Who is Dover Investment

Albert Einstein

"We love real estate development because of the creative nature of its success. Every site is different. Every market is different. Every city is different. Every possible use offers different opportunities for the imagination to ponder and to seek reward."

Jim Coker, CEO

A fifth-generation Texan born in Albany, Texas, Jim attended Albany Public Schools and received the Albon Abbott Mather Headmaster’s Scholarship to The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Successful studies, hard work and good fortune rewarded him with the Edward A. Wilson scholarship to Yale University where he graduated from The Yale School of Engineering.

After active duty in the United States Marine Corps, he joined Texas Instruments in Dallas as an Industrial Engineer and Financial Planner. He became a partner with Trammell Crow and was a Managing Partner for more than 15 years. Coker was an early user of computers for real estate investment and risk analysis in real estate developments. He developed the first financial analysis for minicomputers in the Trammell Crow Company.

He was one of the original five members of the first Real Estate Advisory Committee of the Yale Endowment Fund, Yale University, served on the Yale Development Board and the Yale Library Committee. He has been an Executive Member of the Commercial and Office Development Council of the Urban Land Institute in Washington, D.C. and a guest Lecturer at the Graduate School of Business and Texas A & M and the Graduate Real Estate School, Southern Methodist University.

He served on the Urban Land Institute Consulting Panel for The Union Terminal in Washington, D.C. for AMTRAK and the U.S. Congress. He was Chairman of the ULI Consulting Panel for the City of Abilene, Texas and was Editorial Advisor for the Urban Land Institute publications "Mixed-Use Development" and "Office Building Development”. As a Consultant to Sabre, then a subsidiary of American Airlines, AMR, he was part of a team responsible for the construction and financing of a computer facility to serve the French National Railroad, Le Chemin de Fer Francais, in France. He developed the Columbine Condominiums in Crested Butte, Colorado, and assisted in the planning and development of that resort and ski area with the Calloway family.

Coker was the first Chairman, for three years, and is Chairman Emeritus, of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society a 66-acre botanical garden which is one of Dallas’ premier cultural attractions. He has been a Board Member of the Dallas Opera, a Trustee of the Dallas Ballet and a director of KERA Public Television in Dallas.

Dover assembles the best available team from specialists to serve your needs. We believe that the selection of architects, engineers, estimators, construction managers, sales and leasing agents, property managers, asset managers and all others involved in a project should be carefully selected to meet the specific needs of our projects and those of our clients. This selection process is an important part of our success.

Experience, skills, honesty, integrity, intelligence, energy and positive “can-do” attitudes make up the character of those who have been successful with us on past projects. We insist on these traits in each of our team members. Available Dover team members are determined upon the identification of a project and its specific needs.

CURRENT CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS –

Analysis, planning and financial projections for upgrading of identified garden apartment projects, according to our “ Current Opportunities” criteria.

Preparation of feasibility and loan packages for an existing 1,200-acre sport resort and meeting facility and residential development.

Selection, analysis and feasibility studies for two high-rise apartment projects for conversion to condominiums. If selected, Phase Two will be to develop financial packages, architectural program guidelines and a marketing plan for these projects and negotiation of acquisition contracts.

CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES

B) We have developed plans and feasibility studies for increases of up to 50% of net leaseable area of some types of garden apartment projects without the need for increased amenities, parking or management costs. We are seeking financial partners and lenders who understand the apartment market and its immediate potential for excellent increased income and capital values.

C) We are seeking a financial partner for 5,000 homes in an offshore jurisdiction. Housing demand is extreme in most countries but we have not been interested in building overseas. There is only one country where building is safe, profitable and without the inherent political, currency and security risks. We have located affordable land and have local relationships, which make this project feasible.