David Altfeld

Founder
The Southern Land Co., Inc.Baltimore, MD (410) 347-4800
ABOUT

David E. Altfeld received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, majoring in Real Estate and Construction, from the University of Denver, and obtained his Masters of Science Degree from American University, Washington, D.C. in Real Estate and Urban Development. Mr. Altfeld has completed all of the required Appraisal Institute capitalization courses and became a candidate for his MAI (Member of the Appraisal Institute) designation. Mr. Altfeld, a co-founder of the Southern Land Company, has developed retail and office projects in the greater Baltimore area and, in the course of such work, received a Distinguished Service Award presented by the Towson, Maryland, business community. He was invited to testify before a Congressional Finance Committee regarding real estate matters in Maryland. He was president of the Home Builders Association of Maryland, Baltimore County Chapter, for three years and sat as a member of the Board of Directors of the Home Builders Association of Maryland. He was appointed by the Baltimore County Executive (the County’s highest-ranking government-elected official) to represent the home building industry in a two-year, comprehensive effort to revise, by making more current, all development regulations, policies, and guidelines that impact real estate development in a program entitled ‘Builders for the Chesapeake Bay.” Mr. Altfeld is responsible for acquiring land and conducting financial and market analyses for the Company. He is also responsible for relations and negotiations with homebuilders, attorneys, accountants, financial institutions, elected officials, community leaders, property owners, and local municipalities