Development Team

John White joined Mark-Taylor in 2011 and brings nearly 25 years of accounting experience and leadership in the commercial real estate industry. John's key responsibility is to develop and execute financial goals to maximize the value of all Mark-Taylor assets. Most recently, John led accounting functions for RED Development, overseeing financial initiatives including management and review of financial statement and reports, budgets, and the general ledger. Prior to that, he served as controller of leading property management and real estate development firms Cavan Real Estate Investments and Denali National Trust. John's vision for Mark-Taylor is to streamline accounting processes to enable optimal performance for all assets under the Mark-Taylor umbrella.

Doreen joined Mark-Taylor in 1994 and is responsible for administering all contractual obligations, due diligence and title/escrow activities, along with supporting the entitlement process. Prior to Mark-Taylor, Doreen was an escrow officer with Fidelity National Title from 1988 – 1994.

Joe Lewandowski oversees all construction operations including the management of project superintendents, quality control standards and day-to-day field operations. Lewandowski has worked with Jeff Mark for over 25 years as part of JL Mark Builders and Mark Development, framing and developing more than 20,000 luxury apartment units in the southwest.

Lewandowski is also the qualifying employee for Mark-Taylor’s Contractor’s Licenses in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

Kevin Mullaney joined Mark-Taylor in 1993 and is responsible for project budgets, purchasing, contracts and administrative field operations for all projects under development. As a licensed general contractor, he has extensive knowledge of engineering, architecture, estimating and purchasing – a result of more than 35 years in construction management.

In addition to multifamily projects, Kevin has experience in single family as well as commercial construction in California, New Mexico and Arizona.

Rob Orme originally joined Mark-Taylor in 1999 as Principal Architect for Architectural Design Group, the in-house architecture department of Mark-Taylor, Inc. After a year-long hiatus to facilitate the establishment of a local office for a national architecture firm in 2007, Rob rejoined the company as its Principal Architect.
 
Prior to joining Mark-Taylor, Rob was a project manager with Todd and Associates, Inc., where he managed the creation and coordination of plans for more than 2500 dwelling units. Since coming to Mark-Taylor, Rob has participated in obtaining the entitlements and has overseen the plan approval and construction of more than 3000 additional units.  Among his multifamily projects are many award-winning communities.
 
Rob is originally from Los Angeles, California, has lived in Japan and received his Professional Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1992 at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona. He is a licensed architect in Arizona.

Bob Singer joined Mark-Taylor in 1994, and is the company’s original design architect. Bob’s award-winning design work began at Mark-Taylor with the development of The Tradition and Legend at Kierland, and transcends throughout dozens of communities across the Greater Phoenix area. Prior to joining Mark-Taylor,  Bob worked for  small firms, handling design work for banks, schools, retail, commercial, and residential projects.  From there, Bob became an independent architect, developing remodel designs on multifamily projects for Evans-Withecomb.  It was there where his path crossed with Jeff Mark, and the two began to refine the signature look for Mark-Taylor’s award-winning apartment communities.
 
Bob received his B.S. in Humanities and Social Sciences at Oregon State University followed by a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Arizona State University.  He is originally from San Francisco, CA and is a licensed architect in both Arizona and California.

As Associate Vice President of Development, Chris manages aspects of land acquisition, zoning and permitting.

Chris comes to Mark-Taylor from CB Richard Ellis’ Phoenix office, where since 2007, he has been teamed with Sean Cunningham and Tyler Anderson in the sale of multi-housing properties. The Anderson Cunningham Team is widely recognized as one of the most prominent brokerage teams in the industry, and has consistently been ranked as one of the top 5 teams in CB Richard Ellis’ Capital Markets, Institutional Group, and Multi-Housing brokerage platforms.

During his tenure at CBRE, Chris participated in the sale of over $1.59 billion of multi-housing communities, consisting of over 17,300 apartment units, spanning the states of Arizona, California, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington, and Indiana. Additionally, Chris has had the pleasure of representing such companies as: Equity Residential, AIMCO, UBS, Heitman, BlackRock, Principal Life, Nationwide Life, LNR Partners, CW Capital, and American Campus Communities.

Chris graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Arizona and received his real estate license at the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business. In addition, Chris serves as a mentor for the Big Brothers Big Sisters non-profit organization.