Locations
HRS Communities LLC
President
Key Contacts
Owners, Principals & Senior Executives
Jeff Katzen's Bio
In July of 2010, Jeff started Home Renewal Realty to handle the sales transactions for Home Renewal Systems. Jeff’s experience in both residential and commercial real estate including residential sales, leasing, land, development, and investment strategies helped establish and grow the brokerage by handling residential transactions, including non-distress sales, short sales, criteria for sales under the national Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Jeff’s commercial transaction experience and work with local and national developers and builders on land acquisition strategies bring added strength to our real estate team.
A real estate professional since 1994, Jeff’s experience, attention to detail, strong customer focus, and business and marketing background add valuable assets to the HRS development team.
Tracey Katzen's Bio
With a Masters Degree in elementary education, Tracey taught at Detroit County Day school until 2000, taking a break to raise her three children. Once her children were in school full time Tracey decided to launch a new venture. As the fifth generation of her family in the real estate and development field, Tracey has followed the example of her father and grandfather. In 2007, with the support of her father and advisor, Bernard “Bernie” Glieberman, Tracy launched Home Renewal Systems, LLC (HRS) – a for profit full service real estate development company created to respond to the housing market crisis.
HRS specializes in supporting the unique housing needs of urban and distressed housing markets creating public and private partnerships that support the individual needs of each market. Since inception, HRS has built or renovated more than 465 Ohio and Michigan homes.
In this next phase of her career, Tracey looks forward to continuing to develop a wide variety of home products that provide today’s amenities in communities that offer new options for community living for families and active seniors.
Operations
Amy L. Wess's Bio
Amy oversees the execution and management of vendor, government, and municipal contracts, as well as property acquisition, proformas, and budget reconciliations ensuring that regulatory and funding compliance issues are met. Amy’s commitment to fiscal responsibility supports continuous improvement in managing quality standards and cost savings and vendor management. This operations management system supports timely environmental reports as well as draws, reimbursements, and cash flow.
Amy has more than twenty years of experience in accounting with extensive experience in the operations of land development and residential construction companies, including six years working for Crosswinds Communities as controller for the national division of construction/land development.
Amy is passionate about our programs and providing clients with superior service to help provide housing opportunities to individuals and families.
Other
Dan Jankowski's Bio
For nearly twenty years, Dan has developed extensive marketing research skills working with national builders and developers. For the past ten years, Dan has helped inform acquisitions and land development strategies at HRS by creating and maintaining market analysis and research systems.
Dan’s work brings a competitive edge to HRS proposals and strategies as he illustrates research data and analysis of market trends, environment, and demographic data. His analytical, technical mapping and systems knowledge provide critical support to the development team.
Dan is an alumnus of Oakland University.