Dr. Omar H. Pachecano, Senior principal and chief advisor has a career spanning over sixty years. Mr. Pachecano eventually rose to oversee the family’s concrete construction business founded by his father, Natividad Pachecano. A retired minister, he used his business knowledge to build churches for the Baptist denomination. His second career led him to one of the highest posts in Baptist denominational life serving as President of the Baptist University of the Americas overseeing building and curriculum expansion into an accredited four year college. As a volunteer, Mr. Pachecano has devoted considerable time to the community and education. He currently serves as President of the Trustees for the Somerset Independent School District. He is a US Army veteran who served working with first-generation guided missle systems (Pershing, Nike). Education: Dallas Baptist University, Bachelor Business Administration; Dallas Baptist University, Doctor of Divinity
Roy R. Pachecano, AIA, President, has a career spanning twenty-five years. Trained first in the building arts as a result of his family's concrete business, Mr. Pachecano later became a licensed architect. His ability to understand building failures, led him to a directorship of a prominent New York City law firm. Throughout each phase of his career, Mr. Pachecano has threaded a keen interest in the development of real property in urban and rural areas. Aside from planning and development, he has successfully managed and supervised over half-billion dollars in real estate transactions, design and construction. He is on faculty at Columbia University and Pratt Institute teaching subjects on land use/zoning, green design/construction technology, real estate development. Education: Columbia University, Master of Science, Real Estate Development, Class President & Master of Architecture, National Hispanic Scholar, Dean's graduation award for Excellence in Design; Texas A & M, Bachelor of Environmental Design
Advisors
Bryan Oos joined Portico Residential LLC as an advisor in 2009. Prior to this, Mr. Oos was Director of Development at Forest City Residential where he held primary responsibility for assembling a pipeline of approximately 1,600 rental apartments and 200,000 square feet of retail with an estimated development cost of over $750 Million. In this capacity he was charged with identifying sites, preparing RFQ and RFP responses, negotiating purchase and sale agreements, conducting due diligence and financial underwriting, and reviewing plans and construction bids. Prior to joining Forest City in 2005 Mr. Oos worked as a Land Acquisition Manager for Winchester Homes where he played a key role in performing due diligence and financial underwriting for approximately $300 million of single-family residential development. Mr. Oos had previously worked as a Leasing Consultant with AvalonBay Communities. Education: Columbia University, Master of Science, Real Estate Development; James Madison University, Bachelor of Finance
Robert B. Knight joined Portico as an advisor in 2004. Mr. Knight is a veteran financial analyst in the real estate industry and founded EastRock Advisors in 2001 to provide financial analysis and advisory services to real estate operating and development companies nationally. East Rock has assisted in capital raising and sale efforts for a national self-storage operator, analyzed development opportunities for a Florida apartment developer, created financial projections for a mixed-use project in Louisville, Kentucky, and developed a cash flow model for a $250 million resort development in Bermuda. Mr. Knight has overseen approximately $650 million in total transaction volume. Education: Yale University, Bachelor of Arts (Economics Architecture)
