EXECUTIVE TEAM

Jonathan Weiss

Jonathan Weiss

President

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.

Gregory Hallquist

Gregory Hallquist

Sr. VP of Development & Construction

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.

Bill Rullo

Bill Rullo

Director of Procurement

Bill is our Director of Procurement, and has been managing people, projects, and resources in government and the private sector for more than 35 years. He wears multiple hats at Equinox, with a range of responsibilities including procurement, sourcing, contracts, and long-range planning. He is responsible for the development and management of our strategic alliances with subcontractors and suppliers.

Casey Lehmann

Vice President of Accounting

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Pete Hartenstine

Pete Hartenstine

Director of Construction

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 Reinhart

Corey Reinhart

Project Manager

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.

Alex Bruce

Alex Bruce

Project Manager

Alex is a project manager here at Equinox. As a licensed architect and Passive House consultant, he brings nearly a decade of experience designing large-scale, mixed-use and multi-family housing projects across the country. His expertise in creative problem solving, evaluating drawings, and interpreting building codes brings a unique set of skills to the Equinox team. In addition to playing the role of Project Manager, Alex closely reviews our projects for opportunities to optimize and improve the quality, durability, and affordability of every project that we develop or build.

Octavian Tita

Octavian Tita

Project Manager

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.

Steven SeaGraves

Assistant Project Manager

Steven joined Equinox as an Assistant Project Manager, and brings multiple years of experience in Curtainwall systems for large high-rise buildings. Since graduating from Drexel with a BS in Business and Engineering, Steven has worked in both Manhattan and Philadelphia on multiple large scale projects. From his on-site and in office experience he is well versed in field operations document control, submittals, RFI’s, field supervision and project controls. He is eager to tackle any project put in front of him, and loves the problem solving nature of our business.

Ethan Wesis

More info coming soon.

FIELD OPERATIONS

Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid

Site Steward

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. 

Sasha Vochits

Sasha Vochits

Senior Maintenance Technician

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.  

Michael Scahill

Michael Scahill

Superintendant

Michael is a superintendent for Equinox and has been in the industry for over 22 years. He started out in a cabinet shop in high school and developed an attention to detail that follows him to this day. Michael is diligent in driving the project schedule and quality goals and leaves no stone unturned when it comes to exceeding expectations. His leadership of our safety program is no exception. 

Michael Delgrande

Superintendent

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Michael Haffner

Assistant Superintendent

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Bill Barber

Director of Field Operations

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Dereck Garvin

Site Steward

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Dah’Sair Boyd

Site Steward

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Viktor Stefanovych

Viktor Stefanovych

Lead Maintenance Tech

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. 

Igor Antonuk

Igor Antonuk

Maintenance Tech

As a maintenance tech, Igor helps all residents with loose ends that need to be tied up. Igor enjoys learning about different trades and working on various property management projects including routine maintenance requests, turnovers, and capital improvement projects.
Maurice Foxworth

Maurice Foxworth

Laborer

Maurice is part of our construction labor and site management team.  He is diligent and excited about his work.  He loves being a part of a project from beginning to end and getting to see it go from drawings to a complete building where people live. 

ADMIN

Colwin Bocasan

Colwin Bocasan

Property Manager

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. 

Chali Cooke

Chali Cooke

Leasing Associate

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.

Star Little

Star Little

Special Projects

Star has been a part of the Equinox team since 2008 and has a variety of roles with special attention to property management, marketing, and sales.  She loves everything about real estate, and is especially passionate about how real estate can transform communities and lives.

Contact Us

1521 N 31st Street, Suite 100, Philadelphia, PA 19121

Property Management/Leasing: 215-966-8627

info@equinoxmc.com