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About Tyson
Spending most of his childhood chasing lizards, frogs, snakes, and spiders through the orchards of Northern California, Tyson saw the impact of the 1980’s drought on the environment. This led him to become passionate about environmental conservation, the importance of raw resources, and sustainability at a young age. With his parents involved in real estate, he started to think about how the built environment had a big impact on climate change and the consumption of raw resources. As a freshman in high school, he remembers reading how “the built environment produced 40% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (significantly impacting global warming)” and, from that day forward, he married his love for real estate and urban planning with his passion for environmental conservation and sustainability. Tyson is now an expert in the high-performance green building industry and is the founder of the Evolve Companies. Evolve is a vertically integrated real estate company with brokerage, construction, building supply, and development teams that work together to create cutting edge healthy, sustainable, smart, and resilient buildings.
Tyson has a Masters in Real Estate Development & Finance from MIT and BA in Psychology from Brown University. He is a licensed California real estate broker, California general contractor, LEED AP, Green Point rater, Passive House designer, Well certified, and HERS Rater.
To learn more about how Evolve builds go to our "How We Build" page.
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Experience & Skills
Strategic results-driven sustainable real estate developer, broker, general contractor, building scientist, pilot, and founder of the Evolve companies with 20 years of experience. Utilizing the latest in building science, data, sustainable building materials & systems, renewable energy, stationary batteries, and smart building technologies, we created healthy, sustainable, smart, and resilient developments that not only bring beauty to the neighborhoods and health to their inhabitants but also are built to last.
During his career, Tyson has been involved in over $100 million of real estate development and construction, over $500 million of value-add investment and construction, over $60 million of for-fee development and construction, and over $600 million of real estate brokerage.
With a Master's in Real Estate Development and Finance from MIT, Tyson combines his expertise in building science, data analysis, renewable energy, smart technologies, and green building to create healthy, sustainable, smart, and resilient buildings that are "built to last".
He is also a licensed pilot who mentors and trains aspiring youth aviators as a board member of Aeroplanes Over Idaho.
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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Market & Feasibility Analysis
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Due Diligence & Acquisitions
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Entitlements
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Design Development
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Sustainable Construction
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Creative Partnerships
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Development Management
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Marketing & Disposition
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EXPERIENCE
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Evolve Development Group San Francisco, CA
Founder & President 2005 - Present
Lead the entire development process, from identification to disposition, for a variety of complex projects including sustainable, luxury, single-family residential, multifamily, subdivisions, and mixed-use developments. Implement a vertically integrated approach, ensuring seamless coordination of tasks and responsibilities throughout the development process.
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Managed up to 40+ employees and 300+ subcontractors and design professionals spread across many job sites.
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Manage all back-office work: financing; hiring; payroll; bank draws; insurance procurement; legal; marketing; sales; office fit out, and IT.
Evolve Real Estate Group San Francisco, CA
Founder, President 2007 - Present
Apply expertise in all areas of real estate brokerage, including site analysis, acquisition, property management, revitalization, and disposition.​
Interstate Equities Corporation (interstateequities.com) Los Altos, CA
Corporation’s Real Estate Broker of Record 2013 - 2023
Involved in investment, management, and renovation of multifamily apartments in California and the Seattle region. Provided well-designed living spaces for residents and generated exceptional returns for investors.
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IEC has acquired a total of 146 multifamily properties since the company's establishment.
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Oversaw and brokered over $500M worth of property acquisitions and management activities since 2013.
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IEC has had an average 19% IRR since its inception.
Evolve Building. San Francisco, CA
President & Founder 2011 - 2021
Designed and built cutting-edge, technologically advanced buildings, including net-zero passive house buildings, at Evolve Building, a design-build construction company. Applied an integrative building science-based approach to optimize performance, comfort, durability, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency.
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Completed projects worth over $100M, showcasing expertise in real estate construction.
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Evolve was one of the first Passive House builders in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Evolve projects consume 80% less heating and cooling energy, provide significantly healthier and more comfortable indoor environments, and are net-zero and resilient (photovoltaics/wind paired with stationary batteries).
Evolve Building Supply San Francisco, CA
Founder, President 2018 – 2020
Facilitated creation of healthy, sustainable, smart, and resilient homes/buildings, surpassing certification standards and having long-lasting durability. Sourced top-notch green building materials, techniques, systems, and technologies from global markets.
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First green building supply retailer in the San Francisco Bay Area
Performance Envelope & Mechanical Systems San Francisco, CA
Co-Founder, President 2011 – 2016
We launched this first-to-market specialty residential subcontracting company to design and install the highest-performing energy-efficient building envelopes and mechanical systems, including insulation, air sealing, above-grade waterproofing, renewable energy, and HVAC systems.
Aeroplanes Over Idaho Idaho, ID
Board Member 2011 – Pres
Aeroplanes was founded to preserve the love for aviation. Not only are guests welcome to view all the historic aircraft, but Aeroplanes Over Idaho is also dedicated to educating, inspiring, and instructing the youth, especially at-risk youth, about the maintenance and flying of all types of aircraft from a Yak-3 to Formula 1 airplane. Aeroplanes Over Idaho has flown with over 2,500 youths and helped several obtain their pilot's licenses.
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Over 4,000 hours flown with aspiring youth aviators
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EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Master of Science in Real Estate Development and Finance (4.8 GPA out of 5). 2007-2008
Thesis: Greening existing buildings with LEED-EB!
Brown University Providence, RI
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (3.3 GPA out of 4) 1998 –2002
PG&E Energy Center San Francisco, CA
Over 100 courses in building science, sustainability mechanical engineering, and commissioning. 2008 - 2012
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LICENSES & SKILLS
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Licenses: CA General Contractor, CA Real Estate Broker, LEED AP, Green Point Rater, HERS Rater, Pilot
Languages: Fluent in Spanish
Computers: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, WrightSoft, PlanSwift, Blue Beam, Plan Grid
Interests: Sustainability, Urban Planning, Energy Efficiency, Skiing, Soccer, Tennis, Water Polo, Cycling, Triathlons​
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