TriArc was built by people who ran buildings before they raised capital. That sequence matters — and it shapes every investment decision, every operator relationship, and every asset we take on.
TriArc Living manages multifamily communities across Greater Houston — with in-house leasing, maintenance, and construction — for residents and property owners who expect more.
TriArc didn't start with a fund. It started with operators.
Carrie Breneman began her career as a part-time leasing consultant at the apartment community where she lived in Dallas — a stay-at-home mom who craved adult interaction and found her calling in the process. She moved to Houston and learned the business the hard way: boots on the ground, before the internet, working her way from assistant manager to regional vice president overseeing portfolios of 5,000 to 11,000 units for some of Houston's largest firms, including Lincoln Property Company and the Lynd Company.
Deborah Newsome started just out of high school, taking a part-time leasing role at the community where she lived in Austin. She fell in love with the job and never looked back — building a career that took her through Lincoln Property Company, Sentinel Real Estate, and Gables Residential, and eventually to regional manager and VP of Operations roles spanning new construction lease-up, high-rise, workforce housing, repositioning, and disposition.
In 2012, Carrie and Deborah — sisters — founded Kindred Residential together. The idea behind Kindred was straightforward, and it came directly from what they had seen throughout their careers: most third-party property management companies offered a fixed set of services whether owners needed them or not. Kindred was built differently.
They believed the business should work for the client — not the other way around. That meant customizing every engagement to the actual needs of each property and each owner. It meant being honest about what a property needed, even when that answer was inconvenient. It meant recommending a leaner operation when a lean operation was what the asset called for, and recommending an early sale when the numbers pointed that way. Kindred's loyalty was to the owner's outcome, not to generating fees.
That philosophy is what TriArc Living carries forward today.
Joseph Bramante hired Kindred to manage his first Houston property. Four years and four properties later, in 2016, Kindred merged with Joseph's company under the TriArc brand. In 2020, Robert Mitchell joined as a partner and TriArc Construction was formed — bringing renovations fully in-house not to eliminate a layer of cost, but to create real accountability, alignment between ownership and execution, real-time visibility into bidding and costs, and the ability to evaluate which renovation scopes actually produce ROI and which ones to cut.
Between them, our partners have owned or operated more than 40,000 units across careers spanning four decades. That's the experience behind every property we manage.
Carrie Breneman and Deborah Newsome launch Kindred — a property management firm built around customized service for each owner's actual needs, not a fixed menu of services.
Joseph Bramante engages Kindred to manage his first Houston acquisition — beginning a four-year working partnership before formally merging the businesses.
Kindred merges with Joseph's company under the TriArc brand — launching with 3,000 units already under management and a leadership team with four decades of combined operating experience.
Robert Mitchell joins as a partner and the construction arm is launched — bringing renovations fully in-house and completing the vertically integrated platform.
The holding company — responsible for acquisitions, asset management, and investor relations. Every community TriArc Living manages is backed by an ownership team with skin in the game.
In-house property management and leasing across Greater Houston. Resident experience, occupancy, and community quality — managed directly, not outsourced.
In-house renovation and capital improvement. Real accountability, real-time visibility into bidding and costs, and the ability to evaluate which renovation scopes drive returns — rather than defaulting to what a third-party contractor recommended.
When a maintenance issue becomes a capital project, or a renovation uncovers a structural problem, or a lease-up runs longer than projected — the same team that made the acquisition decision is the team solving the problem. There's no management company to blame, no contractor to wait on, no misaligned incentives between the owner and the operator. One company. One standard of accountability.
TriArc Living manages communities owned by TriArc Real Estate Partners. The standards we apply to your property are the same standards we hold ourselves to as owners. That's not a marketing line — it's a structural reality.
Every property is different. We don't apply the same management template to a 40-unit workforce housing community that we apply to a 200-unit value-add repositioning. We start with your asset, your goals, and your timeline — and we build from there.
If your property needs a lighter operational footprint, we'll tell you. If the numbers suggest an early sale makes more sense than a five-year hold, we'll tell you that too. Our job is to help you make the right decision for your asset — not to protect our management contract.
When renovation work is needed, our construction team is part of the same organization. That means real accountability, real-time access to bidding data, and the ability to evaluate which scopes drive returns and which ones to cut — rather than defaulting to a full renovation package because a third-party contractor recommended it.
Market downturns, natural disasters, foreclosures, bankruptcy-managed properties, lender negotiations — our leadership has managed through all of it. When your property hits a difficult stretch, you want a team that has been there before.
We operate exclusively in Greater Houston and surrounding Texas markets. We know these submarkets, these neighborhoods, and the dynamics that drive performance here — because we've been investing in them since 2013. When something affects your property, the people making decisions aren't in another state. They're here.
Former ExxonMobil engineer who left to build a multifamily platform from the ground up. Leads acquisitions, investor relations, and strategic direction.
Started as a part-time leasing consultant and worked her way to regional VP overseeing 5,000–11,000 units at Lincoln Property Company and the Lynd Company. Co-founded Kindred Residential in 2012 before merging into TriArc as a co-founding equity partner.
Began in leasing straight out of high school. Built a career spanning Lincoln Property Company, Sentinel Real Estate, and Gables Residential — reaching VP of Operations roles across new construction, high-rise, workforce, and repositioning assets.
Joined in 2020 and launched TriArc Construction, completing the vertical integration of the platform by bringing renovations and development fully in-house.
The values that shape how we operate — and what partners can expect from us.
Markets shift. Conditions change. We adjust strategies rather than abandon opportunities — right-sizing deals and finding paths forward when the playbook needs rewriting.
Our founding partners structured early deals with shared equity based on actual contributions — not titles. Aligned ownership isn't a slogan here, it's how the firm was built.
Decades of proven operational expertise before TriArc existed. We earn trust through consistent execution, not promises — and our track record reflects that.
We entered 2016 with 3,000 units and are targeting 10,000 by 2030 — scaling through disciplined growth in markets we know and with a team built to execute.
Whether you're an owner, investor, or prospective partner — we'd like to talk.