James J. Thompson Named Project Manager for the Barrington Community.

HOUSTON -- MLT Development Company, LLC announced today that it has named James J. Thompson as Project Manager for the Barrington Community in the master-planned community of Kingwood. MLT Development Company acquired the 196-acre Barrington Community property in a transaction announced earlier this month.

Noting that Thompson will be responsible for the overall development of the Barrington Community, Michael L. Tenzer, Chief Executive and sole owner of MLT Development Company, LLC and the original developer of the Kingwood Project, said, "Jim is the right man for this important job. His involvement with the community began in 1998 as a consultant to Tenzer Development Company, which owned the project at that time. In 2000, he was appointed President of Tenzer Communities, where he participated with my longtime partner Melanie May and me in the creative design of the unique land plan and construction of site improvements. The architecture and landscape design of Cotswold Boulevard; the Gatehouse entry to the community; the Manor House and the design and building of patio homes, The Mews, were then undertaken by Tenzer Communities as Development Manager. We look forward to working with Jim again in the development and marketing of this special community."

Most recently, Thompson was the developer of Wind Rose, a highly successful major master planned community in Houston that marketed home sites to merchant builders. From 1970 through 1996, he served in a variety of senior management positions with Friendswood Development Company, then a wholly owned subsidiary of the Exxon Corporation. Among his assignments during his 26 years at Exxon/Friendswood, Thompson was General Manager of Village Builders; Vice President and Director of Friendswood's Community Development Division, where he had full responsibility for the development and management of numerous Friendswood communities in the greater Houston area; and Project Manager for the highly regarded master-planned community of Kingwood.

Thompson served in the US Army, Defense Atomic Support Agency based in Washington, DC. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Michigan State University. Thompson and his wife reside in the Kingwood community.