Jonathan Williams, CCCA, Class of 1993 BAE
Principal
Real Projectives, LLC
Jonathan Williams is the owner and principal of Real Projectives, LLC. Applying more than 15 years of real estate industry experience, he provides flexible and professional project/construction management and objective real estate consulting services. Considered a Real Estate Enhancement Expert™, Mr. Williams is adept at assessing, strategizing, designing, improving and constructing commercial office, retail, health care, institutional, and multi-family properties throughout the United States. He has been instrumental in projects ranging from $20 thousand to $200 million. Mr. Williams excels at orchestrating jobs that have seemingly impossible constraints and challenging logistical concerns, especially those demanding minimal impacts to ongoing business activities and neighbors.
Mr. Williams graduated with a professional Bachelor’s degree of Architectural Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University with dual emphases in construction management and structural engineering. He was the recipient of the John J. Brinjac Memorial Award for 5-years outstanding AE performance. He was an officer of Penn State’s student NAHB chapter for four years. He earned Certified Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA) and Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) credentials from the Construction Specifications Institute. He expects to complete a Master of Science in Real Estate development from the Johns Hopkins University in May 2010.
He is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers, Green Building Institute, Construction Specifications Institute, and National Institute of Building Sciences. Mr. Williams has been active in the development and application of Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards through the International Alliance for Interoperability. Additionally, Mr. Williams has led volunteer teams over many years in Rebuilding Together/ Christmas in April community improvement projects.
Before starting Real Projectives, Mr. Williams was the Director of Construction Management for the Atlantic Realty Companies where he led a department through improved service practices and managed a variety of office and retail projects. Prior to that, he formed a project management group and improved MEP engineering integration as Senior Vice President of Metropolitan Engineering, Inc. where he was also instrumental in synchronizing a merger with Shapiro-O’Brien Associates. Previously, he was a project manager and owner representative for the former office REIT, CarrAmerica Realty, in the development, construction and property operations divisions. During that affiliation he specialized in complex capital improvements and effectively guided the preparation of more than 350 properties across the U.S. for unique risk concerns.