Chris Feronti
Real Estate Management Team @City of Houston
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WORK HISTORY
Real Estate Management Team @City of Houston
Houston, TX, US
Administer and manage real estate contracts involving complicated/multi-agency and multi-department issues.• Negotiate, draft, analyze, and administer purchase and sale agreements. • Negotiate, renew, and terminate leases, amendments, modifications, occupancy agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, licenses, easements, and right of entry agreements.• Manage all GSD lease receivables and payables. • Process Requests For City Council Action while coordinating with the City’s Legal Department, Agenda Office, and City Controller’s Office. • Negotiate and administer work product in compliance with State and Local Law, City of Houston Code of Ordinances, and Administrative Procedure Rules. • Participate in GSD Capital Improvement Plan budgeting and Price Budget Justifications submittals for land acquisition for client department projects. • Handle annual budgeting for Real Estate Group with hand-off to GSD Finance. • Work with Controller’s Office on Comprehensive Financial Annual Reporting report relating to City’s lease portfolio. • Coordinate with City\'s insurance department to review improvements scheduled to the City’s replacement-cost-new property insurance policy renewals.• Monitor GSD acquisitions and dispositions and provide Capital Asset Analysis report to City Finance, City Insurance, and Public Works & Engineering for reconciliation. • Respond to GSD Chief of Staff by providing Open Records Requests information. • Participate in interviewing and hiring staff, interviewing and reviewing Requests For Proposal and selecting project architects for GSD capital projects, and employee dispute resolution. • Assist with GSD Design & Construction projects, planning, and research. • Engage appraisers, surveyors, title companies, environmental assessments companies, and brokers.• Respond to requests from citizens, property owners, developers, City representatives, City officials, engineers, utility companies, and consultants.
EDUCATION
CCIM Institute; Institute of Real Estate Management; National, Texas, and Houston Assn of Realtors
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM); Certified Property Manager (CPM); Licensed broker
The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Concentration: Finance
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America
Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACRS) Personal Lines and Commercial Lines.
Michigan State University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Major: Interior Design
South Lake High School
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Anti-Money Laundering and Privacy Awareness Programs - Wealth Management.
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRIS FERONTI
Experience in general services department real estate asset management and strategic planning, including acquisition, disposition, leasing, budgeting, and accounting, while working closely with GSD design and construction, in-house renovation, office space management, property management, environmental management, security management, and the City’s legal department and Mayor’s office. Serve as advisor and enabler to our client departments - police, fire, public works and engineering, solid waste management, planning and development, health and human services, information technology, library, community development, parks, and fleet. Solid background in commercial real estate including management and development of programs for JPMorgan, Chemical Bank, Chase Bank, and Texas Commerce Bank. Recognized as a sharp problem solver, proactive, attentive to detail and follow-through, and consistently interested in exploring new opportunities to add value to clients and the firms. Early career involved interior and landscape design, site supervision, graphic design, and drafting for architectural and redevelopment firms. Areas of expertise span a comprehensive range of functions, encompassing: Government Relations, Transaction Management, Client Departments, Staff Management, Asset Management, Project Management, Risk Management, Vendor Management, Process Improvement, Best Practices Analysis, Company Administration, Financial Projections, Valuation, Cost Control, Program Administration, Change Management, Trusts/Estates, Real Estate/Mineral Management, Sales and Acquisitions, Insurance Administration, Property Taxation, Title Research and Analysis.
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