Joe McMillan is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DDG, an integrated

investment, development, design, construction and asset management firm focused on the

acquisition and development of real estate and underlying equity, debt or hybrid

securities.

Since founding the firm in 2009, DDG has become one of the most active developers in

Manhattan. Under McMillan’s tutelage the company has expanded its luxury real estate

portfolio to California and most recently Florida.

McMillan’s development portfolio of projects underway in prime locations in New York

City include 325 West Broadway in Soho, 12 Warren Street and 100 Franklin Street in

Tribeca, and his first tower at 180 East 88 th Street on the Upper East Side. The firm is also

developing its first residential development in Brooklyn at the former rental building The

Standish in Brooklyn Heights.

Other celebrated projects developed under his helm include 41 Bond in NoHo and the

price-record- breaking 345meatpacking in the Meatpacking District.

In San Francisco DDG is currently developing four architecturally adventurous

residential projects in the fashionable Hayes Valley neighborhood. McMillan also

recently spearheaded DDG’s acquisition of 532 West 20th Street in New York, and

Parcel T and 235 Valencia Street in San Francisco.

In addition to his developments in New York and California, McMillan led DDG through

its first foray into Florida with a new residential project in Palm Beach. Located at 3550

South Ocean Boulevard, the development will be the first new oceanfront luxury

condominium in the area in over a decade.

Prior to founding DDG McMillan was a senior member of the U.S. private equity

investment team at Och-Ziff Capital Management Group, an institutional alternative asset

management firm with over $45 billion of assets under management. He was also a

principal at Greenhill & Co., and a founding member of Greenhill Capital Partners

investment team managing $1.1 billion of equity capital.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, he holds a B.S. in Commerce, Concentration in

Finance. McMillan also served in the U.S. Army.

Simon Koster brings his unique engineering background and leadership to oversee development planning, design, coordination, and construction management teams across all projects. Focused on teaching, Koster builds people and teams who can build skyscrapers. His philosophy is to push design boundaries through rigorous process and by aligning incentives to bring forth a superlative product, regardless of sector.

Koster graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in Materials Engineering, and the University of Michigan with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. Prior to leading JDS, Koster gained invaluable experience working in research with Rutgers University, the United States Navy, the University of Michigan, and ExxonMobil. As a result, he is deeply familiar with fundamental scientific methods, writing, patents, and critical analysis.