John S. Ragsdale
Newton, NJ **860
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Experienced real estate acquisition, development and construction
professional. Seeking real property development and asset management
position. Record of on time, on budget performance over a 25 year career
with national home builders and commercial developers. Experience with bank
owned and distressed properties.
Executive level responsibility for raw land and commercial building
acquisitions, renovations and new construction. Responsibilities included
pre-acquisition analysis, inspections, capital budget development, site
planning/engineering, approvals, architectural design, bidding and
construction management.
Successful completion of $1mm to $10mm "turnkey" commercial projects
in several states. New construction and renovation of commercial buildings
ranging from 5,000 to 125,000 SF. Mixed use land development projects up to
500 single and multi family units plus commercial pad sites. Developed and
managed annual capital budgets ranging from $10mm to $18mm.
Weichert Realtors 4/98 to present. Corporate Facility Site Developer .
Performed corporate new facility construction and renovation in NY,
Philadelphia and Washington DC metropolitan markets.
. Managed major facility design, renovations, up grades, and repairs for
155 commercial buildings.
. Developed and managed annual capital budgets up to $18mm for repairs,
maintenance and new construction.
. Successfully completed over 900,000 SF of new commercial construction
and tenant "fit out" projects.
. Developed corporate standard branch sales office design and
construction specifications.
. Developed standard construction bid forms, procedures and contracts.
. Responsible for pre-acquisition and pre-leasing analysis leading to
the expansion of 45 retail sales offices.
. Performed major facility mechanical and structural repairs, upgrades,
replacements, emergency power systems and computer rooms.
Toll Brothers, Inc. - Land Development Manager 2/94- 3/98
Responsible for all site improvement and land development activities on
multiple sites in Northern NJ.
Duties included supervision of multiple contractors and engineers in
all phases of land development activities . Preformed site plan design
development, value engineering, bid documents, bid analysis and
contracting. Established and monitored project budgets.
Vectre Corporation-Project Manager 10/90 - 2/94
Certified environmental inspector and remediation consultant.
Supervised field and office teams in Phase I and II site
assessments, facility closure, (NJ ISRA) clean up, permitting and
contaminated site monitoring operations for multiple Fortune 500 clients.
Performed Distressed property and Brownfield's environmental
assessments for the Resolution Trust Corp., FDIC . Obtained numerous site
clearance approvals from NJDEP .
Calton Homes, Inc. - Director of Land Development 7/88- 9/90
Supervised field and office staff in site planning, engineering
design, bidding, contracting and construction management of multiple
residential communities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania .
Coordinated all land development activities with houseline
construction teams and sales groups. Developed and maintained project
budgets.
US Home Corp., Homecraft Division- Vice President Land development 2/81-
7/88
Responsible for site planning, engineering, approvals and site
improvement construction for multi-use projects in Texas and California.
Supervised field and office staff, contractors and consultants in fast
pace project delivery of finished residential lots, multi family and
commercial pad sites.
Negotiated sales of finished lots and pad sites to investors and
builders. P & L responsibility for all lot and land sales to third parties.
Responsible for new site acquisition, feasibility analysis, budgeting,
loan draws and contractor payments.
Sherwin Williams Co. - Commercial Operations Manager 2/79-2/81
Supervised facility staff in commercial coatings, material
storage/supply for Houston Metropolitan region. Supplied large commercial
builders, industrial clients. Maintained product cost schedules and sales
prices, P & L responsibility for warehouse operations.
Education- West Virginia University 1978 BS Forestry Management
Owner/Investor residential properties in New Jersey