SAN ANTONIO-Victor R. Mendiola Jr. joined Lynd Co., based here, as president of acquisitions. In this position, Mendiola is responsible for meeting the multifamly acquisition and development company's annual acquisition targets, overseeing acquisition offices in San Antonio, Miami and Denver, and assisting in the development, direction and focus of Lynd's investment philosophy.

Mendiola, who has 15 years of real estate investment experience, joins Lynd after serving as vice president of acquisitions at Dallas-based Behringer Harvard, where he was responsible for sourcing and closing value-add and opportunistic deals for all property types with a specific focus on multifamily and student housing projects. Prior to joining Behringer Harvard, Mendiola was managing director of the investments group at USAA Real Estate Co. Mendiola’s other professional real estate experience includes time at New York City-based UBS Warburg/Paine Webber’s Real Estate Opportunity Fund and two years with the Boston and Los Angeles offices of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP.

“I am very excited to join Lynd, as the company truly has accomplished so much to date, yet still has unbelievable growth potential in future years,” Mendiola says in a press release. “The chance to work with such a talented, motivated and passionate group of commercial real estate professionals made the opportunity even more appealing. Quite simply, I could not be happier leading the charge for LYND on the acquisitions front.”