Who We Are
New Urban Vision possesses a strong combination of vision, talent, leadership, and strategic relationships. The following is an overview of our key personnel.
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John Heath | Managing Principal
As Managing Principal, Mr. Heath leads NUV’s
daily operations, identifies new business opportunities, and manages
relationships with NUV’s investors, lenders, partners and third party service
providers that are vital to the firm’s ultimate success. Mr. Heath also serves
as in-house legal counsel to NUV. Prior to co-founding NUV in 2006, Mr. Heath
directed the affordable housing development unit of another Los Angeles based urban real estate development and consulting firm
responsible for the completion of more than 40 affordable housing projects and
over 250,000 square feet of retail space with an aggregate value in excess of
$440 million. Mr. Heath has 15 years of professional real estate
experience as a developer, public finance attorney and electrical engineer.
From
1999 thru 2003, Mr. Heath practiced public finance law at a major international law firm, where he was responsible for providing bond and disclosure
counsel services in connection with over $500 million worth of completed
transactions. Mr. Heath’s professional real estate career began in 1989, when
he oversaw the construction of three industrial warehouses as a construction field engineer
at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. He is a licensed real
estate broker, an advisory board member of the Ross Minority Program in Real
Estate at the University of Southern California, a member of the State Bar of
California and a licensed electrical engineer. Mr. Heath holds advanced degrees
from Morehouse College, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Southern
California and Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.
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Rev. Gailen Reevers | Principal
As Pastor of Lincoln Memorial United Church of
Christ in Los Angeles, Rev. Reevers spearheaded the effort to develop Amistad
Family Apartments, a $10.5 million low-income housing tax credit project
comprised of 56 units of multifamily rental housing in South Los Angeles.
Amistad was a catalyst for the development of Chesterfield Square, a
250,000-square-foot regional shopping center that became the first major retail
development project completed in South Los Angeles in more than a decade. Rev.
Reevers also oversaw the financing, development and construction of the Lincoln
Family Life Center, a 9,000-square-foot facility dedicated to youth and
community service activities. Rev. Reevers has over 20 years of professional real
estate experience both as a developer and as a community leader/advocate.
Rev.
Reevers previously served on the Executive Board of the Los Angeles
Metropolitan Churches, an ecumenical group of clergy in South Los Angeles whose
purpose is to build the capacity of clergy, lay, and community leaders to
revitalize their communities through faith-based community organizing. Rev.
Reevers is also the co-convener and co-founder of the Pacific Institute. The
Pacific Institute creates an annual setting to discuss social justice issues of
local and national importance by bringing together nationally acclaimed
scholars and theologians to train both laity and clergy in facilitating social
justice within their communities. Rev. Reevers holds advanced degrees from
Wayne State University, California State University Dominguez Hills and Fuller
Theological Seminary.
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