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Robert A. MacFarlane is one of the chief architects of the EGI vision, and a Director since the company's inception in 2004. Mr. MacFarlane's skill with innovative real estate development is proven by the staggering growth of Homes for America Holdings (HFAH), the company from which EGI evolved. In 1996, he co-founded HFAH with Robert Kohn, building the company to nearly $190 million in gross assets. He strategically acquired properties in Florida, Texas, New York, Connecticut and Indiana, grew the multifamily portfolio to nearly 1600 residential rental units and 572,000 square feet of commercial space. Mr. MacFarlane engineered land acquisition and construction of Station Plaza, a 70,000 square feet commercial building in downtown Yonkers - the first in over twenty years. He also engineered the land acquisition of .75 miles on the Hudson River, one of the largest purchases of private Hudson River waterfront in the NY metro area. Further, he was the principal architect of the Colt Gateway in Hartford, Connecticut, an acquisition that he developed into a $118 million rehabilitation of a 400,000 square feet, 10-building historic site that will become a U.S. National Park.
Prior to founding HFAH, Robert A. MacFarlane served as independent tax-exempt bond and tax credit consultant for FC Partners, a New York real estate company; and as Senior Property Acquisitions Officer of the Boutwell Company, a real estate firm representing the Rockefeller Family Trust. Mr. MacFarlane was directly responsible for the closing of one-half billion dollars worth of real estate transactions in Texas alone, two of which were turnaround, value-added acquisitions totaling $300 million | 