John C. Rosato applies his 40 years of commercial real estate experience to all of Southwest Strategies' four service areas of planning and development, investments, brokerage, and public agency consulting. He has been a general partner in over 40 real estate partnerships responsible for the management of all activities of the partnerships including acquisition, development, financing and investor relations.
He was a general partner and planning consultant for the 230,000-square-foot Penn Field, named the Best Mixed-Use Development of 2004 by the Austin Business Journal. He manages real estate acquisitions and leasing for Austin Travis County MHMR, a public agency with more than 60 commercial and residential buildings. Mr. Rosato coordinated project management for a $9 million joint public works project for the City of Austin and Travis County, and has provided relocation consulting for those displaced by construction of State Highway 130. From 2004-2016 he was the Managing Partner for Seaholm, a $230M mixed-use development in downtown Austin. Currently, he is Managing Partner of a 3-Phase $180M mixed-use East Austin development.
Mr. Rosato earned a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas School of Architecture. A licensed real estate broker, he has furthered his education with courses in the psychology of marketing, real estate contracts and appraisal.
He served as President of Preservation Austin and was the Chair of the Downtown Austin Alliance board of directors. Previously he served on the Citizens Planning Committee, the Robert Mueller Redevelopment Task Force, and the Capital Metro develop enhancement guidelines for South Congress Avenue, and he has provided consulting services to Victoria Bank and the University Catholic Center at UT.
His memberships include ULI, International Right of Way Association, Commercial-Investment Division of the Austin Board of Realtors and the Commercial Leasing Brokers Association.