estate developer that designs and builds urban living environments for people who care about quality and their impact on the world around them. Using a discerning eye for creating value, PSW thoughtfully produces homes and communities that naturally integrate with their surrounding neighborhoods. With a vision for how the world will be living and working in the future, PSW creates homes that offer proximity to work, school and other important resources while implementing energy efficient construction methods and materials. These key elements promote urban density and conservation, reduce waste, and engender social connectivity.
In 2009, it became clear that to grow the company, PSW needed a new initiative for raising capital and the Investor Services group was born. At that time, a project structure was developed in which PSW operates as the General Partner, while seeking Investors as Limited Partners to bring initial capital to the projects.
Working together with our limited partners, we create diverse investment opportunities and provide options for participation in various financial structures and product types. It is through this product diversity that PSW has attracted investors ranging from individuals to family trusts to company pension funds and everything in between. The investors take pride in the fact that we are working together to create quality communities for our customers while providing Limited Partners with consistent returns. If an investor is seeking real estate opportunities, look no further than the team at PSW.
We strive to add value in every limited partnership we manage by bringing the right development opportunity at the right time, and relaying real time information to investors from our in-house architects, general contractors and sales team members. We have brought key steps in the development process under one roof – it’s our way of ensuring that we provide the best places for our customers to live and earn the most money for our partners.
We know there is a difference between a house and a home and a difference between an investor and a partner. As employees, customers, trade partners and capital partners can attest, the PSW Family is creating an experience that extends far beyond turning over the keys or writing checks – we value relationships above all else.
For more information on PSW investment opportunities, please contact Mike Andrus at [email protected] or 512.820.1497.