Rod Malyshev In my own words
Meet Rod
Three minutes on where I come from and how I work.
About
I have sat on every side of the table.
Civil engineer, field coordinator, estimator and scheduler at California's largest general contractor, owner of my own properties, and now the development manager, estimator and owner's rep that developers, lenders and owners bring in when the budget and the jobsite have to agree.
Where it started
A family that built, bought and managed
My grandfather
Worked in a factory most of his life, and built an entire house by himself more than once.
My father
Chief construction engineer and asset manager for a bank. He built, bought, sold and managed commercial real estate, and I watched him run the full cycle.
What it taught me
A good real estate operator should be able to do it all. Every seat since has been about learning the next one.
The path
What I have been doing since college
- 2016–2017
USC · City of Los Angeles · Hensel Phelps
Two tracks at once
Finished engineering school while already working in construction.
In class
University of Southern CaliforniaB.S. Civil Engineering, structural engineering emphasis. Graduated May 2017.On the job
City of Los Angeles, Dept. of Public WorksCivil engineering intern, May 2016 to January 2017: preliminary cost estimates for $12M to $18M sewer line rehabilitation. Then cost management intern at Hensel Phelps, processing change orders on the $400M LAX terminal renovation. - 2017
Park Lane Projects
Straight to the jobsite
Construction project coordinator on a 20,000 SF, $18M residence in Los Angeles, running more than 50 subcontractors.
- 2018–2021
Swinerton Builders
Estimating and scheduling at California's largest general contractor
Three years on the estimating desk, then project scheduler. Hospitals, schools, parking structures and commercial work, hard bid and design-build.
- Estimated $295M+ of subcontractor trades on projects including Kaiser Watts, Providence Saint Joseph, Canyon High School Science Center and the LAX parking structure
- Two Swinerton Excellence Awards in 2020 for delivering within budget: $7M+ in trades on the Mercy Southwest Hospital development and lead estimate on the Sharp Coronado Hospital remodel
- Built and maintained schedules for projects from $2.5M to $50M
- Oct 2021
Plot twist
The work trip that went too well
Flew to Austin for work. Fell in love with the city. A month later I had quit my job and moved to Texas.
- 2021–2023
Owner and operator
Building my own portfolio
November 2021 through December 2023: searched for, renovated, launched and stabilized a short-term rental portfolio, six properties across Texas and California that I still manage today.
- 2024
Rod Malyshev Consulting
Started the firm
Opened Rod Malyshev Consulting to give developers, lenders and owners one person who works on both the money side and the construction side: underwriting and pro formas, cost estimates, and owner's representation.
- Today
Developers, lenders and owners
Development manager, estimator and owner's rep
Engagements now run from site selection to a finished building.
- Development management on a 216,000 SF, nine-building industrial park in Houston, a 25,880 SF industrial building in Nevada and an 11-unit luxury condominium in San Francisco
- Lead construction risk consultant to Banbridge Capital on eight hotel construction loans, with $115M of lender capital deployed
- Owner's rep on Texas projects including IMAGE Studios, Masons Meats and a 16-unit multifamily renovation in Dallas
- $1.2B+ underwritten across 90+ multifamily, hospitality, industrial, retail and mixed-use deals
Credentials
Training and tools
B.S. Civil EngineeringUniversity of Southern California, structural engineering emphasis
Two Swinerton Excellence Awards2020, for delivering hospital work within budget
SoftwareExcel modeling, CoStar, Yardi Matrix, Procore, Bluebeam, PlanSwift, Primavera P6, MS Project, Smartsheet
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