Syd Hurley

FOUNDER/CEO

Syd Hurley founded Vista Property Company in 2007. Mr. Hurley has been involved in the acquisition, development, re-development and financing of more than 175 shopping center properties in Texas during his 31 year career. After practicing law with a prominent Dallas law firm, Mr. Hurley joined one of the largest private shopping center companies in Texas where he headed their finance and acquisitions group. In 1997, he became a founding principal of a leading developer of community and power centers. His experience has afforded him the opportunity to build relationships with a broad spectrum of capital providers and anchor tenants.

Mr. Hurley is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University School of Law. He serves on the board of directors for Care Center Ministries, and is a Trustee of Providence Christian School of Texas. Mr. Hurley is married and has four children.

Alecia B. Mackey

CFO/COO

Alecia B. Mackey, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer for Vista Property Company. Ms. Mackey has over 25 years of real estate experience in professional accounting and financial management with such prestigious companies as the Billingsley Company; The L&B Group; Trinity Interests and Prentiss Properties. Her broad range of real estate experience includes property and asset management, acquisitions, dispositions, due diligence, financing, asset and property management and operations. She is a member of REFEA (Real Estate Financial Executives Associations) and volunteers as a Foster Rescue for the SPCA of McKinney.

Ms. Mackey is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University with an undergraduate degree in Accounting.

Colton Wright

SENIOR VP DEVELOPMENT

Colton Wright is the Senior Vice President of Development for Vista Property Company. Mr. Wright started his career at the Billingsley Company, a Dallas privately held real estate and development company, overseeing the retail portfolio as well as working on acquisitions, raw land, and multi-family and single family developments. He is actively involved in ICSC, NTCAR, TREC, the Aggie Real Estate Network, and has served on the board of directors of both NTCAR and the Aggie Real Estate Network. He volunteers in his free time with Pamper Lake Highlands and Northwest Bible Church and is married with two children.

Mr. Wright is a graduate of Texas A&M University with an undergraduate degree in Finance and a Masters of Real Estate.

Mason duPerier

VP PROJECT LEASING

Mason duPerier is the Vice President of Project Leasing for Vista Property Company. Mason gained valuable experience in the real estate industry at an early age through his father’s commercial real estate development business based in Dallas. Mason has been with Vista for over seven years and has experience in property management, due diligence and feasibility on new deals, development, and project leasing. Mason currently focuses on Project Leasing for Vista’s own portfolio as well as a select group of third party clients. He is also involved in tenant representation. Mason has completed over 300 transactions in the past two years. He is a member of NTCAR, ICSC, TREC, and the Baylor Real Estate Network. Mason is fluent in Spanish which he utilizes frequently at Vista. He is married and resides in the Lakewood area and attends Park Cities Presbyterian Church.

Mr. duPerier is a graduate of Baylor University with a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate and International Business with a focus on Spanish.

Johnathan Velten

ANALYST

Dave Woods

MAINTENANCE MANAGER

Jason Howard

PROPERTY MANAGER

Jason Howard is the Property Manager for Vista Property Company with over nine years of experience in retail property and portfolio management. He has managed a portfolio consisting of over 1.4M square feet with over 200 tenants. Mr. Howard possesses expertise in tenant and client relations, process improvements, budgetings and cost savings, CAM Reconciliations, and construction projects.

Mr. Howard is a graduate of Colorado State University with an undergraduate degree in Business Economics.

Natalie Keithley

ASSISTANT PROPERTY MANAGER

Natalie is the Assistant Property Manager for Vista Property Company, with 17 years of experience in both real estate and property management in the North and East Texas areas. Her professional background encompasses providing high-level support and strong business acumen in management, administration, negotiation, and in maintaining strong relationships through her communication skills.

Carl Gossett

CONTROLLER

Carl Gossett has 25 years of experience in the accounting industry and has acted as Vista Property Company's Controller for the last 8 years. Prior to Vista, Mr. Gossett had spent 12 years overseeing an extensive accounting staff as well ad property management; in addition he has worked as the Controller for a large privately-held portfolio of investments in the DFW metroplex.

Karen Smith

Office Manager

Karen Smith – is the Office Manager and Executive Assistant to Syd Hurley. She was hired by Mr. Hurley in September of 1987 during his tenure at Weitzman Group and was asked by Mr. Hurley to be a founding member of Direct Development more than 10 years later. At Direct she also worked in a legal capacity with their general counsel, handling closing and due diligence work for acquisitions, dispositions and other tenant legal matters. In 2007, Ms. Smith was again invited to help form Vista Property Company with Mr. Hurley, marking more than 30 years as his associate. Her duties at Vista include investor relations, entity formation and tax matters. Ms. Smith graduated from Baylor University in 1983 with a Business/Foreign Language degree.