Commercial real estate veteran with more than 27 years of experience will oversee development, acquisitions and operations.
Washington, D.C., July 13, 2014 – Ridgeline Property Group (RPG), a privately held commercial real estate development and investment firm, announced today that Chris Ciliberti has joined the firm as Vice President, Eastern Region. Ciliberti will focus on the firm’s acquisition and development activities, with a strong focus on projects and properties Mid-Atlantic markets. He will also oversee operations in the region.
“Chris is a recognized leader who brings a great depth of commercial real estate expertise and an outstanding track record in development and property acquisitions, as well as broad expertise in dispositions, leasing and land planning,” said Greg Thurman, CEO of Ridgeline Property Group. “We’re thrilled that Chris has joined RPG to lead our development and acquisition initiatives in the Northeast, and we look forward to the crucial role he’ll play in the ongoing growth of our business.”
Ciliberti’s extensive experience in the commercial real estate industry includes his previous role as Partner at Panattoni Development Company, where he led the firm’s development of industrial, office and retail projects in metro Washington, D.C. He also served as Vice President of Development at Akridge, overseeing the development of projects in Suburban Washington DC, while also handling land planning and land disposition activities. Prior to Akridge, he was Vice President of Leasing and Marketing at McCord Development Inc. in Houston, where he oversaw the leasing and marketing of more than 3 million square feet of office space in Dallas and Houston and directed the acquisition and renovation of 1.5 million square feet of office space.
An active leader in the commercial real estate community, Ciliberti is a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and has served as Board Member of the Northern Virginia chapter of NAIOP for nearly a decade. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University in Baltimore.
About Ridgeline Property Group
Ridgeline Property Group (“RPG”), headquartered in Atlanta, is a privately held, commercial development and investment firm that operates throughout the United States. The company’s leadership team has over 100 years of combined experience in the commercial real estate industry and has developed in excess of 100 million square feet of industrial and office space. RPG serves as a capital deployment vehicle and a third-party operator for investors and users focused on investment-grade development and acquisition opportunities Through its strategic relationships with both private and institutional debt and equity, the firm focuses on speculative and build-to-suit development, “value-add” acquisition projects as well as third party asset and development management opportunities.