Jonathan started Equinox over 20 years ago with his tool belt and some one-page leases from the back of a land lording book.  Since that time, he has built Equinox into a fully integrated real estate development, property management, general contracting and property maintenance company.   He is passionate about how cities grow and evolve and feels lucky to work with the built environment as Philadelphia is going through its current renaissance.  He is also extremely proud to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather who were also Philadelphia entrepreneurs.

Jonathan was also a founder of Tree House Books, a non-profit literacy center in North Philadelphia, and recently co-chaired the Impact Development Council at the Urban Land Institute.   Jonathan holds a BA degree from Amherst College and an MS from The University of Pennsylvania.

Greg started his career as an engineer and project manager working on the design and construction of large pharmaceutical, high technology, and institutional projects. He learned and embraced the fundamentals of project execution at an early age and employs them in all the work he undertakes. As his career matured, Greg fell in love with the development process and has been involved in or lead the development effort on multi-residential, hospitality, high technology, and mixed-use markets.

As the Senior VP of Development & Construction at Equinox MC, Greg is responsible for guiding his team to lead projects through conception, feasibility analyses, pre-development, pre-construction, and construction. He sees to it that each project is organized and driven to meet or exceed our client’s expectations. Greg has been in the industry for over 40 years and has developed a strong passion for the built environment. He graduated Cum Laude and holds a BS of Electrical Engineering from Villanova University.

Pete is one of our project managers and comes to us with over 14 years in the construction industry. He has been involved in projects as large $100MM and has lead projects as large as $35MM. His background in estimating and project controls as well as his insights into project scope and constructability are especially valuable in the pre-construction phase of our projects. Pete is instrumental in helping to lead our continuous improvement of our processes and guidelines.  Pete graduated from Drexel University with a BS in Civil Engineering with a Project Management focus. As a local resident, he is passionate about his neighborhood and his community.

Corey has close to 10 years of experience in the development and construction industries, and has been involved in everything from land transactions to high end residential renovations. The bulk of his experience is in the project management of ground up large scale multi-residential projects here in Philadelphia, and includes projects ranging from 3 to 16 stories and as many as 310 units. He is well versed in all facets of project management including cost and schedule control, as well as closely managing quality and safety on over $130MM in completed work. He’s worked on the developer side of the fence for his entire career, so he has a unique insight into the perspective of our developer clients. He is an accomplished impactful team member.

Octavian is a Project Engineer and performs several functions at Equinox, including managing the field operations or the document and project controls of a project.  Whether managing the submittals, RFI’s, field supervision, or cost tracking for his projects, Octavian strives for excellence and continuous improvement.

Karim is our Site Steward, and is responsible for security, safety, soil and erosion control, and cleanliness of all our active construction and development sites. Karim carefully manages his team to accomplish this amidst a demanding schedule. This has been especially challenging during COVID, but Karim has risen to the challenge. 

We like to think of Sasha as a human Swiss Army Knife. There is almost nothing he can’t build or fix.  Sasha is a senior maintenance technician and rotates between our new construction, warranty, and property maintenance departments. Sasha has been with Equinox for over 15 years and we are so grateful to have him.  

As a lead maintenance tech, Viktor leads our growing facilities team in the Property Management department. Viktor is passionate about what he does and loves when everyone is satisfied with their maintenance needs. 

As a Property Manager, Colwin helps prospective residents find the right apartment to call home. A resident of Philadelphia for almost 10 years, he is committed to this city and growing a community. He also worked in local restaurants, farmer’s markets in and around the city getting to know, and working with all kinds of people. 

As a leasing agent, Chali is in charge of corresponding with current and potential clients, helping lease apartments, and giving tours of available apartments and spaces. Outside of Equinox, Chali is a theatre actor, voice actor, TV Actor who has been active in theatre in Philly for the past 5 years.