WinnCompanies announced that Meade Curtis will join the company’s development arm as Vice President.

As a member of the WinnDevelopment team, Curtis will be based in New York City and will be responsible for executing business and fostering institutional investment relationships throughout New York and New Jersey, where he has invested in nearly 5,000 units of housing ranging from market rate and rent stabilized apartments to Mitchell-Lama, Section 8 and LIHTC properties.

“We’re excited to have Meade join us. I am confident he will be invaluable in helping us create and revitalize housing in communities throughout New York State and New Jersey, and drive our ever-expanding institutional capital relationships,” said Gilbert Winn, CEO of WinnCompanies.

Curtis comes to WinnDevelopment after nearly four years as a Vice President at AllianceBernstein Real Estate Partners, where he was responsible for sourcing investments on the behalf of the $1.2 billion real estate opportunity fund. Previously, Meade worked in the real estate acquisitions group at Blackstone and the real estate investment banking group at Merrill Lynch.

In his new role, he will be working closely with CEO Gilbert Winn, WinnCompanies Chairman Michael Putziger and WinnDevelopment President and Managing Partner Larry Curtis, his father. Curtis holds a dual degree in Finance and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.

WinnCompanies manages more than 97,000 residential units nationwide, including 19,000 units in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.