About Us

PR&A provides engineering, architectural, and construction consulting services for investors, lenders, and facility managers throughout the nation and across all asset types.

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About Us

PR&A provides engineering, architectural, and construction consulting services for investors, lenders, and facility managers throughout the nation and across all asset types.

Our Vision

Pond, Robinson & Associates was founded in 1998 with the vision of being a leading consulting firm serving the real estate investment industry, whose services are respected, reliable, and trusted as a basis for our client’s investment decisions. This vision, established by the founding Principals of the firm, has been embodied by our entire organization and continues to be elevated and guarded by our current leadership.

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Our Foundation & Approach

The foundation of our company is based on relationships that have grown from decades of consistent, high-quality services for institutional and private investors. This long-term and high-quality approach is extended to every client and for every project or assessment. It is embedded in our culture that every project counts, and no issue can be overlooked.

We have consistently provided our clients with high quality services that often exceed the industry approach; our assessments are performed by experienced and licensed professionals who are committed to your investment.

It has been our experience that the value of our services is defined by our depth of technical skill and expertise; which allow us to identify important risks or issues for our clients during a transaction, development or operation of a property.

Our Services

PR&A provides high quality consulting services for investors, lenders, and facility managers throughout the nation, across all asset types, and throughout the lifecycle of an investment.

Property Condition Assessments by experienced professionals with a broad knowledge of all building systems. Our assessments are defined by:

  • Timely execution for due diligence schedules.
  • Thorough field engineering and document analysis.
  • Detailed and reliable opinions of cost.
  • Comprehensive reporting and photographs.

Development consulting services rooted in engineering & architectural principles; with services span the project lifecycle:

  • Site & Development Feasibility Analysis
  • Comprehensive Document and Design Review.
  • Construction Monitoring, Oversight, and Draw Review.
  • Close-Out Reporting and Warranty Inspections

Seasoned engineers and architects with experience addressing unique challenges and specialized building systems and an institutional network of established specialty subconsultants for every building system and assessment type.

  • Assessments for all building systems.
  • Actionable recommendations.
  • Extensive and high quality specialist network.

Sustainability, risk, and resilience assessments integrated with our development consulting, asset management, and property condition assessment services. This approach enables stakeholders to explore sustainable and risk-adverse initiatives during investment evaluations and during capital project assessments. This includes:

  • Sustainability and efficiency assessments for acquisitions, developments, and owned assets.
  • Climate Risk & Resilience assessments for asset managers, risk managers and ESG+R leadership.

As consulting engineers and architects, we apply the appropriate disciplines necessary to assess, design, and restore or enhance owned-assets and building systems. This includes:

  • Planned Capital Projects
  • Tenant Improvements
  • Emergency Repairs & Insurance Claim Oversight
  • Sustainability & Resilience & Building Optimization projects.

By the Numbers

10000 +

Assessments

(Nationwide)

25 +

Years of Service

1500 +

Development Projects

50

States

Commitment to Client

We are proud to be a preferred consultant for many of the nation’s largest and most diligent investors.

Real Estate Lifecycle Services

Our experience throughout the lifecycle of thousands of real estate assets allows us to better serve our clients; providing actionable consulting services that result in real value for investors and operators.


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Acquisition Due Diligence

Assessments and ESG+R services for acquisitions for all Asset Types and across the Nation.

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Asset Management Services

Capital assessment & planning, project oversight, and ESG+R services for Owned Assets.

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Disposition & Recapitalization Services

Assessments to understand risks and condition of assets, prior to disposition or recapitalization.

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Development Due Diligence

Construction drawing, document, budget review and ESG+R services for development projects.

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Construction Oversight

Oversight of quality, schedule, payments, budgets, and contract procedures.

Experience Across all Asset Types

Our experience extends to all asset types; this allows us to provide consistent and competent services for across diversified portfolios.

Multifamily

PR&A has assessed thousands of multifamily properties including single family rental, student housing, senior living assets. This includes garden style, mixed use, and mid- and high-rise multifamily buildings.

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Industrial

Our experience spans over 50 million SF of industrial and warehouse space including mega distribution facilities, data centers, cold storage facilities, multi-story warehouses, shallow bay buildings, outdoor storage, trailer parking facilities, and master planned developments.

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Office & Health Care

PR&A has assessed and provided construction oversight for many of the office buildings that shape our nation’s skylines including high-rise towers, corporate campuses, life science and biomanufacturing facilities, medical office buildings, and hospitals.

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Retail & Mixed-Use

Our team has significant experience with mixed use and retail properties across the country including regional mall portfolios, anchored retail centers, mixed-use developments, and adaptive reuse projects.

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Hotel

PR&A has assessed over 10,000 rooms across our hotel & hospitality portfolio. This includes coastal resorts, golf courses, business lodging, luxury towers, adaptive reuse projects, and historic buildings.

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Historical Properties & Adaptive Reuse

We apply the appropriate disciplines necessary to bring buildings and systems back to optimum conditions. This applies to industrial facilities, office buildings, hospitals, college and university buildings, parking facilities, and a broad range of other facilities.

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Experience Across all Asset Types

Our experience extends to all asset types; this allows us to provide consistent and competent services for across diversified portfolios.

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Multifamily

PR&A has assessed thousands of multifamily properties including single family rental, student housing, senior living assets. This includes garden style, mixed use, and mid- and high-rise multifamily buildings.

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Industrial

Our experience spans over 50 million SF of industrial and warehouse space including mega distribution facilities, data centers, cold storage facilities, multi-story warehouses, shallow bay buildings, outdoor storage, trailer parking facilities, and master planned developments.

Office Building

Office & Health Care

PR&A has assessed and provided construction oversight for many of the office buildings that shape our nation’s skylines including high-rise towers, corporate campuses, life science and biomanufacturing facilities, medical office buildings, and hospitals.

Interior View of a Mall

Retail & Mixed-Use

Our team has significant experience with mixed use and retail properties across the country including regional mall portfolios, anchored retail centers, mixed-use developments, and adaptive reuse projects.

Hotel Lobby

Hotel

PR&A has assessed over 10,000 rooms across our hotel & hospitality portfolio. This includes coastal resorts, golf courses, business lodging, luxury towers, adaptive reuse projects, and historic buildings.

Historical Remodel of the University Club

Historical Properties & Adaptive Reuse

We apply the appropriate disciplines necessary to bring buildings and systems back to optimum conditions. This applies to industrial facilities, office buildings, hospitals, college and university buildings, parking facilities, and a broad range of other facilities.

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Our Team

Michael Raybon

Michael Raybon

Managing Principal

Michael Raybon is the Managing Principal of Pond, Robinson & Associates and brings 30 years of experience in the evaluation of existing facilities and oversight of development projects. Mr. Raybon has been the project engineer on thousands of assessments and development projects and has been an integral part of the ownership, operations, and management of Pond, Robinson & Associates.

Education
  • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida 1990
Registrations
  • Professional Engineer, Florida, 1998
  • Professional Engineer, Texas, 2009
Mark Petersen

Mark Petersen

Principal and Chief Operating Officer

Mark Petersen is a Principal and Chief operating Officer of Pond, Robinson & Associates and brings over 25 years of facilities, construction and environmental consulting experience to the firm, including two years of experience working in Europe and Asia. His extensive work with a diverse group of clients gives him an exceptional understanding of their needs. Mr. Petersen has been a registered Professional Engineer for 22 years and has significant experience managing and conducting property condition assessments as well as conducting design and feasibility reviews, performing construction oversight, and review of specialized services including roof assessments, environmental assessments. Over the last five years, Mr. Petersen has been an integral part of the ownership, operations and management of Pond, Robinson & Associates.

Education
  • Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois 1993
Registrations
  • Professional Engineer, Illinois, 1998
  • Professional Engineer, Texas, 2017
Steve Brandt

Steve Brandt

Chief Engineer

Steve Brandt is the Chief Engineer of Pond, Robinson & Associates. He brings more than 40 years of Professional Engineering consulting experience to the firm, possessing comprehensive training, knowledge, and experience in construction management and consulting; commercial land development; commercial property condition assessments; accessibility engineering; and sustainability. He has proven business and engineering success serving a broad range of institutional clients, across all industries, sectors and property types, providing a high degree of professional service and care to meet the changing needs of our clients.
Mr. Brandt possesses a unique combination of professional assessment and evaluation skills, consisting of a thorough knowledge of land development, including the entitlement, financing and feasibility of commercial developments, and the design and construction of the built environment. His comprehensive understanding of building systems, material characteristics, construction techniques, green and sustainable design and construction practices, contracts, codes and standards, environmental and hazardous materials regulations, remediation alternatives, and maintenance and repair strategies provides a qualified and focused approach to construction management, commercial property review, assessment and due diligence investigations. He has extensive training and experience in energy consulting, commissioning, benchmarking, energy audits, LEED® and ENERGY STAR® certifications. As a Certified Accessibility Specialist, he also possesses detailed expertise in accessibility and disability engineering.

Education
  • Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Valparaiso University, 1980
Registrations
  • Professional Engineer, Texas, 1987
  • ICBO Certified Accessibility Specialist

Justin Lia

Chief Growth Officer

Justin Lia is the Chief Growth Officer of Pond, Robinson & Associates and brings over 25 years of diverse experience in commercial real estate. Having grown up in a family of contractors, engineers, architects and developers commercial real estate is a big part of Mr. Lia’s life. Mr. Lia has worked as a contractor, a construction inspector, a design engineer, a forensic engineer, a broker, a developer, and extensively as a real estate due diligence advisor for both transactional and occupier clients. His specialty is leveraging his extensive experience in commercial real estate to understand complex real estate transactions and guide clients through technical scopes of work that mitigate risk in their investments and manage the lifecycle costs of their buildings. Mr. Lia has been a registered professional engineer for over 20 years.

 

As a civil engineer, Mr. Lia was responsible for preparing commercial and residential site plans, due diligence reports/feasibility analyses, entitlements, infrastructure assessments (projects up to $3.7B), building inspections, and various structural and geotechnical engineering services. Clients include both public and private on a host of projects ranging from a runway extension on an air force base, slope stability for a Department of Energy particle collider, to the feasibility of large mixed-use sports and gaming complexes, to the structural design and retrofit of retail centers, to large earth retaining and waterfront structures, and a variety of others across all asset types. Mr. Lia has guided clients through the physical, environmental and capital planning due diligence process on many of the largest, most valuable buildings in the United States including: The Bellagio Hotel and Casino, the Willis Tower, multiple movie studios, a 15MM SF industrial/warehouse portfolio, large hospital/MOB portfolios, large multifamily portfolios, sale-leaseback transactions, retail malls, and many large office complexes. Mr. Lia is a subject matter expert in site, civil, geotechnical engineering, and real estate due diligence, and has served as an expert witness.

Education
  • Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, University at Buffalo
  • Introduction to Corporate Finance, University of Pennsylvania
Registrations
  • Professional Engineer, New York, 2004
  • STAAD Certified Engineer
  • OSHA 10 Hour Construction Safety and Health
  • A.CRE Accelerator Certificate (CRE Financial Modeling)
  • LEED AP Building Design + Construction, USGBC

Rebecca Fischer

Director of Construction Services

Rebecca L. Fischer is the Director of Construction Services at Pond, Robinson & Associates and brings over 25 years of facilities and construction consulting experience to the firm. Ms. Fischer has been involved in the design and construction of several new facilities, development and construction monitoring of large projects, and the assessment of existing buildings nationwide.  She has over 21years of experience at PR&A working with our Investment and Asset Management clients on high profile development projects including high-profile resorts, office and residential complexes, and multi-family projects with total project costs of up to $935M.  Through her experience with development and construction projects she has cultivated an understanding of site development, building construction administration, specifications, scheduling, quality assurance, cost control, and project management issues. She is a registered LEED® AP BD+C professional which has helped clients achieve their sustainability goals within their portfolio.

As Director of Construction Services, Ms. Fischer is tasked with client relations, coordination of services, mentorship and management of personnel, continuing education, and the quality maintenance of the construction related services and reporting. She is also actively involved in the construction administration and monitoring of several projects. Her years of experience allow here to add value for her clients related to budget, scheduling, quality control, and assessment of building components and design including the building envelope and accessibility.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997

Master of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1999

Registrations

Professional Structural Engineer, Texas since 2003

LEED® AP BD+C since 2012

David Jones

Director of Real Estate Services

David Jones brings over ten years of well-rounded experience in design, construction, facility assessments and project management to Pond, Robinson & Associates.  His role is to serve as bridge for clients, helping them understand and develop the right technical or project management approach to each investment or exchange. Mr. Jones has provided services to institutional real estate investors and lenders and many developers and contractors.

Mr. Jones has experience with property condition evaluations and construction observation and compliance reviews related to all asset types, including commercial office, industrial, retail, and multi-family improvements.  His consulting experience includes comprehensive reviews of design documents for planned projects, performing evaluations of existing properties, and acting as the owner’s representative during the construction of properties of various sizes and complexities.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Construction Management, University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Registrations

Associate Constructor, American Institute of Constructors, License 10711

LEED® Green Associate™, Green Business Certification Inc. Credential ID 11131858

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