About Us
About Us
John C. Smyth founded Real Property Solutions (RPS) in 2004. As President of RPS, his first consulting assignment was to deliver numerous designed, engineered, permitted and budgeted construction packages. These packages consisted of a completed fast track; exterior, base building systems, common areas, tenant improvements and a mission critical data center for immediate occupancy. The landlord and tenant packages were completed in less than three months so the tenant could occupy the space on schedule.
The next several projects included the renovation of a historical home in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, creating labor harmony and technology upgrades for a new Center City restaurant, and completing business plans for several community organizations. Another early assignment was assisting and leading Philadelphia Charter School to determine if they should purchase a former school facility or continue to lease. RPS assisted a developer to convert apartments to condominium units in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and created condominiums in the South Beach, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada markets. Another client had RPS working closely with Wilmington, DE code officials allowing the developer to lease a high-rise building with small office suites. RPS worked in the Philadelphia suburbs with a development company assisting the corporate office in developing standard operating procedures and served as the Project Manager for several building renovations,
Over the years RPS has been involved with several condominium projects, The Rittenhouse Savoy retained RPS to develop a new fitness center and the project lenders for 1706 Rittenhouse utilized RPS for their due diligence. RPS has managed a Chestnut Hill College elevator modernization project, served as project manager overseeing building improvement at the Chelsea located at 1515 Locust, and evaluated operating and capital budgets for the Murano. Recently, RPS provided owner's consultation and property management for the sale & acquisition of the historic Public Ledger Building. RPS also provided project management and owner's representation for a large-scale data center move undertaken by Saul Ewing. Additionally, John is the Asset Manager for a leading Philadelphia telecommunications building.
