ABOUT LOUIS MONT
Lou Mont has 40+ years of business and real estate experience, specializing in real estate development, management and construction. He has been involved in project types ranging from multifamily high-rise properties, single family sub-division communities, and industrial buildings.
Lou spends his days onsite managing the thousands of intricate details required to build complicated high-rise structures. He is responsible for leading the team from land acquisition through entitlements and onto construction, lease up and management.
Lou has been a Planning Board Commissioner and Chairman in Washington Township, NJ for over 20 years. Several projects that he has been involved in have been awarded the prestigious award for “Best Rental Community over 200 units” by the New Jersey Builder’s Association as well as multiple other sales, marketing & design awards.
His company, Skyline Development Group is now focused primarily on developing and building multi-family and mixed-use projects along the New Jersey Gold Coast.
Skyline’s Management Team is responsible for:
Cast Iron Lofts - NJBA - Community of the Year - 2017, Best Marketing Strategy, Leasing Team of the Year
Soho Lofts - NJBA - Community of the Year - 2019, Best Website, Best Sales Office, Best Marketing Strategy
Solaia - NJ American Concrete Institute Merit Award for Building Foundation & Superstructure - 2021
Solaia - Covering’22 - Best Commercial Tile Design in a Multi-Family - 2022
CHERYL BYRNE
Director of Sales & Leasing
Cheryl Byrne, Director of Property Management, Sales and Leasing Manager for Skyline Development Group, has 20 years of extensive property management experience with a focus in new property lease-ups, management and marketing.
Her real estate experience extends back to her start as a site administrator in 2001 while working for The Marketing Directors, leaders in the industry of new lease up and marketing for luxury communities. While working for The Marketing Directors, Cheryl quickly worked her way up to Junior Sales Associate, Leasing Agent, and then office Manager, in the process earning the title of Rookie of the Year (2008 NAHB SAM Awards) and gaining valuable insights into the operations involved in new lease ups.
Prior to joining Skyline Development Group, Cheryl was employed by Diversified Properties/PCD as a Regional Property Manager with a portfolio of 7 properties with a total 773 luxury residences where she played an integral role in marketing efforts for new properties and consulted on property management processes and best practices.
In her previous position at City Homes and Gardens as Senior Leasing Manager and Senior Property Manager, she also partnered with senior leadership, developers and marketing teams on innovative, high-ROI market segmentation, event planning, and community building projects, negotiated leases and terms, managed 7 figure budgets and oversaw leasing and management teams to ensure flawless execution from lease up through transition to daily building management. Under her guidance, the lease ups of both Cast Iron Lofts II and Soho Lofts (Jersey City) were completed at breakneck speeds with pricing that averaged 8% over bank projections. Cast Iron Lofts II and Soho Lofts were both awarded Community of the Year at the NJBA SAM awards along with several other leasing & marketing awards. Her many years and broad range of experience make her the perfect person to oversee our team.
DYLLAN MONT
Special Projects and Finishes Manager
Dyllan Mont, Special Projects and Finishes Manager and Leader of the Amenity Design group for Skyline Development Group, brings to the table an extensive customer service background (ranging from food and beverage to major retailers like Apple) as well as creative direction, marketing, events and social media expertise. She works with our design consultants to source all finish materials for our buildings and is responsible for the final design themes, elements and finishes for our amenity spaces.
She got her start in real estate in 2015 as an Assistant Property Manager for City Homes and Gardens where she quickly worked her way up to take on the role of Leasing Coordinator for the lease-ups of luxury high-rise communities Cast Iron Lofts II and Soho Lofts. At those properties, she oversaw all paperwork associated with the lease up process and executed a combined total of nearly 800 leases during initial lease-ups of new buildings. Her role as Leasing Coordinator also had her overseeing punch team and move in processes as well as new resident orientation and experience. During her time with City Homes and Gardens she also spearheaded resident events and social media programs, handled online reputation management and helped design and execute the finishes and furniture for two luxury rooftop pool decks.
Karen Mont
Accounting & Finance Manager
Karen Mont, Accounting & Finance Manager for Skyline Development Group. Karen is responsible for overseeing all accounting functions for the company, including Accounts Payable, Payroll, Employee Benefits, Loan Administration and the production and tracking of all Project Budgets. She is also responsible for producing a myriad of weekly and monthly reports which are critical for keeping our projects on track and keeping the project team informed.
Previously, Karen had spent decades running Diversified Management Systems. This company acted as a consultant to many varied businesses as well as being a court appointed property manager. As such, she oversaw the outsourced accounting services for real estate companies, banks and nonprofits. She oversaw a small, boutique staff who handled all of the outsourced bookkeeping and accounting requirements of these varied clients. All information was maintained on a shared server, allowing the clients direct access to their data as needed. Her outsourced services saved several larger real estate companies the need to have in house accounting staff and saved those firms the payroll, overhead, benefits and other associated costs of having an in-house accounting department. Previous to that, Karen helped to administer a security access software firm startup as well as serving as Accounting Manager for a large surplus lines insurance brokerage company.
jUAN HERNANDEZ
Senior Project Manager
Juan Hernandez, Senior Project Manager for Skyline Development Group. Juan is responsible for the oversight of numerous construction management functions, including administration of RFIs and Submittals between the office, architects, engineers, and sub-contractors. He oversees all of the subcontractors in the field and is responsible for the day-to-day assignments of Skyline Development’s staff for the performance of all self-performed tasks. He is our liaison to the building department and participates in all onsite inspections.
Prior to joining Skyline Development Group, Juan worked for Katerra Construction as a project manager and prior to that for City Homes & Gardens. At City Homes & Gardens, he was responsible for the overall oversight of 6 apartment buildings totaling approximately 800 units. He was responsible for the scheduling of all staff, emergency services, arranging for snow removal, ordering of all materials, and interfacing with management for final punch listing of new product and the move-ins and move-outs of residents.
In 2021, while completing Solaia, Skyline Development’s 70 unit high-rise condominium project, Juan was named by the New Jersey Building Association as Project Manager of the Year for the state of New Jersey.
