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Mr. Nootens joined AvalonBay Communities in 2007 as Vice President, Engineering and Maintenance, to oversee engineering and maintenance services and programs for their national portfolio.
Mr. Nootens has more than 27 years of real estate and consulting experience. He previously served as Vice President of Engineering and Construction for Equity Office Properties’ eastern portfolio. In this role his department managed capital planning and project management, redevelopment projects, physical due diligence, engineering training, and environmental and life safety programs for approximately 57 million square feet in over 190 properties. As Director of Engineering for the DC and NY Regions, he had direct operations and engineering management responsibility for six portfolios and 170 operating engineers.
Before joining Equity Office in 1996, Mr. Nootens served as Regional Manager for a national engineering services company, where he had full P&L responsiblity for providing operations engineering labor and management services to commercial and institutional real estate clients. Prior to entering the real estate industry, Mr. Nootens spent over 5 years as an engineer specializing in utility power plant design and construction.
Mr. Nootens earned his Master of Management degree from Northwestern University, and his Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in six states, holds IFMA’s Certified Facility Manager designation, and is a member of ASHRAE. | 