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Richard Kornman , Owner and President of Crescent Renovation Co. LLC has over 30 years of hands-on experience in construction, project management, and property management. Expertise in all phases of the residential building process - buying and developing raw land thru single family multi-million dollar houses. An excellent track record of completing projects ahead of schedule and delivering completed projects under budget. As a Licensed General Contractor adherence to strict quality control, safety standards and minute tolerances is the primary goal on each project.Resulting from such a long career in the same city he has developed a strong working relationship with developers, owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors, and suppliers . |
CONSTRUCTION STRENGTHS
• Project Management
• Labor, Subcontractor, & Vendor Negotiations
• Bidding, Planning, and Scheduling |
• New Construction & Renovation
• Property Management
• General Contracting |
- Expertise in property acquisition, contract negotiations, marketing and cash flow analysis, project feasibility studies, site preparation, coding, and permits.
- Skilled in finding, developing, and maintaining income-producing property. Property management skills include commercial, residential, and multi-family dwellings.
- Adept at supervising every aspect of the building process for speed, efficiency, cost reduction, and customer satisfaction.
- Accustomed to directing and scheduling crews ranging from 20 to 120 and hiring / monitoring subcontractors throughout all phases of construction.
- Proficient with layout, pilings, forming, framing, sheetrock, painting, roofing, flooring, blue prints, plumbing / electrical plans, and inspections
- Customer service skills ãre highly successful in anticipating needs, meeting expectations, and delivering promised results.
- Experienced in converting manual operations into a computerized environment and training users to be proficient and problem solve on their own.
- Skilled in conducting need assessments, researching and procuring hardware and software, developing spreadsheets to monitor work flow, project costs, and control inventory.
- Proficient in network administration, customizing and managing databases, analyzing data, designing web pages, troubleshooting, upgrading, installing, testing, & configuring computer systems.
EDUCATION
Tulane University, New Orleans
BS in Computer Science
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Owner/President/Sole Member
CRESECENT RENOVATION CO., LLC, New Orleans, LA
- Purchase,Renovate and Sale 10 to 12 Architecturally significant houses per year in the historical Garden District and Uptown Districts of New Orleans.
- Accute passion to understand maintain and preserve all elements of style and placement while updating traffic flows, mechanical systems, plumbing & electrical fixtures and storage space.
- Completed renovations always above appraisals.
- Typical houses are in the $300,000 to 1 million dollar price range.
Owner / Property Manager
KORNMAN PROPERTIES Inc., New Orleans, LA
Uptown University section of New Orleans
- Grew company from ground zero into a mullti-million dollar, self-sustaining, income producing enterprise.
- Developed a niche in the rental market by acquiring, refurbishing, and leasing 100+ apartments to college students.
- Personally managed all aspects of the business (from buying real estate to renovating and bill paying.
Vice President of Construction
SUNRISE HOMES
(COAST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION), New Orleans, LA
Largest residential land development company in Louisiana
- Mentored by father (and founder of company).
- Learned business from the ground up, participating with increased levels of responsibility in new product development, site planning and development, scheduling, purchasing and contract negotiation for high-volume tract-building operations, FHA, and HUD
- Developed raw land into major sub-divisions: Woodmere, Oakmont, Plantation Oaks.
- Developed and owned office, retail, rental apartments.
- Managed annual construction programs delivering 5 completed homes weekly. 28 Million in Annual Sales.
- Directed all phases of property management for major commercial sites (Belle Meade Plaza / Shoney's / Walgreens) and large rental (500-unit) complexes.
- Asset Manager for 500-unit Beech Grove Apartments built by the company, designed and implemented custom software to facilitate management of the property.
- Developed maintenance and estimating software to saved company hundreds of thousands of dollars by accurately projecting construction costs, material requirements, and control inventory.
- Trimmed advertising budget by $40,000+ annually by implementing in-house advertising and eliminating large advertising agency costs.
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