Andrew Colom is an accomplished writer and real estate developer. He graduated from Columbia University in 2005 with a degree in Literature and Creative Writing. He received a full scholarship from the New York Times to pursue a Masters in Fine Arts and finished his Masters in 2007. Besides pursuing the arts through writing, film production, and theater, he started a real estate company in his hometown of Columbus, Mississippi. He started with 5 Single Family Homes and built a portfolio of up to 15 houses and 300 apartment units. He has worked in all facets of real estate from small to large scale renovations to new home construction, property management, and real estate bookkeeping.

Andrew moved to Detroit in February of 2015 to focus on using the arts and real estate development to improve Detroit's neighborhoods through community partnerships.
 

Jonathan Holloway is driven by the power of community and citizens to create inclusive spaces, build equity, rehabilitate individuals, and revitalize cities and regions through industry and culture.

Jonathan has participated in over $2.0 billion in real estate acquisitions and development domestically and internationally, spanning the residential, industrial, commercial and hospitality market segments. Jonathan’s experience includes A&E Real Estate, Standard Hotels, Bunkhouse Group, Avant Gardner & The Brooklyn Mirage. Additionally, he has advised on over $70 billion of capital markets structuring transactions at Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital, and Lehman Brothers.

Jonathan holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business, and he has served in volunteer positions with St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Manhattan Land Trust, Muscular Dystrophy Association, and other organizations. 

In 2016, Jonathan’s love of history, architecture, movement, and music first drew him to Detroit as the Paris of the West, Motor City, Motown, and the birthplace of techno. 

Jonathan relocated from New York City to Detroit in 2021 to join the Century Partners team. His responsibilities include overseeing the construction management of our existing portfolio and value-add capital strategy, identifying and implementing cash flow optimization strategies, and building out our hospitality practice. 

Elizabeth Jefferson, “EJ”, was born and raised in Detroit and graduated from Redford High School. After college, she started a career in property management as an Office Manager at Brewster Homes in 2014. The team there quickly recognized EJ’s strong work ethic and powerful interpersonal skills which allowed her to rise quickly through the ranks and become a lead property manager.

Since then, EJ has managed a diverse array of multifamily property typologies ranging from 75+ unit townhome communities to 250 unit single asset multifamily buildings. Through this work, EJ discovered a great passion for people and building connected resident communities. In 2017, she received her Real Estate License from the State of Michigan. EJ loves the business of property management and is always searching for ways to evolve and diversify her ever expanding skill set. 

EJ joined Century Partners as a Property Manager and is excited to align her talents with the team’s mission: to rebuild Detroit and help Detroiters achieve wealth via homeownership. 

Zishan Hussain Sumbal is an accomplished Construction Manager with more than 10 years of experience within the industry. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University with a focus on the science of the art of construction. After matriculating from MSU, Zishan moved to the Jesse D Jones School of Engineering to study construction engineering. In 2019, Zishan graduated with a Master’s in Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Zishan began his career managing the construction of commercial rental units in Lansing, MI with his father in 2009. After his time in Lansing, he moved on to Flint, MI where he shifted his focus to multifamily property development. His experience working in Flint influenced Zishan’s decision to ultimately move to the city of Detroit and join the Century Partners team. He was struck by the similarities between the two Rustbelt cities, from the shared historical narratives to their tough and resilient residents.

Zishan moved to Detroit in 2021 to help develop high quality and sustainable housing for Detroit’s current and future residents. He is excited to play a part in helping to make Detroit’s revitalization momentum more equitable. Zishan manages the rehabilitation of assets within Century Partners single family home portfolio and the value-add capital improvement strategy and implementation for our multifamily portfolio.

Aaron Wright’s background is in property preservation, project management, residential rehabs and property management. He has rehabbed over 700 homes over the Detroit and Metro Detroit area. In his most recent position, Aaron was the property manager for over 500 properties, located primarily in the city of Detroit.

Aaron was born and raised in Metro Detroit. He started his career working for the property preservation department of Flagstar Bank headquartered in the northern Metro Detroit area. Since making a career shift to Construction & Project Management in 2014 for a privately owned company, he has led the creation rental properties, rehabilitation of homes for sale and property management in Detroit. After immersing himself in Detroit, like many of us, he fell in love with the city. More profoundly, he has fallen in love with the idea of being part of the story of Detroit. To bring it back not just to its former glory, but also into the future as a young and modern city of tomorrow.

Cynthia Lewis (“CeCe”) is a born and bred Detroiter and business maven in the making. CeCe is relentlessly committed to bring families home, believing that settled families build thriving communities.

Prior to joining the Century Partners team, CeCe spent 5 years in the customer service + hospitality industry, improving service performance at some of world’s most prominent hotel brands. Additionally, she brings 4 years of real estate management experience across various asset types in Michigan and Minnesota.

Cynthia’s love for building empowered communities stems from being raised by a large extroverted family in one of the longest standing community neighborhoods in Detroit, University District. The close knit village she experienced as a youth forms the foundation of her dedication to see neighbors to empower each other; the same kind of environment to which she wants to bring her own children home.

After working for many years in the customer service and hospitality industries, Cynthia is thrilled to get back to her Detroit roots and to continue to provide extraordinary customer experiences, with excellence, accuracy, and efficiency. 

Jonae Maxey is a native Detroiter who grew up on Detroit’s East Side. She is an aspiring real estate human capital consultant, real estate developer and investor who is passionate about revitalizing inner city communities while bringing communities together. She is a rising senior at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. On the weekends, she teaches high school students from Detroit and metro-Detroit entrepreneurship at the business school. During her time at Michigan she founded the International Deaf and Hearing Alliance where she takes students to Mexico to volunteer with the Deaf community. She also is a member of the optiMize program where she received funding to pursue her first rehab in the city of Detroit. In her spare time, she volunteers within her community and educate inner city communities on real estate investing.

As a 2020 Summer Fellow, Jonae will be assisting in the acquisition, leasing, and marketing aspects of the business. Leveraging her business acumen and community development knowledge, she will find new ways for us to connect with the community.