About Urban Terra
Darrell S. Arevalo
Founder/Managing Principal
Darrell S. Arevalo is the Managing Principal and founder of Urban Terra and is responsible for the overall operations and management of Urban Terra’s real estate development and consulting services. Prior to founding Urban Terra in 2021, Darrell was the Managing Director of Development & Construction at Turnbridge Equities, a vertically integrated real estate investment and development firm headquartered in New York City with holdings in excess of 13.5 million square feet. Darrell was actively involved in all areas of the firm’s acquisition and new development activities in Austin, Texas.
Prior to joining Turnbridge in 2018, Darrell spent over 20 years acquiring leading industry expertise with numerous companies in domestic marketplaces. He is a facilitator and builder of world-class construction projects and teams, with a specialty in infrastructure & heavy construction, hospitality, multifamily & mixed-use commercial ground-up, renovation, and adaptive reuse. Proven networking skills, building fruitful partnerships with prominent clients, and delivering multimillion-dollar bottom-line growth to the AEC and CRE industries. Darrell holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and is fluent in Spanish.
Ed Prendergast
Development & Construction
Gabby Menchaca
Associate, Development & Construction
Gabby is involved in all aspects of the firm’s development and construction projects from start to finish, including project coordination, scheduling, budgeting and financial analysis, and close-out.
Gabby earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management from Texas Tech University in 2022. Prior to joining Urban Terra, she interned at McDougal Companies, a top Real Estate and Development company in Lubbock, TX, where she first began her career in residential and commercial transactions. Gabby concurrently works at KGF Law, where she is gaining valuable insight into the legal aspects related to the early stages of real estate development.
Ed Prendergast is involved in the firm’s development and construction projects from pre-development through delivery. Ed has over 40 years of experience in the construction industry and is a seasoned Construction Leader with broad experience in all phases of complex commercial, residential, and governmental construction projects. His involvement in all aspects of pre-construction exceeds $4.8 billion. As a General Manager/Organizational Leader, he has a proven history of driving revenue, managing costs and creating new business endeavors.