Ryan Dodson

Biography: Ryan serves as president of development and managing partner of Dodson Management, Inc. (DMI), a role he has held since beginning his real estate career in 2002. DMI is an active owner, manager and developer of commercial real estate throughout North Texas via various entities collectively referred to as Dodson Companies. Since 2002, Ryan has participated in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of acquisitions, developments and dispositions. Ryan’s roles at DMI include project feasibility, entitlement, acquisitions, development management and project capitalization. Notable projects include 404 Border, downtown Arlington’s first class A urban apartment project which consists of 135 units; Urban Union, an eight acre assembly and adaptive reuse of former automotive facilities; and 1455 Magnolia, a ground-up mixed-use project on Fort Worth’s prestigous Magnolia avenue. Ryan is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma (1999), current board member and past Chair of Downtown Arlington Management Inc, served 8 years on the City of Mansfield Planning & Zoning commission, two years as Vice Chairman, served ten years as board member of the non-profit Arlington Children’s Toys Inc., and has recently been accepted into the North Texas chapter of the Urban Land Institutes small scale development product council.