Experienced real estate consultant, developer and visionary, Emery Matthews founded and serves as the managing principal of Detroit-based Real Estate Interests, LLC. Emery has been a major player in the commercial real estate landscape for nearly two decades, regularly managing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of development projects and investments. Real Estate Interests, LLC is a commercial real estate developer that also provides specialized consulting services designed to help guide projects and companies through major changes and complex deals, managing assets and property, and advising decision makers. Emery and his team are currently managing projects in the Midwest and across the U.S. in residential, mixed used, industrial and education spaces while increasing their foothold in the rapidly growing Sub-Saharan African nations of South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria. A Detroit native, Emery earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and simultaneously earned a Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. As a lifelong learner with a global vision, Matthews is fluent in German and currently working to improve his Chinese.