Our Team

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. 

Nithya Vemireddy began her career in community development and nonprofit consulting in India. She pivoted her career to real estate development as a Development Associate for Domingo Property Management. Her responsibilities included securing entitlements for a $20MM 850-unit self-storage development in the City of Fairfield and managing a portfolio consisting of residential, retail, and industrial properties valued at $185MM. Nithya graduated from University of California in Berkeley with a Master’s in Real Estate Development + Design in July 2022. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Santa Clara University, with majors in Psychology and Public Health Science. Nithya was class president and participated in the Bank of America Low Income Challenge.

Miguel began his career in Public Service and in the Non-Profit sector, where he had the opportunity to intern in the state legislature as a Legislative Assistant for the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom. This experience increased his passion for affordable housing and the issue of homelessness, which then pivoted his career to working for the Non-Profit Organization Families in Transition of Santa County as a Housing Navigator advocating for families experiencing homelessness. Miguel holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California Davis, majoring in Political Science - Public Service and a Minor in Communication studies. Miguel is in the last year of his Master’s in Urban Planning and Advanced Certification in Real Estate Development (CRED) from San Jose State University.

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.