Shawn Kichline is the Principal of Oxide Real Estate Development, which he founded in 2016. Shawn has over 20 years of urban real estate investment, development, and construction experience gained at leading organizations. Shawn uses his passion for urban revitalization and infill, mixed-use development to enhance the historic character of the communities in which he works. Prior to founding Oxide, Shawn established the local Pittsburgh office for Milhaus Development and led efforts in the market including site acquisitions, market underwriting, selection and management of consultants and advisors (architects, land use attorneys, construction managers, etc.), entitlements, community and government relations, design, and branding/marketing. He was the project executive responsible for the off-market acquisition, design, and entitlement of the Arsenal Terminal project in Lawrenceville, a site master-planned for 625 apartment units and 20,000 square feet of street retail. Shawn previously held roles within the acquisitions group of Invesco, where he focused on joint venture investments in value-add and opportunistic repositioning, redevelopments, and developments; Silverstein Properties in New York City, where he was a critical team member managing $9B of large-scale, complex urban mixed-use developments including the World Trade Center redevelopment; HFF where he managed over $2.6B in dispositions, joint venture equity raises and recapitalizations throughout the U.S.; and started his career with Turner Construction Company in Chicago. Shawn received an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a specialization in construction management and structural engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and a CFA Charterholder. He additionally studied in Copenhagen, which with his time in New York City seeded an inspiration to create dense, bike-friendly, walkable, vibrant, and mixed-use neighborhoods within secondary cities of the U.S.