Our Team
President & CEO
inovin@novindevelopment.com
(925) 344-6244 x 101
Based in NDC’s Walnut Creek office, Iman is responsible for all new development, consulting & brokerage activities.
Iman has over 20 years of experience in the multifamily development sector with a focus in mixed-income and transit-oriented development. Prior to starting Novin Development, Iman worked at MidPen Housing as Director of Acquisitions and at BRIDGE Housing as a Project Manager in both northern and southern California.
While at MidPen, Iman lead acquisition efforts across the Bay Area, closing new deals and managing broker and investor relationships. While at BRIDGE, Iman helped secure entitlements and LEED ND certification for MacArthur Transit Village, a 675-unit master plan community in Oakland among other successful investment and development projects. Prior to BRIDGE, Iman worked in the real estate and planning divisions of Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC, now Civic San Diego) on redevelopment and affordable housing policy initiatives within the Downtown San Diego Redevelopment Project Area, as well as with Keyser Marston Associates (KMA) in their San Diego office.
Iman is active locally serving on the Walnut Creek Planning Commission and Board of Directors of the Trinity Center and Chamber of Commerce. Iman also serves on the Contra Costa County Council on Homelessness as the Affordable Housing Chair. Iman is on the boards of various non-profit service providers, housing advocacy organizations and emerging developers including Berkeley Food and Housing, SF Yimby and Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building Board of Trustees. As an elected CADEM delegate in Assembly District 16, Iman endorses legislation and pro-housing candidates at the State level. Iman holds degrees in Structural Engineering and Urban Studies and Planning from the University of California, San Diego with honors. In his free time Iman enjoys spending time with his family, mountain biking, cooking, learning to play the sitar, snowboarding and working on his PropTech company ProforMap.com.
Director of Finance
hchoudhary@novindevelopment.com
925-344-6244 ext. 114
Based in Novin's Walnut Creek office, Hiral manages Novin's development accounting team.
Hiral holds over fifteen years of experience as a finance controller and certified auditor in the corporate arena. She impacts the organization through financial planning and analysis, process development and improvements, contract management, contract negotiations, budget planning and control, team building and development, forecasting, quantitative analysis skills, excel modeling, data-driven analysis, and creation of dashboards to improve business processes & performance to maintain operating rhythms. Hiral holds an MBA from the University of New Haven, CT, and is a Certified Public Accountant.