Nathan Watson

Biographie : Nathan Watson President, Tradition Properties, Inc. Biloxi, Mississippi Nathan Watson has 25 years of experience in Real Estate Development and currently is President of Tradition Properties, Inc., the developer of a 4,800 Acre Master Planned Community in a coastal Mississippi community. In addition to master planned community development, he is experienced in urban redevelopment, mixed-use development, and affordable housing development. At Tradition, he directs the development of Tradition Town Center which includes William Carey University and St. Patrick High School, and soon will include a new community college Nursing School, a new Pharmacy School, student housing, medical office buildings, and a medical research center. He also is working on expanding the future town’s residential offerings with new community and product development. The next phase of development he will oversee will be the addition of an Active Adult Retirement community, the first of its kind along the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Prior to his role at Tradition, Nathan was a community developer in the New Orleans metropolitan area and developed the City’s first environmentally sensitive residential community - a 92 Acre site of riparian hardwood forest. He founded Firstrust Community Development Corporation, a bank-owned inner city redevelopment company, and managed RiverPark, a 72 Acre Mixed-Use Development on the edge of Downtown New Orleans in the historically significant and demographically diverse Lower Garden District. Nathan graduated with a degree in Architecture from Auburn University and an MBA from Columbia University. He is a LEED Green Associate with the U.S. Green Building Council and is working toward additional certification. He currently is a member of the Gulf Coast Business Council’s Master’s Program and making recommendations on a 1Gb Broadband service for the Gulf Coast. Nathan has been a member of ULI since 1993 and has served on numerous Advisory Service Panels. Nathan lives in the Village at Tradition with his wife of more than 20 years with their 2 sons and 2 daughters.