Our Team
Jim Lee
Jim directs all aspects of the company’s operations. Prior to 720 Companies, he was a commercial real estate appraiser with a focus on self-storage valuation for owners, lenders, and tax appeal clients.
For 10 years, Jim was president of a regional wholesale distributor with an annual sales volume of $20 million. Since then, he has developed, acquired, managed, and sold more than 30 self-storage facilities comprising more than 15,000 units and two million leasable square feet.
Other real estate developments have included retail centers, offices, warehouses, free-standing net leased retail properties, and horizontal land development.
Andy Heard
Andy provides expertise in capital formation, partnership structure, and investor relations. He is currently a managing principal with Novak Brothers in Georgetown, Texas, and serves as city leader for the Austin office of Hines.
With Hines, Andy has been directly involved in the feasibility, analysis, development, asset management, and acquisition of commercial property throughout the southwest.
Mary Catherine Ward
Mary Catherine serves many functions for all the 720 Companies, LP, and has most recently been instrumental in the turnaround of our acquisition, of the Riverside Boat & RV Storage facility in Oklahoma City.
She has an extensive background and experience with financial reporting, financial analysis, investor relations, and cash management. She worked for 16 years in the oil & gas industry, for SemGroup (NYSE: SEMG), in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Mary Catherine graduated from University of Oklahoma, with a major in Finance, while on athletic scholarship for women’s soccer and attaining Big 12 all-academic honors.
Mary Catherine is currently a board member at Monte Cassino Catholic School in Tulsa, assisting with financial planning. Mary Catherine lives in Tulsa, OK, with her husband, Jeremy, and two very active teenagers.
