Ryan Klingert

(Founder/CEO)

Before founding Ridgeview Development Group, Ryan worked as a Multifamily Apartment Developer at Greystar, the nation’s largest multifamily developer and property manager. While at Greystar, Ryan developed over 1,200 multifamily units, totaling ~$715M in total capitalization. These projects spanned in type from suburban three-story Garden projects to a downtown micro-studio building to a 44-story ultra-luxury high-rise project. Ryan was directly responsible for sourcing, negotiating, and developing one of the highest returning development deals at Greystar nationally in 2023, which was later used as the flagship deal for the fundraising of Greystar’s new discretionary affordable housing fund. While designing this project, Ryan worked to define the standards for affordable Garden-style projects within Greystar’s Central region.

Before joining Greystar, Ryan completed his MBA at the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management, where he graduated in the top 1% of his class. Before receiving his MBA, Ryan worked as a management consultant serving the alternative asset management industry, where he advised CEOs and senior executives of four of the top ten largest asset managers on a range of issues within the alternative asset management industry (Real Estate, Infrastructure, Private Equity, etc.). Ryan received his bachelor's degree from Villanova University, where he studied mechanical engineering.