Mark Jepson is Managing Partner, Executive Director, and General Counsel for
Commercial Investment Properties, Co. (“CIP”), a second-generation family-owned real
estate company headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. CIP is a vertically integrated
investment, construction, development, and management company with over thirty
communities and 6,500 units in the upper Midwest.
CIP has been actively developing new apartment communities in the Twin Cities Metro
since 2014, totaling over 500 units. Three additional projects are in the current
development pipeline-- Aspire at City Place in Woodbury (253 units), The Rowan in
Eagan (172 units) and a new project in pre-development in Plymouth (300 units plus
commercial).
Mark leads all site selection, purchases, sales, entitlement management, and strategic
development partnerships. He is also responsible for all matters of governance, capital
partnerships, direct equity investments and transaction management.
Prior to joining Commercial Investment Properties, Mark spent twenty-five years as a
leader and senior executive with a First Commerce Bancshares, Wells Fargo and Arbor
Bank in Lincoln, McCook, and Omaha Nebraska. During this time, Mark has served in
leadership roles with a numerous local and state housing, economic development and
philanthropic boards, including the Nebraska Commission for Housing and
Homelessness, the Nebraska Children and Family Foundation, the Nebraska
Diplomats, the Ambassadors and The McCook Economic Development Corporation.
Mark is the current Chapter Chair for YPO Gold Nebraska and is the Incoming Regional
Gold Chair for the Western Region of YPO International. Mark holds Bachelor of Arts
and Law Degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is a member of the
Nebraska Bar Association.