barrientos RYAN is a unique urban real estate development firm focused on making places, not just building buildings. We value a people-focused approach to developing mixed use and multi-family housing by striving to intentionally create places where people want to live.

These principles lay the foundation for planning and design of all the spaces we build. We constantly ask ourselves: how do people want to live? What makes this neighborhood unique and special? How do we capture that essence in our building, so we are contributing to the fabric of the existing community?

GROWTH IS GOING TO OCCUR.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT’S DONE WELL.

Maria Barrientos

Partner

Ms. Barrientos has been named one of the most influential urban-infill developers in Seattle, a 2015 PSBJ Woman of Influence, and is categorized by her peers as innovative, thoughtful, and creative - creating housing that incorporates many forward-looking trends.

Over the past 30 years, Maria has become a respected leader in Seattle’s real estate development community. Project types include urban mixed-use, mixed-income, historic renovation and adaptive reuse, both market rate and affordable housing, and student housing properties. Maria brings in-depth knowledge of innovative development tools, sustainable development techniques, public/private partnerships, financing mechanisms that include tax-exempt bond financing as well as other sources of private equity and debt. Maria has always been active within the community and serves on several community based and civic organizations and is very involved in land use issues within the city of Seattle.

Kristin Ryan

Partner

Kristin Ryan a Partner in barrientos RYAN. She is a multi-family and civic project developer focused on building inspired places that promote the growth of the city of Seattle. Ms. Ryan is an astute and experienced developer having managed development projects totaling over $400mm in housing, medical offices, schools and theaters over the course of her career. She was previously Director of the Northwest Division of Jonathan Rose Companies, directing the firm’s acquisition, development and consulting activities on the west coast, and managing their west coast portfolio.

Kristin has provided development advisory services to many non-profit and governmental agencies seeking to use multi-layered financing approaches to implement their projects. She specializes in implementing complex projects that serve communities with great places to live and work.

Alexandra Moravec

Project Manager

Alexandra joined barrientos RYAN with ten years of experience at the intersection of real estate and community development. She has worked on federal policies for smarter growth; has managed over $1 Billion in equity investments in charter schools, health clinics, job training programs, homeless shelters, and other community facilities; and has overseen the restructuring and disposition of over $400 Million of affordable housing. She enjoys bringing these diverse experiences to bear in development: transforming communities in a way that is thoughtful, creative, and holistic

John Links

Project Manager

John Links is an experienced Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the Commercial Real Estate industry. Proficient in all stages of development, from due diligence through lease-up/operations. John has worked on a variety of complex projects, including a contentious contract rezone, a land marked house, which was rehabilitated and re-purposed as the primary residential entry to new multifamily development, and sites with complicated utility coordination and site conditions.

John’s breadth of knowledge from entitlement through close-out has been enormously helpful in making our projects successful and we are lucky to have him on our team.

Sara Everett

Project Manager

Sara is our “creative compass” and wins the prize as being with us the longest – going on 12 years now. Sara supplements her life work as an artist while being a creative problem solver with us. A versatile hat-wearer, Sara is the office lead for navigating the changing world of art and design and manages all the complicated projects thrown her way. In her spare time she curates local art into architecture. She has helped us commission unique and interesting artworks that reflect the personality of each inspired place we build. To continually keep abreast of NW artists and contemporary trends, she serves on the Board of Directors of CoCA - Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art.

Charlie Bauman

Project Manager

Charlie is the financial guru for our firm, structuring transactions, running proformas and analyzing projects. He brings a fun energy and creative perspective to all aspects of a project, along with a wealth of experience from the investor/owner side of development deals. And...he’s a wickedly good project manager.

WE FOCUS ON MAKING PLACES,
NOT JUST BUILDING BUILDINGS

Union Bay Place

Southeast Economic Opportunity Center (SEOC) at Othello Square

Swedish Club Parking Lots

Tower Steps

Center Steps

13Pike

Louisa Hotel

Waterton

Cora

The Parsonage

The Cannery