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SYI real estate development team has decades of experience in real estate, land development, design, engineering, construction, marketing, and finance. Our real estate development company has been buying and selling real estate in the Houston area for over 35 years, and that has made us one of the top real-estate asset management companies in Texas. Our success has been built on upholding standards of excellence for design and development, and we consistently excel at all aspects of our work in real-estate development. Our real estate development team has over $3 billion in assets under management, more than 2,000 acres of land developed, and more than 500 single-family land-development projects completed to date.
Mr. Yager joined SYI in 1994 and served as land development manager for all of the company’s land development projects. In 1998, Mr. Yager was promoted to Vice President and his duties expanded to include all management of day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, due diligence, financing, market analysis and project selection for prospective…
Mr. Sullivan rejoined SYI in 2014 and serves as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, Mr. Sullivan oversees the financial forecasting, analysis and reporting activities of the company. Mr. Sullivan is also involved in the evaluation of acquisitions and new business opportunities. Mr. Sullivan began his career in 2004 with Sam Yager Incorporated as a Project Manager where…
Greg Voinis joined SYI in 1998 and serves as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the company. His responsibilities include overseeing the project management of all single-family land development projects for the company. He is also responsible for feasibility determination and analysis of potential land development acquisition and sale opportunities…
Mr. Yager graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and completed his graduate studies in civil engineering at the University of Houston. He founded SYI in 1990 to pursue land-development projects in the Houston area. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Texas.
Sam Yager Incorporated (SYI) Corporate Headquarters is located in Houston, Texas.
As President of SYI, Sam’s responsibilities encompass the management of every aspect of SYI’s real-estate asset management business. Sam joined the firm in 1994 as land-development manager and has worked in all aspects of the company. During his tenure at the helm of the company, he has grown the firm from X-X million in assets under management or __ acres in development and management
Prior to joining SYI, Sam was vice president for Houston Area Development Corp (HADC), a land-development company owned in majority by Crescent Real Estate Equities, Ltd., a publicly traded real-estate investment trust listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Yager served on the board of directors of Harris County Municipal District no. 344 from 1997 to 2012, the majority of the time as president.
Sam has a business administration degree in finance from The University of Texas at Austin, and he is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Texas.
A.J. Joined Sam Yager Incorporated in 2014 and serves as chief financial officer. He oversees the financial forecasting, analysis, and reporting activities of the company and is also involved in the evaluation of acquisitions and new business opportunities.
Prior to joining SYI, A.J. was with Tesco Corporation, an independent refining, marketing, and midstream logistics company headquartered in San Antonio.
He previously worked for a public homebuilding company, where he was responsible for lot acquisition and development in the San Antonio and Austin markets.
A.J. received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) and bachelor of the arts in economics from the University of Texas at Austin and has also earned a Certificate in International Business and Trade from American University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sullivan is a CFA Charterholder.
Greg joined Sam Yager Incorporated in 1998 and serves as vice president and chief operating officer of the company. His responsibilities include overseeing the project management of all single-family land development projects. He is also responsible for feasibility determination and analysis of potential land-development acquisition and sale opportunities.
Prior to SYI, Greg was land development manager for Ashton Woods Homes and project manager for LJA Land Development.
Greg received his Master’s in Business Administration and bachelor of science in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. He currently serves as the president of Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 96. In addition, he serves as an officer on the board of directors for a number of homeowner and commercial associations with mixed-use developments. Greg also maintains an active Texas real estate salesperson license.
Sam Yager, Jr. formed Sam Yager Incorporated in 1990 to pursue land development projects in the Houston area. In 1989, Mr. Yager organized and directed Centre Development Co., Inc. of Dallas’s new residential land-development group in Houston. From 1978-1989, Mr. Yager was with General Homes, a public home-building and land-development company, where he held the positions of executive vice president, corporate secretary, and member of the board of directors. He managed the feasibility, purchasing, planning, financing, and construction and sales of land and lots nationwide, including 75 projects ranging in size from 25 to 2,000 acres in five states and eight metropolitan areas, and approximately $250 million in assets.
Mr. Yager graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering and completed his graduate studies in civil engineering at the University of Houston. He is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Texas an inactive registered professional engineer.
