Co-Founder, CEO and President
Co-Founder
Vice President of Development & Construction
Mr. Brandon L. Bolin is the founder and a Managing Director of GroundFloor Development. Bolin formed GroundFloor in 2009 to develop specialized infill multifamily housing in the DFW Metroplex and other emerging communities in Texas. Prior to forming GroundFloor, Mr. Bolin practiced law at Jackson Walker L.L.P. as a Land Use Associate. While there, Mr. Bolin worked with some of the top development companies in Dallas-Fort Worth on land development, zoning and public incentive matters. During law school, Mr. Bolin worked with the in-house counsel of Hillwood Capital on the $2 billion Victory Park Project, and with Harvest Partners on the $750 million Park Lane Project. After law school, Brandon took a position in acquisitions with INCAP Fund assisting with the River District land assembly in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas. Mr. Bolin is a graduate of the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University where he was inducted as a Barrister and received the John F. Kennedy award given annually to two of the top graduating law students. Mr. Bolin is a graduate of The City College of New York, graduating Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science.
Mr. Bryan Wertz is the Director of Entitlements and Development for GroundFloor Development. His responsibilities include land acquisition contract to close due-diligence, obtaining of property development entitlements from local, state and federal agencies in compliance with zoning and other land use regulations, pre-development team coordination and management, as well as high level construction related project management.
Mr. Wertz has over twenty years of experience in the fields of horizontal and vertical construction management, planning, zoning, and real estate acquisitions, as well as entitlement and development work. His projects represent the acquisition, entitlement and land management of more than 300 acres of real property, development of over 200 market-rate condo / townhome units and 500 + tax credit apartment units in the Dallas Fort Worth area. To date, he has led the acquisition and development of approximately $500M of single / multifamily real estate and product.