Kristian has over 31 years of experience in the land development and construction industry in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S., including 25 years of experience with Matthews, and is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada. Through involvement in many high-profile projects and endeavors, Kristian has been successfully accountable for multiple facets and disciplines including project management, civil design, project financing, government liaising, asset leasing and sales, and property acquisitions and dispositions.

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Kristian has been involved in several Matthews' projects, including the Old Dallas High School project, a $50M refurbishment and redevelopment of a 110 year old high school into 105,000 sf of office and retail, the Galbraith, a $75M , 217-unit, mixed use workforce housing project in downtown Dallas, and the Tribute, a 1,500-acre master-planned residential development with two 18-hole golf courses, miles of trails and open space, over 3,000 lots, townhomes, condos, a STEM school and middle school, and future marina on Lake Lewisville, in the Colony, Texas.

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Other projects have included the Bow, a 2 million sq ft, 58-story office building in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, the South Side Studios (Movie/TV production facility, the CANVAS Hotel (formerly NYLO Dallas South Side), a $20M, 100-year old historically renovated building, and the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel, a 1,001-room, $346M constructed convention center hotel.