Brian Austin

Since joining Lincoln in 1985, Brian Austin has performed and coordinated the analysis of successfully completed development projects with total costs in excess of $5.0 billion, and is responsible for the underwriting and analysis of more than $2.5 billion in multi-family acquisitions. In addition, Mr. Austin was involved in the underwriting and closing of more than $3.4 billion in private placement financing for military PPV family housing ventures, utilizing both fixed and synthetic-fixed rate financing strategies. These military PPV ventures included over $2.3 billion of related investment agreements. During his career, Mr. Austin has been responsible for and/or assisted in closing construction and permanent loans in excess of $3.6 billion, including a $230 million facilities loan on the 7,000-unit Dallas-based Village community. Utilizing various formats, he has successfully completed implementation of interest rate hedging strategies for over $2.2 billion of variable rate property construction loans.

Mr. Austin holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University (1981) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He has been a member of the CFA Society of Dallas / Ft. Worth since 1990 and served as the Director of Finance for the Dallas Inter/FC Youth Soccer Club from 2001-2006.