Alliance Residential Company Appoints Ryan Adams To Lead New Midwest Division
Adams joins Alliance to drive strategic growth and lead development activity across the Midwest.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (May 26, 2026) – Alliance Residential Company is pleased to announce that Ryan Adams has joined the firm as Managing Director of its newly established Midwest Division. In this role, Adams will lead development efforts across the region, with responsibility for identifying new opportunities and overseeing the full development lifecycle, from site acquisition and entitlement through financing and construction completion, as Alliance continues to expand its presence in key Midwest markets.
“Ryan brings a distinctive combination of development expertise, architectural insight, and strong regional relationships that will be instrumental as we expand our pipeline across the Midwest,” said Donald Santos, Senior Managing Director – East for Alliance Residential Company. “His track record of leading complex multifamily and mixed-use developments from inception to completion makes him exceptionally well suited to advance our long-term growth strategy in the region.”
“Midwest markets present significant opportunity for well-conceived, thoughtfully executed multifamily development, and Alliance is well positioned to capitalize on that momentum,” said Adams. “I am excited to contribute my experience to the platform and to work alongside a team that is committed to quality, innovation, and long-term value creation.”
Adams brings more than two decades of real estate development experience to Alliance. Most recently, he served as Vice President at Cityscape Residential in Overland Park, Kansas, where he led multifamily and mixed-use development projects across the Midwest from acquisition and entitlement through financing and construction completion. Previously, he was Associate Director of Development at Port KC, Kansas City’s Port Authority, where he helped lead the Kansas City riverfront mixed-use redevelopment plan, a 120-acre initiative that has catalyzed more than $1 billion in investment, while also evaluating public and private development opportunities. Earlier in his career, Adams served as Real Estate Development Manager at Structure Management Midwest in Chicago, where he managed retail and multifamily projects and oversaw asset portfolios exceeding $250 million in value.
Adams holds a master’s degree in real estate, with an emphasis in finance, from the University of Illinois Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Kansas. He has served as board chair and founding board member of both Kansas City B-Cycle and BikeWalkKC, currently serves on the board of Urban Trail Company, and is a member of ULI Kansas City.
About Alliance Residential Company
Alliance Residential Company is one of the largest and most active rental residential real estate developers in the United States. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with 19 regional offices, Alliance is focused on the development, construction, and acquisition of residential communities across 16 states and 39 metropolitan markets. Alliance develops high-end Broadstone multifamily communities, Holden senior housing communities, and essential housing properties through its Prose brand. For more information, visit www.allresco.com