About the firm
A development and investment firm built on understanding the real estate.
The firm
Identifying, acquiring, and creating value in well located real estate.
Ryan Development Group is a real estate development and investment firm focused on identifying, acquiring, and creating value through well located real estate opportunities.
Based in Central Texas, we pursue opportunities across residential land, commercial real estate, and select development and redevelopment projects. Our approach combines disciplined underwriting, creative deal structuring, and hands on development experience from acquisition through execution.
We focus on opportunities where thoughtful planning, strong relationships, and disciplined execution can create long term value for our partners and investors. We regularly partner with other investment groups, builders, and operators, bringing the development expertise and day to day management that turns a well located site into a performing asset.
Principles
How we work
Understand the real estate at a detailed level
Every opportunity starts with the site itself: topography, utilities, access, entitlements, market depth, and the costs and timelines that follow from them.
Structure the deal intelligently
Acquisition terms, partnerships, and capital stacks are designed around the specific risks and opportunities of each project rather than a template.
Protect the downside
Conservative underwriting, realistic contingencies, and clear decision points keep partners and investors protected when conditions change.
Create value through execution
Value is realized in the field. We manage budgets, schedules, contractors, engineers, and municipalities directly, from the first site visit to final delivery.
- Education
- B.S. Aerospace Engineering and Master of Land and Property Development, Texas A&M University
- Recent role
- Land Development Manager, Toll Brothers, involved with more than 40 projects across the Austin-San Antonio market
- Public service
- Municipal Utility District Board Director
- Disciplines
- Land development, acquisitions, real estate analysis, valuation, construction, and investment
Principal
Tim Ryan
Founder and Principal
Tim Ryan is a real estate developer and investor focused on identifying opportunities where thoughtful planning, disciplined underwriting, and creative deal structuring can unlock value.
With a background spanning land development, acquisitions, real estate analysis, construction, and investment, Tim brings a hands on understanding of the full development process, from evaluating a property and structuring the acquisition through entitlements, infrastructure, construction, and eventual disposition or long term ownership.
Tim earned a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Land and Property Development from Texas A&M. His engineering background provides a technical and analytical foundation that complements his experience evaluating real estate investments, development feasibility, infrastructure, capital requirements, and project risk.
Most recently, Tim served as a Land Development Manager with Toll Brothers, where he was involved with more than 40 projects across the Austin-San Antonio market. His broader experience includes residential land development, commercial real estate, valuation, acquisitions, and investment analysis. He also serves as a Municipal Utility District Board Director, giving him additional insight into infrastructure, utilities, municipal financing, and the public side of the development process.
Today, Tim's focus is on sourcing and developing opportunities across Central Texas, with particular interest in residential land, commercial properties, redevelopment opportunities, and select larger scale projects where infrastructure, entitlement, or capital complexity creates an opportunity to add value.
His approach is straightforward: understand the real estate at a detailed level, structure the deal intelligently, protect the downside, and create value through execution.