Meet The Team

Matt Villalobos

Matt Villalobos is the President and COO of Grandview Communities.

Previously, as the Senior Vice President of Raintree Investment Corporation, he managed company operations across five regions and was involved in projects across six states: CA, NV, UT, ID, CO, AZ. Since 2012, Matt has entitled and obtained final engineering approvals of over 6,000 residential lots, completed over $335mm of land transactions, formed and received authorization for over $300mm of public infrastructure districts with the successful closing of +/-$75mm in bonds sales, obtained +/- $75mm of nonrecourse debt, and completed +/- $200mm of horizontal development projects. He is known for innovative design and sustainable development, strategic relationships, private-public partnerships, and deeply connecting with anyone he meets.

Rick Kraushar

Rick Kraushar is the CEO of Grandview Communities. Previously, as a President of Richmond American, he specialized in developing business plans and creating a successful home-building division in the Sacramento Region along with co-operating the Bay Division. At LGI

Homes, Rick worked his way to become a Regional Vice President of Acquisition, Entitlements, and Development, starting and growing eleven divisons across eight states, including California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and Utah. During his time at Shea Homes, Rick gained extensive experience in complex multi-family and single-family Master Planned communities with a specialization in Land Development, Purchasing, Vertical construction, and all aspects of environmental requirements for acquisition as well as development. He has developed strong skill sets in myriad facets of the homebuilding industry, allowing him to create winning teams while growing financially successful products, projects, and people.