John Vawter

Biographie: John is one of the founding members of Capstone, with over 30 years of experience in student housing and multifamily development. He began his career at Capstone in residential site acquisitions and transitioned to overall development. In 2000, John focused his efforts on opportunities west of the Rocky Mountains, managing the opening and operations of Capstone’s West Coast regional office in Encinitas, California. In 2004, he moved back to Capstone’s headquarters in Birmingham to lead Capstone’s off-Campus “Cottage” program (Build-for-Rent for Student). In January 2012, following the restructuring of The Capstone Companies, John Vawter became one of three principals of Capstone Collegiate Communities, LLC (Capstone Communities). In 2020, under John’s leadership of the development division, Capstone Communities took their fifteen plus years’ experience of building “Cottages” in the student space and began its Build-for-Rent (BFR) program in the conventional multifamily space. With six BFR developments currently under construction, and eight more scheduled to start in 2022, Capstone has quickly become one of the leading Build-for-Rent developers across the country.