Rodney C. Boden | Vice President, Investment & Development | ViaWest Group

As Vice President, Investment & Development, Rodney is responsible for development projects in Phoenix, development and acquisition efforts in Southern California, programmatic build-to-suit work for Tesla, and multifamily acquisitions in Phoenix and other markets. Rodney has 8+ years of real estate investment, asset management, development, construction management, and financial analysis experience and before ViaWest worked as a development director in the retail and multifamily spaces. Rodney’s previous role as a debt analyst at HFF/JLL Capital Markets, a global capital markets brokerage firm, has positioned him to oversee all financial modeling and underwriting for development in the Phoenix and Southern California markets. His responsibilities also include sourcing investments, market research, due diligence, coordination of entitlements and design, construction management, leasing, tenant improvement construction management, and disposition.
Rodney holds a B.A. in Psychological and Brain Sciences from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD as well as two graduate degrees from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University: Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Real Estate Development (MRED). Rodney is an active member of ULI and NAIOP and is currently a Director for the W. P. Carey Foundation in New York, NY. An East Coast native, Rodney now claims Phoenix as home along with his wife and children.