George Maravilla is a Partner at Tower Capital, LLC who spearheads its Equity and Development platform. Maravilla joined the firm in 2018, quickly establishing himself as a key member of the company and he has been instrumental in the rapid growth of Tower Capital’s industry-leading Build-to-Rent (BTR) team.
Maravilla has emerged as a national leader within the BTR sector. The capital advisor brings a wealth of knowledge and experience financing this complex product type to the table for both developers and lenders. He has firmly established himself as a leader of the BTR finance team and is repeatedly counted on to help developers bring their BTR projects to life.
Tower Capital has closed more than $1.5 billion in BTR construction financing and joint venture equity encompassing more than 7,000 units across nearly 40 Build-to-Rent communities. The firm’s pipeline of projects spans multiple states including in Arizona, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, Colorado, and Indiana.
Prior to joining Tower Capital, Maravilla spent 14 years at DMB Associates, Inc., a respected real estate development firm, where he most recently served as Director of Finance. The company specializes in large scale master planned communities, golf courses, multifamily, office, retail and mixed-use projects throughout Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Utah. He held responsibility for managing project level financial risk and created sophisticated financial models that were utilized to establish the appropriate development strategy at DMB. Maravilla also created long-term capital plans, project life cycle capitalization, deal structuring, and oversaw investor/partner reporting. He also evaluated new opportunities in a wide range of residential and commercial asset classes having underwritten more than $700 million in potential acquisitions and vertical developments during his time at DMB.
He is actively involved with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). Maravilla earned a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Arizona State University with an emphasis in computer information systems and philosophy.