Sheitelman previously served as General Counsel at Crescent Heights

Housing Trust Group (HTG), one of the nation’s largest developers of affordable housing, is proud to announce the appointment of Michael S. Sheitelman to the role of Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Sheitelman will oversee all of HTG’s real estate functions including - acquisition, entitlement, development, construction, legal, development finance and property management teams - reporting to CEO Matthew A. Rieger.

HTG is an award-winning, full-service developer of multifamily residential communities with over 7,000 affordable and market-rate units throughout Florida, Georgia, Texas and Arizona, and more than 2,000 new apartments in the pipeline.

“As a highly trained and accomplished attorney who I have known personally for many years and who has held a key leadership role in a national real estate development firm, Michael is ideally suited to serve as COO at HTG and will play a pivotal role in the firm’s continued expansion into other markets throughout the U.S. where there is a critical need for affordable, workforce and market-rate housing,” said Matthew A. Rieger, President and CEO of HTG. “We’re delighted to welcome him to the HTG family.”

Prior to joining HTG, Sheitelman served as General Counsel for Crescent Heights, an urban real estate development firm with offices across the country. Prior to that, he was a shareholder in the Fort Lauderdale office of Gray Robinson, PA, where he represented clients in all legal aspects involved in the acquisition, financing, development, construction, leasing and sale of various classes of real estate. He has also led his own law practice, Sheitelman Law, and served as Associate General Counsel for G.L. Homes of Florida.

Sheitelman earned a B.A. from Tulane University and a Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. He also holds an LLM in Securities and Financial Regulation from Georgetown University Law Center and an LLM in Real Property Development from the University of Miami School of Law.

About Housing Trust Group

Housing Trust Group (HTG) is an award-winning full-service developer of multifamily residential communities whose real estate transactions exceed $3 billion in commercial, land and residential developments across Florida, Georgia, Texas and Arizona. HTG develops, builds and manages a diverse portfolio of affordable housing, workforce housing, market-rate housing, and mixed-use developments. For more information, please visit www.htgf.com.