Leadership
Beginning with detailed market research and financial analysis, we ensure that a site is compatible with our vision and business plan. Our in-depth review of design, project specifications, and construction documents are essential to a seamless development process.
Blake Poston | Principal
As Founder of Cover2 Capital, Blake guides the vision and strategic direction for the company. Blake is responsible for the company’s investment strategy and execution.
Most recently, Blake served as Vice President of Investor Relations for S2 Capital where he developed a fundraising and investor relations strategy for the firm. Blake had also been an integral part of sourcing and underwriting multifamily acquisitions for S2 and a focal point of the due diligence process through closing. Blake began his career at Transwestern Development Company where he was responsible for underwriting, financial analysis, and construction management for ground up multifamily developments across Texas.
Blake played football and graduated from SMU with a degree in Economics. He is a member of the Touchdown Club of Dallas, which raises charitable contributions to support early childhood education for children with developmental disabilities like Down syndrome. Blake lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Savannah and their two kids, Poppy & Beau.
Mark Culwell | Principal
Mark maintains responsibility for the overall operation and management of each development.
Mark has over 38 years of real estate experience with 35 of those years specifically in multifamily. Most recently, Mark served as Managing Director of Multifamily development for Transwestern. Mark joined Transwestern after serving as Senior Vice President-Development for UDR, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust.
Prior to joining UDR, he served as Regional Vice President-Development for Gables Residential Trust. Mark began his career with Trammell Crow Residential as a divisional partner and since then has developed over 11,000 apartment homes and overseen $1.9 billion of new apartment development in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, the District of Columbia, North Carolina, California and Washington.
Mark attended Abilene Christian University on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in Marketing. Mark lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Mindy. They have two daughters and five grandchildren.
Chris Wolbrink | Director of Construction
Chris leads the management and coordination of all activities associated with the construction of the development.
Chris began his career in 1999 at The Beck Group. Since 2004, Chris has been working as a construction consultant providing design and construction financial control services to Owners on commercial construction projects including project planning, project team selection, process management, contract development, negotiations, claims management and evaluating construction risk.
As a consultant he has reviewed and analyzed over $10B in construction contracts and managed construction claims from $10K to over $100M. In 2017, Chris co-founded SiteTraxx, a hardware and software solution for construction event and resource tracking, reporting and analytics.
Chris lives in Dallas, TX as an Oklahoma State Cowboy with his wife Kimberly and their son Carter.
Bryan Welty | Director of Design
Bryan leads all aspects associated with planning and design of the development.
Bryan has over 30 years of design and development experience in the DFW market, including single family, multi-family, retail, and mixed-use projects. Most recently, Bryan has worked with Cambridge Homes, completing more than 20 single family and multi-family residential subdivisions. He was responsible for site location and due diligence, as well as the site and dwelling unit designs.
Prior to Cambridge, Bryan spent 10 years with 36 Power Equity, a developer of retail, pad sites, and mixed-use projects. He was responsible for every facet of development, from land acquisition, entitlement, design & construction coordination through disposition.
Bryan started his career at Welty & Associates, a family architecture firm specializing in multi-family. Over his years at the firm, he completed over 120 apartment communities. Bryan lives in the Lakewood neighborhood of Dallas with his wife Callie and daughters Mazie and Hazel. His oldest, Elizabeth is following in his footsteps at the University of Texas.