Prior to co-founding MCRE with Steve in 2019, Andy spent 16 years as CEO of Meritage Properties, which he founded in 2003. Meritage acquired and repositioned approximately 4 million square feet of office space along the Boston to Washington, D.C. corridor. From 1987 to early 2003, Andy enjoyed a 16-year tenure with Tishman Speyer, where he served as a Senior Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer and member of the Investment, Management, and Executive Committees of the firm. Andy served as Head of East Coast development and acquisitions for Tishman Speyer from 1996 to1999 during which time he established the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and completed the firm’s first D.C. area acquisitions. Andy began his career as a corporate real estate attorney with Schulte Roth & Zabel in New York. Andy has a law degree from Hofstra University where he was Articles Editor of the Law Review. He has a B.A. in political science, cum laude, with a minor in philosophy from Brandeis University. Andy currently also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of New Heights Youth, a NYC based educational non-profit that uses basketball as the “hook” to engage, empower and support the development of inner-city student athletes and future leaders.