Prior to joining Tidwell Group, Gormley was director of multifamily housing & real estate finance at Adolfson & Peterson Construction and also worked as VP with JP Morgan Chase, N.A., where he was responsible for community development lending and client relationships in southwestern states. Gormley has successfully provided multi-level oversight on the development and initial operation on more than 6,000 units of multifamily and single-family affordable housing.

Gormley, who holds a BA from the University of Phoenix and served in the United States Marine Corps, is based in Austin, TX.

Housing Trust Group also made a key appointment for its Florida operations. The firm reports that executive vice president Max Cruz has been named to lead all multifamily development activity in Florida.

“HTG's rapid growth requires strong, experienced leadership here in Florida, where we continue to increase our capacity to meet the state's tremendous demand for affordable housing,” says HTG's Rieger. “Max has proven himself an outstanding leader, able to identify opportunities, work collaboratively with communities and clients to meet their objectives, and ensure all of our communities meet the highest standards for building and design quality.”

Cruz, who is based in Miami and has more than 19 years of real estate and development experience, has overseen the entitlement, development and construction of more than 3,200 rental homes across Florida and closed on over $500 million of rental financing.

He has also overseen the development of more than 2,300 for-sale homes and $136 million of for-sale financing.  Prior to joining HTG in 2018, he was a VP of development for the Related Group's luxury market rate division responsible for all aspects of real estate development from entitlement to completion. Before joining Related, he was the VP of development and finance for the Cornerstone Group for more than 12 years.