Midddle Earth Developers, Inc.
Middle Earth Developers, Inc., is a real estate management and development firm operating in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since its inception, our company has specialized exclusively in renovating and remodeling historic buildings for residential and commercial uses. With our upcoming Parker Flats, we will undertake a new construction project in Cincinnati's venerable West Fourth Street Historic District. On all projects, Middle Earth Developers serves as its own developer, general contractor, and property manager/leasing agent. Our focus is to develop residential and mixed-use property in and around the Cincinnati Central Business District (CBD), with an emphasis on upscale apartments and condominiums. Keeping contracting in-house enables us to control all aspects of the project including project plans, construction schedule, and budget performance.
Company Organization
Our company currently has two operating divisions: Middle Earth Developers serves as the contracting and development entity, while Middle Earth Properties handles property management and ownership of company assets. Jay W. Voss and Timothy R. Voss are the senior partners in the firm. In 1996, the company brought in Dion Pangallo as a junior partner to serve as construction and project manager. In 2002, Glenn Kukla came aboard as a junior partner to prospect and develop new projects and to assist with project coordination.
The current administrative staff complement consists of two persons in our development group, three staff in the property management group, two employees in the maintenance department, and three in the construction group. MED also has a job site crew that typically numbers between fifteen and twenty employees. The remainder of construction related work is handled by subcontractors, all of whom are directly supervised by MED's staff.
Company Principals
Tim Voss has been involved in real estate development and management since 1986, mainly for properties and entities owned by the Voss family. He has led over fifteen major rehabilitation projects, resulting in completion of 160 fully remodeled residential rental units. Middle Earth Properties retains ownership of all these properties, which are located primarily in downtown Cincinnati, Over-the-Rhine, Camp Washington, Clifton, and East Walnut Hills. Currently, Tim supervises all construction and development cost estimating, project prospecting, and project management for Middle Earth Developers. Tim holds a B.S. in Management and an M.A. in History from Xavier University, and has attended Loyola University School of Law.
Jay Voss has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1981 and has worked as both an auditor for a major accounting firm (Ernst and Young) and as a controller for a major corporation (Vivi Color). Since 1995, Jay has been in charge of overseeing Middle Earth Properties' daily operations and managing the company's finances and taxes. Jay holds a B.A. in Accounting from Miami University of Ohio and an M.B.A. in Accounting from Xavier University.
Dion Pangallo has over 10 years experience in the construction industry and construction management. Since 1996, Dion has led the Middle Earth Developers construction group, and has served as on-site supervisor for all projects. He is currently in charge of managing all project subcontractors, as well as overseeing three construction crews, each comprised of carpenters, laborers, and tradespeople.
Glenn Kukla has over 7 years experience in real estate development in Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio. Before joining Middle Earth Developers, Glenn worked as a commercial loan officer and real estate consultant for the Cincinnati Development Fund from 1999 to 2001. He currently assists in managing projects in the process of development and helps with prospecting, financing, structuring, and managing new projects. Glenn holds a B.S. (with Honors) in Environmental Science from the University of Cincinnati.
Company History
Our company was established in 1992 by Jay Voss and Tim Voss. As a lifelong fan of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, Tim deemed it appropriate to name their new company after the fabled land. There are, however, no hobbits on the payroll at the moment.
Middle Earth Developers is the realization of another dream: to preserve and protect some of Cincinnati's irreplaceable historic architecture. Our recent projects have included the the Lofts at Graydon Place, a complete renovation of an eight-story, Classical Revival office building into 30 custom and semi-custom condominiums; the Kinsey Flats, which fully rehabilitated 3 Italianate commercial buildings into 25 industrial-style apartments; Gibson Lofts, a conversion of two 1870s buildings into 8 custom condominiums; the Williamson Lofts, a rehabilitation of an 1890s factory building into 26 loft-style apartments; and the Lofts at Fifth Street, which involved a complete remodeling of an 1890s commercial building into 5 custom condominiums.
Seventeen of our past projects were completed in full compliance with the design standards required by the National Park Service for receiving federal investment tax credits for rehabilitating historic buildings. Most of these buildings stood vacant for many years prior to their acquisition by Middle Earth Developers. Now completely remodeled, each has been restored to a full and active role in local community life.
