John C. Rosato applies his 30 years of commercial real estate experience to all of Southwest Strategies’ four service areas of planning and development, investments, brokerage, and public agency consulting. He has been a general partner in over 30 real estate partnerships responsible for the management of all activities of the partnerships including acquisition, development, financing and investor relations.

He was a general partner and planning consultant for the 230,000-square-foot Penn Field, named the Best Mixed-Use Development of 2004 by the Austin Business Journal he manages real estate acquisitions and leasing for Austin Travis County MHMR, a public agency with more than 60 commercial and residential buildings. Mr. Rosato recently coordinated project management for a $9 million joint public works project for the City of Austin and Travis County, and has provided relocation consulting for those displaced by construction of State Highway 130. He is currently the Managing Partner for Seaholm, a $150M mixed use development in downtown Austin.

Mr. Rosato earned a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas School of Architecture. A licensed real estate broker, he has furthered his education with courses in the psychology of marketing, real estate contracts and appraisal.

He has as President of the Heritage Society of Austin and was the Chair of the Downtown Austin Alliance board of directors. Previously he served on the Citizens Planning Committee, the Robert Mueller Redevelopment Task Force, and the Capital Metro develop enhancement guidelines for South Congress Avenue, and he has provided consulting services to Victoria Bank and the University Catholic Center at UT.

His memberships include ULI, International Right of Way Association, Commercial-Investment Division of the Austin Board of Realtors and the Commercial Leasing Brokers Association.

Southwest Strategies Group is a full range real estate brokerage and development company. Founded in 1983, SSG partners each have more than 30 years’ experience in local commercial real estate. SSG delivers redevelopment and real estate investment expertise. SSG’s Principals John Rosato and Daniel Roth are particularly suited to planning and development, with the formal education and practical experience to counsel clients in every level of strategy and execution. Together they have conceived plans and developed raw land, redeveloped existing buildings, and managed the processes of permitting and constructing projects ranging from multi-family and office to eclectic mixed-use developments, such as the Seaholm Power Plant Redevelopment.

For almost 30 years Southwest Strategies Group (SSG) has been providing real estate services to both public and private entities. SSG has extensive experience in acquisition and disposition of properties for both types of entities. Of utmost relevant experience, SSG served as Real Estate consultants to AISD for 18 years, since the Austin Independent School District 1996 bond issue. Under the 1996 scope of work SSG provided search services for raw land and consulted with the District on expansion of existing school sites and acquisition of other miscellaneous buildings and property. SSG provided real estate services for some 12-14 new school locations. One of which, Pickle Elementary, required the aggregation of 40 separate parcels which in turn included relocation of some 25 homes and their residents. Services included identification of sites, support for the school district during due-diligence period, and coordination of legal and closing requirements.

In addition, past clients include Austin Travis County Integral Care (ATCIC) where SSG handled approximately 50 of their real estate transactions. This includes site and property acquisition and disposition services as well as leasing services. The most recent transaction was the sale of an office on East Avenue in the Rainey Street area. SSG has worked with Texas Department of Transportation where they served as a relocation consultant to the Right of Way division on the State’s Highway 130 project. SSG provided such services as database compilation of available replacement housing, title review and title clearing services, and consulting on a relocation plan for project as a whole. In the past Southwest Strategies Group has provided the same services for the Valley International Airport (Harlingen), City of Austin Neighborhood Housing Department, and the City of Austin Aviation Department.

SSG has also represented a number of private, non-profit entities and other large scale, for profit companies with similar acquisition and other commercial real estate services. Such entities include but are not limited to, Austin Regional Clinic of Texas, Family Elder Care of Austin, Foundation Communities, Texas Freedom Network, REIT Management & Research, Alamo Cinema Drafthouse Cinema and Guero’s Restaurant, and Homeway.