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About Us

 

The Insite Group of Companies is a family of real estate development, consulting and construction companies specializing in niche commercial properties, multi-family housing, senior housing, and custom homes.  The firm began with Insite Housing Partners, which was formed in 1996 by Adam Diskin to provide

  • Expert financial analysis and consulting services
  • Sound, socially-conscious investment opportunities, and
  • To develop quality family housing and senior living communities.

 

The Insite Group has grown to include Insite Builders, a multi-family and commercial construction company; Insite Properties, a development and management firm specializing in boutique offices, retail properties and market-rate senior and luxury multi-family housing; Insite Homes, a custom home builder; DH&G LLC a multi-family developer, and DH&G Properties, a partnership specializing in the development and ownership of affordable housing communities and historic properties.

As developer, builder, accountant, equity placement and financial consultants, the principals and the firm have been involved in the development and syndication of over 4,100 residential units with a total development cost in excess of $90,000,000, and over 50,000 square feet of office and retail space.  A majority of the developments have utilized tax-advantaged financing, with a large portion of our portfolio being affordable housing serving both families and seniors.
 
The principals have focused on the development of commercial real estate, affordable and senior housing and residential real estate since 1990.  Their primary activities include the application for various sources of financing; development and construction of properties which utilize the low-income housing tax credit, tax exempt bonds, historic tax credits, and conventional mortgages; construction of the properties, as well as due diligence and syndication of these properties.

Developments include the Woodland Greens Apartments, a 240 unit family community that involved a substantial $4.5 million dollar renovation and rehabilitation.  Prior to rehabilitation and the current ownership by Insite, this one community was utilizing 46% of the city’s police resources.  Woodland Greens is now a safe quality family community utilizing only .8% of the city’s police resources.  In Marysville, Washington, Insite Housing Partners recently completed the premier apartment development for this city.  While the physical amenities are the most extensive and luxurious in Marysville, these apartments are affordable to all residents of the area.  More, recently The Insite Group has focused on the development of custom homes, market-rate family communities, premier senior communities and niche office buildings.  These include the Park Hill Apartment Homes in Renton, Washington, the Bohls Plaza Office Building, in Bee Cave, Texas and 32 custom homes at The Pointe on Lake Austin in Austin, Texas.

Together, these companies provide strength and assurance behind every community developed constructed and owned by one of the Insite Group of Companies.

The firm currently has offices in Santa Barbara, California; Seattle, Washington; and Kailua, Hawaii, and is involved with development and construction in Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, and Hawaii.

 

PRINCIPALS

Adam Diskin
Principal
Adam has been instrumental in the development of over 5,000 units of multi-family housing, 1,000 homes and 50,000 square feet of office space throughout the United States.  As consultant, project manager, developer and owner, Mr. Diskin has vast experience in acquiring, developing, constructing and managing office buildings, custom homes and both market-rate and affordable multi-family communities.

Adam graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a B.A. degree in Business Economics.  He completed his graduate certificate in Light Construction Management and Development from the University of California, Irvine in 1993. 

From 1990 to 1992 Mr. Diskin was an assistant project manager and cost accountant for Shea Homes in Southern California.  During this time he managed the finances, design and development for over 3,100 units consisting of for-sale, rental and commercial properties.  He then joined a nationally known senior housing developer and syndicator, ARV Housing Group.  During his tenure at ARV, he assisted in the construction of ARV’s first affordable apartment community.

Mr. Diskin later served as Vice President of Campbell-Hogue & Associates, a leading west-coast low-income housing tax credit and senior housing developer.  His responsibilities included property acquisition, project management, and partnership financing.  He then joined the Real Estate Consulting Group of Reznick, Fedder & Silverman.  As a Senior Tax Associate of this national consulting group, Mr. Diskin developed an expertise in the low-income housing and real estate financing industry.  His responsibilities included extensive client consulting, deal structuring for low income housing and historic tax credit projects, preparation of financial forecasts, tax returns, review of due diligence materials, and equity placement.  He has acted as the consultant on over 1,800 units of affordable housing in 10 states, including projects that utilized tax-exempt bonds, CDBG funds, private grants, HOME funds, historic tax credits, and mortgage-backed securities. 

Mr. Diskin founded Insite Housing Partners in 1996, John Hagy Custom Homes in 1998, DH&G Properties in 2001, and Insite Builders in 2002.  In 2002, he united these companies or their successors under the umbrella of the Insite Group.   

Mr. Diskin has been significantly involved with the development of over $90 million of Low Income Housing Tax Credit-financed housing in 5 states.

He oversees the acquisition and development, as well as the financing and consulting activities of the Insite Group.

Sandy Biggs

Director of Construction

Sandy has been involved with the construction industry for over 17 years.  During this time Mr. Biggs has been a master painter, site superintendent, and project manager.  Prior to joining Insite Construction and Insite Homes, he was the construction superintendent for Trilogy Construction Group.  Trilogy is an Edmonds, Washington based general contractor specializing in the rehabilitation and renovation of multi-family, single family and mixed-use properties.  During this time, Mr. Biggs oversaw the renovation of over 700 multi-family units and 5 high-end single family homes including complete structural and cosmetic rehabilitation and historic renovations.

 

Russell Hirsch


Principal


For the past 20 years, Russell has played an integral role in building successful organizations. Mr. Hirsch has deep marketing, finance and operations experience that spans a wide array of industries and companies.   In addition to his responsibilities with DH&G Properties, he teaches graduate business courses for the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin.
Mr. Hirsch graduated with a B.A. in Business Economics from UCLA, where he also earned his MBA.  He then went on to earn his CPA as an auditor with Price Waterhouse. 
Before helping to found DH&G Properties, he was Chief Financial Officer at Alistia, Inc.  As CFO, he arranged debt and equity financing for this start-up company.  Hirsch oversaw all corporate administration, legal, accounting and finance.   Prior to Alistia, Mr. Hirsch’s senior executive assignments included Vice President of the Momentum Positioning Group at Cunningham Communication, Senior Vice President of Development and Operations for TradeOne Marketing, and Chief Financial Officer for Morfi International, an $85 million distributor of consumer products. He also founded a management consulting firm performing operations reengineering, and organizational and financial restructuring. His projects included an organizational restructuring for MGM/UA and a restructuring assessment of First City Bank. Mr. Hirsch has established relationships with over 20 financial institutions and raised over $75 million in working capital financing.
Russell oversees all finance, legal, accounting, administration and investor relations for DH&G Properties.

 
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