Rick Wilczak

Founded in 1997 Garfield Public/Private LLC (GPP) has a mission to finance and develop essential buildings for cities, counties, state agencies, universities and K-12 schools, airports, hospitals and other public agencies. GPP has completed over $2 billion in essential facilities for its public clients including among others, the Municipal Court of Atlanta; the Region 1 Headquarters Office Building for New York's Department of Transportation; The "Bundle of 8"​ Primary Schools for Los Angeles Unified School District; the Public Safety Training Campus for Reno, NV; Convention and Conference Center Headquarter Hotels from Puerto Rico to Michigan, to Kansas and Texas, including the Westin Irving Convention Center Hotel which opened in 2019; and Performing Arts Centers for Durham, Salt Lake, and the $158 million Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences in Lubbock, Texas. Garfield Public/Private leads development teams bringing either creative tax-exempt financing or private equity and debt to facilitate the delivery of essential new buildings. Garfield delivers these facilities using Turnkey Design-Build agreements, and has and outstanding on-time, on-budget track record for its clients. GPP leads P3 structuring for public clients throughout the nation, managing teams of contractors, architects and engineers, lawyers and bankers, as well as property management firms for true Design-Build-Finance-Operate turnkey delivery.