Andrews Urban LLC is an Austin, Texas-based urban real estate development and investment company dedicated to high-rise mixed-use development in the urban centers of Austin. With development partner Novare Group of Atlanta, Andrews Urban is currently developing over 1,700 residential homes, 280 hotel rooms, and over 100,000 square feet of urban retail in Downtown and Northwest Austin. Current developments of Andrews Urban include: 360 Condominiums at 3rd and Nueces Streets; two high-rise mixed-use towers on the site of the current Downtown Station of the U.S. Postal Service and the city block to its west; and TWELVE Domain, a high-rise hotel and condominium tower at The Domain in Northwest Austin.

L. Taylor Andrews, President

Taylor Andrews began his career in real estate in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina in 1995 and moved to Austin in 1997 to pursue development in Downtown Austin. Taylor has been involved as a principal in the development of land, retail, hotel and residential projects valued at over $350 million. He has also managed several private real estate investment funds, including AU Capital, which provides both seed and project level equity for many of Andrews Urban's developments in Austin.

Taylor is on the Board of Directors of the Downtown Austin Alliance and is a member of several local and national real estate organizations, including the Real Estate Council of Austin, the Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association, the Urban Land Institute, and the Congress for the New Urbanism. In 2006, Taylor was named a finalist in the Austin Under 40 Awards in real estate.

Committed to giving back to the community, Taylor serves on the Board of Directors of Ballet Austin and the Board of Advisors of the Austin Museum of Art, and he is a supporter of the Austin Fine Arts Alliance, the Austin Parks Foundation, KLRU-TV, the Long Center for the Performing Arts, the Austin Public Library Foundation, AIDS Services of Austin, and the Hill Country Ride for AIDS.

In 1991, Taylor was awarded the Braxton Craven Memorial Scholarship to attend Duke University, where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995.

Alexander Tynberg, Project Developer

Alex Tynberg manages the development process for all of Andrews Urban's projects and builds the company's pipeline through strategic complex real estate transactions.

Prior to joining Andrews Urban in mid-2007, Alex was a Program Director/Senior Project Manager for the Trust for Public Land (TPL), where he oversaw program and project management coverage responsibilities for the northern half of Texas and previously for Southern California for more than five years. In this role, Alex managed a diverse portfolio of conservation initiatives and projects, which primarily involved the identification, negotiation, acquisition and conveyance of critical open space lands and/or property interests.

Prior to joining TPL, Alex was an attorney in the San Francisco office of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold. Alex's law practice comprised both litigation and transactional work, with a primary focus on complex litigation in the firm's Environmental Group for matters involving environmental, natural resources, corporate and real estate law in state and federal courts.

Alex received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1998.

Mission Statement

Goals

• Focus residential development to urban cores to help reduce urban sprawl and its damaging effects on the environment.

• Deliver housing at a variety of price points to allow urban homeownership for a broader spectrum of the population than is currently available in Austin’s urban centers.

• Positively impact the neighborhoods and community in which our developments are built, including actively supporting Austin’s arts, civic and other nonprofit organizations.

• Endeavor to exceed our customers’ highest expectations with the quality and value of our product and the service and knowledge of our development, sales and management teams.

• Adhere to appropriate urban design standards, including attention to how our buildings meet the street and the quality of the streetscape.

• Participate in Austin’s Green Building Program on every development.

• Honor the uniqueness and history of Austin by respecting historical buildings, engaging local artists through Austin’s Art in Public Places program, and supporting Austin’s vibrant arts and music community.

• Commit to execution and innovation as imperative to the continued success of the development of our buildings.

• Emphasize teamwork as key to successful real estate development in the 21st century, including the importance of partnerships with the public sector.