Owner-operated. Texas + Mountain West.
The operating company for Alta Real Estate — running every community with the discipline that justified its acquisition.
Operator-grade multifamily management
Our story
Brighton was built to be the operating side of an institutional owner. We are the property management arm of Alta Real Estate — a multifamily buyer in Texas and the Mountain West — and we operate every asset with the same discipline that underwrote it.
Our approach
We don't templatize. Every asset gets a bottom-up operating plan built with its asset manager, ownership reporting that surfaces variance line by line, and on-site teams held to retention-focused service standards. Capital is sequenced to the hold thesis, not spent for its own sake.
Three operating principles.
Operator mindset
Asset management and property operations are not separate disciplines — we treat them as one. The team that runs the asset reads the financials.
Hands-on management
On-site leadership, regular site visits by ownership and asset management, and direct accountability across the portfolio. No outsourced silos.
Reporting that works
Owner-grade financials, accrual-basis, with line-by-line variance commentary. Built for institutional readers — useful for everyone else, too.
The team behind Brighton
Brennen Jones
Principal
Leads Brighton's operating platform alongside Alta Real Estate. Background spans institutional multifamily acquisition, asset management, and property operations across Texas and the Mountain West.
Jake Murray
Principal
Leads Brighton's operating platform alongside Alta Real Estate. Background spans institutional multifamily acquisition, asset management, and property operations across Texas and the Mountain West.
Rosalba Esquilin Torres
Regional Manager
Oversees on-site operations, leasing performance, and resident experience across the Brighton-managed portfolio.
Tom Powderly
Asset Manager
Oversees portfolio-level performance, budgeting, and capital planning across the Brighton-managed communities.
Sarah Straka
Accounting Manager
Owns property accounting, monthly reporting, and financial controls across the Brighton-managed portfolio.
Vertically integrated, by design.
Alta Real Estate acquires multifamily across Texas and the Mountain West. Brighton operates it. The two companies share leadership, an operating thesis, and financial discipline — every Brighton-managed community is a community Alta owns and is responsible for over the long term.
