Jim McGinley serves as Executive Vice President – Development & Capital Markets and is a founding member of MORE Residential.  MORE Residential focuses on residential rental investment strategies, including both luxury communities and Covey Homes, its BTR brand.  Mr. McGinley is responsible for overseeing the firm’s development investments and sourcing and managing the firm’s capital markets activities. He has over 35 years of lending, financing, development and real estate investment experience across garden, high-rise, mixed use, condominium, student and SFR products.

Prior to forming MORE Residential, Mr. McGinley was Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Monogram Residential Trust, a NYSE listed apartment REIT, where his responsibilities included overseeing and managing all new multifamily development projects throughout the United States, as well as leading the teams responsible for investments and project finance.  In addition, he served on the firm’s Investment Committee and Benefits Committee.  Prior to joining Monogram, Mr. McGinley held several positions with Archstone, also a NYSE listed apartment REIT, including directing both capital markets and joint venture investments nationally.  Prior to joining Archstone, he served as a Development Partner for Phoenix Property Company, focusing on infill apartment and mixed-use developments.  Prior to joining Phoenix, he was with JPI, where he also held several positions, including both development and finance.  Mr. McGinley began his career with the predecessor of Bank of America.

Mr. McGinley holds an MBA in finance from the University of Notre Dame and a BBA in both finance and real estate from Southern Methodist University.  He is a full member of ULI, serving on both the Multifamily Council (Blue flight) and the ULI North Texas Multifamily Council.  He is also an active member of the National Multi Housing Council, National Rental Home Council and The Real Estate Council and is a frequent panelist at various industry events.