Steven DeFrancis

Steven DeFrancis has more than 20 years of experience in complex multifamily development and management, specializing in unique development and value-add opportunities. He founded Cortland in 2005 to focus on in-town, mixed-use, multifamily developments. Under DeFrancis’s leadership and through its unique approach to the renovation process, the firm has become the industry’s sole institutionally scaled, value-add platform. Its portfolio to date exceeds $10.9 billion of multifamily assets in 11 states, primarily the Southeast, Midwest, and Texas. Education: University of Georgia Terry College of Business