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geoff golden
Geoff Golden is the founder and Managing Partner of Golden Development. Geoff drives the strategic vision to harvest the value of the Design, Manufacture, Construct methodology from the traditional development market. A Birmingham native and Auburn Building Science alumnus, Geoff has a significant track record in both the construction and development of many projects throughout the southeast. A multifamily development resume that goes back to 1992 and the founding of Giattina Golden Development, continuing through 2007 as one of four founding partners in Corporate Realty. Geoff has acted as the General Partner in a variety of asset classes on numerous meaningful projects in Birmingham’s central business district. Geoff had an early vision of a fully integrated developer that designed, built and ultimately owned the projects. This led to the founding of Golden Construction in 1998. In 2010 Geoff made an investment in BLOX, who codified the Design, Manufacture, Construct methodology. In a strategic move to harness the power of the methodology Golden Construction merged with Appleseed Workshop to become Creature in 2017. A fully integrated Design, Manufacture, Construct (DMC) firm positioned to harvest the massive waste and slow production in the traditional AEC industry. The next chapter is the re-emergence of Golden Development to create a differentiated investment model for professional equity investors to access development opportunities in a manner that is significantly more efficient, less risky and a faster capital turn on invested dollars. Beyond Geoff’s professional work, he is a family man with three kids, and avid golfer and Lake Martin enthusiast.
mike gibson
Mike is the Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Architect of Creature. Mike creates the environment and processes that allow the Design, Manufacture, Construct Methodology to flourish at Creature. Mike is a native of Mobile Alabama, but since graduating from Auburn in 2006 with a bachelor’s in architecture and a Masters in City Planning he and his wife Brooke and their 3 kids have called Birmingham their home. In 2005, while in graduate school Mike Started Appleseed Workshop, a design build firm. Driven by a vision for Birmingham and necessity to succeed Appleseed was quickly established as the best solution for the up and coming food and beverage scene in Birmingham. The cost effective, high speed delivery solution propelled the development of numerous adaptive reuse project in Birmingham’s city center. 2016 Mike met Geoff Golden and the Design, Manufacture, Construct methodology. Mike saw an opportunity to improve the delivery model and use it to continue to affect his vision for Birmingham on a larger scale. In 2017 Golden Construction merged with Appleseed workshop to become Creature. A fully integrated Design, Manufacture, Construct (DMC) firm positioned to harvest the massive waste and slow production in the traditional AEC industry. Under Mikes leadership Creature has delivered award winning design with the completion of numerous large-scale iconic projects in Birmingham. Mike is very involved in several local philanthropic endeavors aimed at solving some of Birmingham’s most immediate socio-economic issues.