Principal

Gordon Ip, the principal of Genesis Real Estate Group, was born and raised in Hong Kong. His family has been involved in real estate investment and development for three generations. Mr. Ip attended the prestigious Diocesan Boys’ School of Hong Kong, eventually leaving this vibrant metropolitan city to complete high school at The Choate School in Connecticut. As an extension of his goals to experience the United States, he chose to attend a large public university and received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan with a major in marketing.

Mr. Ip’s first exposure to sales and marketing came when he sold books door to door with the Southwestern Book Company in undergraduate school. After graduation from Michigan, Mr. Ip obtained a management training and corporate marketing position with Dow Chemical, relocating to Dallas, TX in 1980. During those initial years in Dallas, real estate development piqued his interest. Mr. Ip decided to transition careers by attending graduate school at Southern Methodist University and pursuing two degrees simultaneously: a Masters of Business Administration concentrating in Finance and a Masters of Science in Real Estate Sciences

Real Estate Background

Following graduate school, Mr. Ip turned down offers of employment with Trammell Crow Company, Cadillac Fairview, Lincoln Property, Vantage Development and Criswell Development to focus on finding a company that offered a chance to experience all facets of real estate development, including acquisition, entitlement, planning, architectural design, financing, legal, construction, property management, and sales and marketing.

In 1983, Mr. Ip joined Pacific Realty Corp, a growing company that focused on multifamily development and allowed him to obtain a complete real estate development experience. While at Pacific, Mr. Ip honed his skills and utilized his desire to learn, attention to detail and business acumen to develop successful projects in cities such as Tulsa, Phoenix, Altamonte Springs, Dallas, and Albuquerque. During this time, Mr. Ip developed strong institutional relationships, which became the foundation for launching his own company in the future. It was during this time that Mr. Ip became the company’s interface with the Balcor Company, a division of American Express, and participated in over $250 million of transactions with Balcor.