Our Team

Founding partner of Westwood Residential. After a successful career with Trammel Crow Residential throughout the western United States, John returned to Texas and co-founded Westwood, in 1992. During his forty years of development experience, John completed over 200 apartment communities, including traditional garden style and high density developments. The development platform that John established at Westwood positioned the company to move forward and carry out his vision of high quality developments.

Tom started his development career at Trammell Crow Residential in 1973. Until, 1986, Tom focused on apartment development and management, rising to Managing Partner of Crow-Teague Companies. In 1986, Tom became a National Partner at Trammell Crow Company, where he managed the financial restructuring of assets in the Trammell Crow Commercial Company, which involved over $10 billion in loans. In 1992, Tom co-founded Westwood Residential. Tom has a B.S. from Abilene Christian University and a M.B.A. from Texas A&M University.

Jeff began his career in banking in 1983 and his experience has grown to include commercial real estate lending, institutional equity placement and real estate development. Since joining Westwood in May, 2005, his responsibilities have expanded to include oversight of development, financing and equity relationships for all multifamily activities. To date, in excess of $500,000,000 worth of new developments have been completed, or are in process. Jeff is also responsible for all acquisition and disposition activities.

Kim Nelson joined Westwood in the development group assisting with principal duties in construction, finance, equity, acquisitions, and dispositions. Prior to joining Westwood, she worked for an institutional advisor responsible for assessing risk and directing all real estate transactions from inception through due diligence to closing for all product types.  Kim began her career in 1987 at Trammell Crow Company where she was involved in the analysis, negotiation and closing of major loan restructurings.

Stanley Fimberg has been involved in negotiating the acquisition, management, financing and disposition of real estate properties. Through the private businesses he has headed since 1970--Capital Asset Management, Ltd., Stanley R. Fimberg, Ltd. Fimberg & Williams, and FSC Realty--Mr. Fimberg has specialized in multi-residence investments but has also owned shopping centers, industrial properties, and office buildings in over 38 states. Mr. Fimberg graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1955 with a B.A. in Political Science. From 1955 to 1957 he served in the United States Army, and then attended UCLA Law School, graduating first in his class in 1960 with a Bachelor of Law Degree. He was editor-in-chief for the UCLA Law Review. Mr. Fimberg began his law career at O'Melveny & Meyers in Los Angeles. He then wrote international tax law with the United States Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. Returning to Los Angeles in 1965, he became a partner in a highly successful entertainment law firm and since 1970 has devoted his energies solely to real estate investments.