Sterling was founded in 1969 by Melvin W. Jackson as a real estate development and construction firm. Initial efforts included construction of low income housing under a variety of U.S. governmental programs. Sterling expanded into a full service real estate development firm, completing projects in residential, apartment, retail and office development. In all, Sterling has completed 1,600 single family home sites, 3,400 apartment units, 1,150,000 square feet of office and retail space, for a total value of $380M. Sterling has been a full or partial owner of the majority of projects undertaken. Some of our signature developments include Sterling Plaza office building, Virginia Square Shopping Center and Cedar Ridge Estates.

Stuart joined Sterling in 1994, initially focused on marketing and lease negotiations for Sterling’s portfolio of office and retail properties. Stuart handled all the construction services for the portfolio and began to offer third party construction management and tenant improvement services to other owners. Projects included full suite build-outs, lobby renovations and large office/showroom finish-outs. In the late 1990’s, recognizing an opportunity, Stuart began to develop infill residential projects. Some of these projects were done in conjunction with the Dallas County Replacement Housing Program. Sterling expanded this construction experience into residential community development. Stuart led the land development projects, including design, engineering, city negotiations, permits and approvals, construction management, budgets and debt acquisition, as well as marketing and selling the lots. Stuart is now Managing Partner of Sterling.

Stuart grew up in Dallas, graduating from Highland Park High School. Stuart earned a BA in History and a minor in International Studies at Wake Forest University. Stuart is a member of the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas, the Urban Land Institute of North Texas and Residential Strategies.

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Mel joined Sterling in 2013 and is responsible for the company’s Energy and Technology services. Over the past 20 years, Mel has worked on three continents in a variety of business development, project management, consulting and financial roles for and on behalf of companies in the energy, telecommunications and healthcare industries (including Chevron, Elf, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Qualcomm, Ericsson, BP, Ineos, Marathon, Exelon and SAIC). Prior to joining Sterling Projects, Mel was a Sr. Project Manager at SAIC, a Fortune 500 engineering firm, where he led a wide variety of telecommunications, cyber-security and infrastructure projects for enterprise clients in the Oil & Gas, Nuclear Generation and Utility sectors as well as for State & Local customers.

Mel is a Limited Partner of Sterling Projects based in Boise, Idaho. He has an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a B.S. from Georgetown University. He is a member of the Project Management Institute and is PMP-certified. In his spare time Mel loves to trail-run, SUP, ski, play tennis and travel.

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