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Developing profitable partnerships and properties in Austin, Texas

About

Zydeco Development is a privately held Commercial Real Estate Development firm based in Austin, TX. We have spent the last three decades building millions of square feet, focused on master planned business parks and communities. With roots deep in the local area, our firm has also dedicated significant time and resources to various non-profit organizations and projects.
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Zydeco’s name stems from the Zydeco music genre that our team is known to enjoy after work hours on the porch of our historical office downtown. As a tight knit, entrepreneurial team, we pride ourselves in a uniquely flexible and creative approach to making our big ideas come to life.

Focus

Development

Our integrated process from beginning of development until completion of a project ensures an innovative asset with thoughtful planning at a prudent cost.

Investment

Using our own capital or investing alongside others, we source and execute acquisitions, joint ventures, and equity investments by pursuing returns in-line with our value add strategies and opportunistic outlooks.

Property Management

We have an in house property management team that is responsible for overseeing operations and maintenance at properties across several industries— from commercial office buildings to retail spaces.

Asset Management

Our focus on capital structure and high-level portfolio strategy promotes operation efficiency and improves performance of our real estate portfolio. We are constantly analyzing sale/hold strategies. Zydeco also offers in-house construction management on a 3rd party basis.

Projects

We've been responsible for the development, leasing, sales and management of over 4,000,000 square feet of industrial, office, and retail space in the Austin area.

MetCenter

2020
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The Jones Center

2010
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Central Texas Food Bank

2018
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Preston Village

2016
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St. Tropez

2000
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Leadership

Howard Yancy

Howard Yancy

Principal and Founder
Eric Marcella

Eric Marcella

Principal

Howard Yancy

Partner and Founder

Meghan Yancy

Principal

Wes Gilmer

Principal

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Howard Yancy

Partner and Founder

Howard has over 30 years of real estate experience in a variety of capacities, including 23 years as President of Zydeco. Before founding Zydeco in 1994, Howard practiced law with the law firm of Shapiro, Edens & Cook, then left to pursue real estate, starting with various RTC and FDIC properties. He has developed, secured tenants for, and successfully exited some of the largest institutional quality office, industrial and data center real estate transactions in the last two decades in Central Texas. Howard graduated magna cum laude with a B.B.A from Texas A&M University, J.D., with honors, from University of Texas School of Law, and L.L.M. in Taxation from NYU School of Law. He is also a CPA. He is very involved philanthropically in the Austin area and considers his philanthropic endeavors more important than anything he has ever done in the business and real estate sector. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Salvation Army and has served on numerous other boards including Caritas, KLRU, and the Peoples Community Clinic.

Meghan Yancy

Principal

At Zydeco, Meghan focuses on new acquisitions and manages all parts of the development process from land planning to construction and asset management. She has been intimately involved with the MetCreative development of over 240,000 SF of creative office and the master planning of the 500,000 SF to come in Phase II, while spearheading Zydeco's pursuit of new verticals. Prior to coming back to Austin, Meghan obtained a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Southern California.

Wes Gilmer

Principal

Wes joined Zydeco Development in November 2022 where he is responsible for sourcing potential investment opportunities, assisting with debt and equity origination, and supporting active development projects. Prior to joining Zydeco Development, Wes spent 4.5 years with JLL Capital Markets (previously Holliday Fenoglio Fowler) in Dallas, TX. While there, he was responsible for the underwriting and execution of institutional commercial property transactions throughout the country. Wes has underwritten over $10.0 billion and assisted in the closing of more than $4.1 billion of commercial real estate assets across multiple property types. His transaction experience includes single-asset and portfolio-level sale transactions, joint venture equity placement for acquisitions and development as well as recapitalizations, construction financing, conventional permanent financing, and crossed asset portfolio financing. Wes holds a B.B.A. in Finance with a specialization in Real Estate Finance from the Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University.

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