Gladdit brings institutional capital management and AI-driven analytics. Skycrest Development brings 25 years of land development execution. We invest our own capital alongside yours.
Sponsor and fund manager. Investment selection, financial control, investor & lender reporting, and the data toolkit behind our underwriting. Led by a senior enterprise AI executive with an institutional finance background.
Development partner. Land acquisition, entitlement, engineering, and horizontal construction — 25 years of delivery across TN, GA, NV, and AL, and an established relationship with D.R. Horton's Knoxville Division.
Senior Director of Data Analytics & AI at a $9B company; built its first AI team and enterprise AI roadmap; delivered $30M+ in annual AI-driven savings. Active land investor: 5,000+ acres under management; 533 acres realized at 2.0x ($28MM, 2026, unaudited). Began his career in industrial automation at Rockwell. MBA, Finance & Strategy (Ohio State); M.S. Electrical Engineering.
Licensed Professional Engineer (GA, OR, TN, CA) with 23 years across land development and civil infrastructure. Led Cherokee Overlook (272 lots delivered to D.R. Horton), Skyview Estates (572 lots), and Skyranch (489 lots). Leads feasibility, underwriting, budgets, and delivery on Redbank.
25+ years and thousands of lots across Tennessee, Georgia, Nevada, and Alabama for builders including D.R. Horton, Pulte, Centex, and Century Communities. Known for budget discipline, value engineering, and entitlement navigation.
Private investor and business partner in real estate investment and project financing. Co-funds project equity alongside the managing principal — part of the GP capital invested in every Gladdit program.
Relevant experience of the Gladdit principals and Skycrest Development — completed through separate affiliated entities, illustrating capability. Not investments of Gladdit Capital or any Gladdit fund.
A founder-led introduction to the company, the Redbank program, and how AI changes land development. Filming with the first drone footage of the site.
In productionXia Zhu and Tim Wyatt are principals of Skycrest Development LLC, Gladdit's development joint-venture partner, not of Gladdit Capital. Letters excerpted from signed originals (full copies available to qualified investors); the lender reference shown is sample placeholder text pending an authorized quote.
