About Toll Brothers

After graduating with my master's degree from Columbia University, I worked as a structural engineer in New York City designing high-rise buildings. Toll Brothers City Living was one of my firm's best clients, and I was lucky enough to work as project manager on several Toll projects, including Maxwell and Hudson Tea in Hoboken, New Jersey.

I loved what I was doing, but I wanted to be involved in more aspects of the design and construction process. I moved to Washington, D.C. to begin managing one of Toll's first high-rise apartment projects, Parc Riverside. We delivered that building in 2015 with great success, and have since delivered an additional two high-rise apartment projects totaling almost 900 units. The feeling of accomplishment when I walk into these buildings is one of the reasons I love what I do.

I have also been given the opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of projects with City Living and Apartment Living which I am so grateful for, including an upscale boutique condo building in downtown Bethesda, MD, a student housing development in Miami, FL, and a 34-story luxury apartment building in Boston, MA. I have learned so much and cannot wait to find out what is next.

These exciting projects just scratch the surface of why I love working at Toll Brothers. For me, it is about the people. My colleagues are smart, talented, and caring people. Whenever there is something I need, I know there will be a resource available within the company to help me as I rise to each challenge I encounter.

Even though Toll Brothers is a large company, it feels like a close-knit family. It is truly a pleasure to come into work each day.

When I first graduated from college, I took a job with another national builder in a construction management training program, spending time as a superintendent and as a purchasing agent. I learned a lot, but I also knew that I didn't want to limit my career to any one facet of the business. I wanted to learn the entire business.

Toll Brothers gave me the opportunity that I sought. Almost immediately after I started with the company as an assistant project manager, I found myself working with Sales, Marketing, Construction, Architecture, Land Development, Land Acquisition, Accounting, etc. As I progressed in my career, I had input in and eventually responsibility for managing people and running communities. I have worked on everything from small 60-lot single-family subdivisions to mid-rise condominiums to 1000-lot master-plan communities. The diversity of the projects exposed me to new things and made my job both educational and interesting.

Looking back, I'm thankful I applied to join the management training program. Working with Toll Brothers has allowed me to grow personally and professionally. I'm proud to work for Toll Brothers, and it has been a great place to build my career.

I was hired in 2005 to be the first project manager within Toll's recently-formed New York City urban division. With four projects already underway when I started, I was more than a little overwhelmed by all that I had to learn and the work ahead of our new team. However, I was fortunate to be given the irreplaceable opportunity to be involved in almost every aspect of the development process. The management team I worked with placed trust in my abilities, which allowed me to grow, test, and hone my project management skills. Through those experiences with the NY Urban team, I developed the confidence to know that I could undertake any new project or responsibility that came my way. One of my proudest accomplishments while working in this division was to serve as the project manager of Toll Brothers' first high-rise building in Manhattan - One Ten Third.

After relocating to Virginia, I was excited that there were Toll teams nearby for me to continue to work with and expand my skills. Over the last few years, I have worked with the DC Metro Land Acquisition team to help source new projects and division leadership to create and implement strategic initiatives. I currently lead a group of talented Community Planning & Association Managers that oversee the design and implementation of a new community's strategy and vision. Further, we ensure that a project's goals are kept at the forefront of our decision-making after a community is open for sale. I find the team-focused and multi-disciplinary nature of my role rewarding.

My career at Toll has presented me with opportunities to work in different teams, markets, products, and roles as my interests and strengths have evolved. I find this to be unique and something I value about being a Toll Brothers employee.

I've been a Toll Brothers employee since early 2004, when I started as an assistant project manager. Since then, I've been promoted seven times and am now the Pacific Regional President. The management training program afforded me an opportunity to get exposure to all facets of the development process and gave me time to hone my skills before I was asked to manage a community. Once I graduated from the program, I was excited to serve as the project manager of a community and found it easy to invest my time and effort into seeing that community succeed. I felt that I was learning something new every day and was also given the platform to implement my training immediately. As a Project Manager, I experienced a level of autonomy that was fulfilling, challenging, and rewarding. The success of my team were celebrated and Toll rewarded me with more responsibility and opportunity.

While at Toll Brothers, I've had the chance to work on joint ventures with other public builders, worked through a large-scale builder acquisition, and have also been a part of developing Toll's high-end design studios on the West Coast. Each opportunity was uniquely challenging and highly educational. Just by being part of such a great company, my skillset in homebuilding has been developed, challenged, and refined. Without exposure to projects like these, I wouldn't have had the chance to grow like I have with Toll Brothers.

There's an old adage that says "Make hay while the sun shines." In real estate, the sun shines more often than not. However, there are times in this industry when the rain clouds gather. Around 2007, those clouds formed over the entire industry and the economy went into a deep recession. Working for Toll Brothers during this time gave me hope because of its financial stability and opportunistic outlook. Instead of retreating, the company looked beyond the bad news and took great strides in setting the table for future success. Through a number of calculated acquisitions, Toll Brothers put itself on the course to grow when others were still licking their wounds. Toll Brothers' sound financial standing almost always permits the company to be opportunistic when others simply can't.

The growth opportunities at Toll Brothers are what you would expect from a successful Fortune 500 company. I joined the company as a studio associate and I am now an architectural project manager. My mentors have been very supportive, so I expect to further advance my career here.

I love that the studio environment at Toll Architecture allows us to be involved in various stages of a project. It has been a great experience to see projects evolve from hand-drawn sketches to mock-up models. I look forward to what the future holds for me and my talented team.

I was hired in 2004 by Toll Brothers to start its New York City urban division. I was given a title, director of acquisition and development, a cell phone and a laptop computer and told to find space for my office and sites for development. Fortunately, the market was in an up-cycle at this time, and I was able to purchase a couple of good sites that only got better when we were in pre-development. I began hiring people to work on these sites, and as the division grew, I became a vice president, a senior vice president, then a division president, and now a group president.

While each of our projects is exciting and rewarding in its own way, Pierhouse stands out as one that it is truly unique. This hotel and condominium project in Brooklyn Bridge Park represents the first hotel development in our company's history. The building was designed such that each condominium unit has tremendous views of the park, East River, and the iconic Manhattan skyline. Many units also enjoy views of the Statue of Liberty and the Brooklyn Bridge.

We have been successful in New York City because of a combination of being given the autonomy needed to adapt our product to the local market and the strong support that we have received from Toll headquarters. This support includes the foresight that Bob Toll provided with his decision to enter the urban market, the strong guidance that senior management has provided, and the assistance given by the legal, marketing, finance, accounting and human resource departments. Without this combination of autonomy and support, we would not have been able to achieve the success that we have experienced.