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In 1996, Pohlson and Ryan began the Northern California division of Brookfield Residential Properties , a Calgary- based company that operates in nearly a dozen locales in the U.S. and Canada. Local roots Ryan grew up in Santa Rosa’s Bennett Valley just over the hill from University District. His father, John Ryan Sr., was in the real estate and mortgage business, which offered the opportunity for his son to work summer construction jobs . Ryan’s brothers James and Kevin continue to operate the family business, Ryan Mortgage in Santa Rosa. But after graduating from St. Mary’s College, Ryan went to work specializing in real estate for a large accounting firm . He later spent a decade with Los Angeles- based homebuilder KB Home , including a few years for the company in Paris. The company he now leads has 83 employees. It builds about 3,000 homes a year and sells another 4,000 residential lots to other home builders. At University District, while Brookfield has developed the lots and g...

Over the next week, SouthBMore.com will be posting development photo tours of all the projects under construction in South Baltimore . This tour features development in Otterbein, Federal Hill, and Sharp-Leadenhall. Check out SouthBMore.com’s South Baltimore Development Rundown for information about all the real estate projects under construction, recently completed, or in planning in South Baltimore . 414 Light Street The currently under- construction 414 Light Street development will include 394 apartments, 40,000 sq. ft. of outdoor and indoor amenity space , 12,300 sq. ft. of ground floor retail space , and a 550- car parking garage . More than 25 floors have been constructed and exterior glass is being installed. The site was formerly a McCormick & Company spice factory . Each of the building’s 41 floor plans will be named after a spice. 414 Light Street will offer studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom apartments. More than half of the units will have private balconies. Ba...