Nishan Topjian
Vice President
Development

The former Director of Real Estate for Lennar Homes and Sr. Vice-President of K Hovnanian Homes, Nishan Topjian has joined the Hogan Companies as Vice President of Development. At Lennar Mr. Topjian handled acquisition, entitlement and development for the national firm. Within an eighteen month period, he secured over three thousand (3,000) residential home sites in Maryland. He also formed joint ventures for off-book acquisition and development ventures with other national builders.

As Sr. Vice President Real Estate for K Hovnanian, a top 10 builder in the nation, he negotiated and acquired over 36 new home communities (2,700 lots) in Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, Charles and Prince George’s Counties, and was a team leader in the acquisition of two publicly traded companies. Prior to that, Nishan was the Director of Development for Manor Care Health Services where he managed zoning, entitlement, and development of assets in excess of $55 million in 13 new markets and 6 states.

Prior to his work with these national companies, Nishan was with local developer, Colton Development for 8 years where he managed all aspects of residential and commercial development projects from feasibility and land acquisition through entitlements and construction. While there, he managed the development and construction of a $22 million dollar corporate headquarters campus consisting of two million square feet of office space adjacent to the College Park Metro Station. Prior to that, he spent 6 years working for Sami Totah at the Quad Group where he managed the finance and accounting department for this real estate investment and Development Company and supervised the development of 2,800 residential lots in Prince George’s County.

As Vice President of Development for the Hogan Companies, Nishan Topjian oversees development, development consulting, and development management operations for the company. He assists property owners as well as investor, lender, and builder clients, allowing them to outsource their development management needs.

Nishan lives in Anne Arundel County and in his spare time, enjoys boating on the Chesapeake Bay.


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