January Round Up
Announcement
The Preiss Company was named as an award winner for 2024 Best Places to Work Multifamily. This award recognizes TPCO as a top employer in the multifamily industry with an unrivaled culture and an incredible group of team members nationwide. This award is the result from everyone's hard work and dedication and is one that we can all be proud of! Congratulations everyone!
Say hello to East Village! This is a 3rd party management deal located right next door to Millennium One in Charlotte, NC. This property adds 732 beds to our student portfolilo and features studio, 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom units. We’re so excited to add this community into the TPCO portfolio!
Feature
Recently, Owner and CEO, Donna Preiss was featured by Multifamily Executive as 1 of 10 leaders who are making a difference in housing policy, property management, development, finance, social impact, and proptech.
Check out Donna's interview below!
Resource
We’ve created a 2024 TPCO Holiday Calendar you can subscribe to help remember what specific dates the company will close for each recognized holiday.
Spotlight
At the Leadership Conference this past November, we recognized the winners of the 2023 Preiss Company awards. We are so proud of each winner and all of the nominees! Check out the results below!
TPCO Culture Champion of the Year
Toryn Johnson
Nominees
Regional Manager of the Year
Jessica Decker
Nominees
Facilities/Specialist of the Year
Lauren Phillips
Nominees
Corporate Employee of the Year
Toni Yrlas
Nominees
Property Manager of the Year (Over 500 Beds)
Marissa Sepulveda
Nominees
Property Manager of the Year (Under 500 Beds)
Allie Lagnese
Nominees
Maintenance Supervisor of the Year
(Over 500 Beds)
Cordy Daniel
Nominees
Maintenance Supervisor of the Year
(Under 500 Beds)
David Womer
Nominees
Assistant Property Manager of the Year
(Over 500 Beds)
Courtney Gearlds
Nominees
Assistant Property Manager of the Year
(Under 500 Beds)
Peyton Thornburg
Nominees
Leasing & Marketing Professional of the Year
(Over 500 Beds)
Maddie Nolan
Nominees
Leasing & Marketing Professional of the Year
(Under 500 Beds)
Laura Lugo
Nominees
Century Club
These properties recently joined the 2024 TPCO Century Club! Congratulations for reaching 100% pre-leased!
Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
Each month, Employee Resource Groups formed by the TPCO DEI Council meet via Zoom. We encourage all employees to join as many ERG meetings as they wish for a great opportunity to connect with fellow employees who share common interests. Check out the schedule for the upcoming meetings and click the link to add to your personal calendar!
1/16 | 2PM EST
1/17 | 1PM EST
Add to Calendar
1/24 | 2PM EST
1/25 | 2PM EST
Employee Updates
We’re always excited to see our employees take a next step in their careers. Help us congratulate and celebrate some recent employee changes!
Elizabeth Wright was promoted to Regional Manager
Allie Lagnese has taken a role as a Management Specialist
Michael Pignataro relocated and has moved into a role as Operations Associate in the Corporate Operations Department
Nathanyl Homa is now the Area Assistant Property Manager for Crossing Place and University Trails
Rachel McDonald relocated and was promoted to Assistant Property Manager at Campus Edge
Welcome to everyone who joined the Preiss Company team as a new employee last month!
Brittani Holster | Leasing Consultant | University Trails
Heather Fulton | Property Manager | Park on Morton
Shout Outs
“The whole Chapel Hill team. The Edition on Rosemary will be the greatest site in Chapel Hill and will have the greatest team leading it. So proud of all the blood, sweat, and tears poured out over the past 2 years. Super proud of all the move-ins coming in and the way we are simultaneously approaching the century club despite all the setbacks. That which doesn’t kill us only makes us stronger and this team is so very strong! Proud of you! Betsy and Peyon, I am thankful for you both, and truly appreciate how you always only have the residents’ interests at heart. You are both examples to all of us of how this is supposed to be done!”
“I would like to shoutout Jesus Alverez! This time last year you were gearing up for your first year as a manager! Couldn’t be prouder to call you a friend and my first Preiss passion project lol. Can’t wait to see what you accomplish this year!
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“S/O to our accountants Ross and Kristin! You guys are always there when we need help, and you help ensure 14SixtyFive runs smoothly. Thank you for everything you do!! :)”
“Shout out to all Teams in my region for an exceptional year, both in occupancy, pre-lease, budgets and delinquency. Such a pleasure having everyone on the Team and cheers to 2024 being even better! Thank you Market 100, River Club, Flats, Axis West, 14SixtyFive, VOG and Signature 1909 TEAMS! You make my job much easier and enjoyable because of all your efforts!”
“I’d like to shout out my Sig1505 team! With the recent December move outs and numerous January move-ins (along with a massive leak that happened on the first day of this new year) we’ve been working nonstop! Nathan and J - your hard work does not go unnoticed! You’ve made sure this “mini turn” goes as planned! TK - my literal right hand, thank you for all you do! Macon, Morgan, and Maitri - you girls are exactly what this office needed! Thank you!!!!”
“Sending a thank you shout-out to Marco Falcón for always thinking of his Accounting team! We appreciate the University Trails promo items you surprised us with! ”
“I want to shout out Jaidyn Sinclair for all her hard work! She took the leap to Assistant Property Manager and she is rocking it. Jaidyn, I appreciate all your hardwork and dedication over the last few months especially with both of our transitions. Let’s rock out 2024!”
“Shout out to Collective at Clemson - Patrick and his maintenance team is doing a great job keeping The Collective at Clemson in great shape each and everyday. I have never seen a team that keeps a pool so clean as they do. They have also have not had more than 10 open work orders in the last 3 months. Great job.
Shout out to the UV Clemson Maintenance team as they are one of the hardest working team I have seen. They keep the site looking great and its a full team effort. Keep up the good work guys.”
Birthdays
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to all of the January birthdays!
1st - Crista Church
2nd - Spencer Butler
3rd - Derek Morreale
4th - Dewana Falks, Jacob Roberts
5th - Kayla Cotton
6th - Tammon Crudup, Jennifer Mosley, Ethan Nardi
7th - Colton Butler, Jason Patterson
8th - Ruby Bach, Scott Canady, Matt Del Sol, Pressley Gantt, Janiyah Sims
9th - Marc Alexander
11th - Paige Collins, Ross Cooper, Sonnie Guerrero, Kyle Mulliger
12th - John Trumbull
13th - Lauren Phillips, Loran Spradlin
14th - Austin Fountain
15th - Jakob Contreras, Nathan Howard
17th - Luke Bowling, Craig George, Ariel Ibuaka
19th - Ethan Lewis
20th - Andrea Cruz, Richard Prince
21st - Daniel Kirkland
22nd - Martha Cerda, Jesse Hardin
23rd - Anna Allen-Hughes
24th - Shivani Dahya, Fanazia Diaz, Marysa Wigley
25th - Yarlisse Chamorro
27th - Aaron Faye, Colton Lassinger, Taylor Oliver, Michael Shillinger
28th - Roberto Cruz, Kinsley Dozier, Georgie Jenkins
29th - Barbara Thompson
30th - Madison Cline, Taylor Draughon, Dustin Durrence, Madeline Jacobsen, Orlando Ramirez
31st - Marina de Sousa, Marshall Sherrod
Milestone Anniversaries
We’d like to recognize everyone celebrating their work anniversary this month! We’re so glad you’re a part of the TPCO family and appreciate all you do!
1 Year
Ema Jeffries (4th), Lindsay Zuvich (11th), Amanda Alba-Goodgion (13th), Sophia Pratt (17th), Stephen Marable (17th), Kanan Stallworth (18th), Reese Tittel (19th), Guillermo Velazquez (19th), Kelli Gross (20th)
2 Year
Martin Villafana (10th), Ruben Garza (21st), Chloe Urso (28th)
3 Year
Abigail Tickle (4th), Erin Fugagli (4th), Kimberli Borgh (8th), Mary Kastor (25th)
4 Year
Whitney Swindle (6th), Jeff Bartholomew (13th)
5 Year
Jonathan Owens (9th), Nathan Howard (15th), Destany Hayes (15th), TK Busby (15th), Luke Bowling (17th), Bryanna Quintanilla (30th), Alexis Guerra (30th)
7 Year
Katie Marlow (9th), Chataqua Samuel-Franklin (18th)
8 Year
Kenny Kaczor (13th), Dustin Durrence (22nd), Rayvon Davis (25th)
14 Year
David Leake (7th)
21 Year
Susan Folckemer (2nd)
24 Year
Jill Alford (10th)
