Rob Choksi
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Rob Choksi serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Saber Street. With over a decade of extensive experience in healthcare operations and real estate having completed over $1.4 billion in transaction volume, Rob brings a unique, hybrid skill set and a strong, diverse project track record to leadership of the firm. His responsibilities include implementation of corporate strategy, setting investment goals, business development, and the sourcing, negotiation and execution of development and acquisition projects inclusive of all debt and equity requirements.
Formerly serving as Head of Healthcare Real Estate and Managing Director for the prominent national commercial real estate firm Stream Realty Partners, Rob is considered one of the foremost experts on healthcare real estate market dynamics. Focused on transforming trusted relationships into strategic partnerships, Rob has seen great success in collaborating with investors, physicians and health systems, earning himself a formidable reputation in the tightly knit medical real estate community. Of his notable achievements at Stream, Rob sourced, masterminded and implemented the ownership and development of the Hedwig Place medical office project in the Memorial Villages, a core west Houston market as Stream’s flagship healthcare real estate deal. The Class AA, 102,744 square foot building received its certificate of occupancy in Q3 2019 and is now a stabilized, high-value asset on the national stage.
Prior to Stream, Rob served as Vice President of Finance & Acquisitions at Pisula Development Company, a boutique real estate development and investment firm in southeast Texas, where he specialized in sourcing, structuring and underwriting acquisition and development opportunities for the firm’s principals and investors alongside performing portfolio-level asset management duties. Additionally, Rob is an avid investor in commercial real estate and private equity markets. He also regularly trades public equity and index derivatives. In his spare time, Rob enjoys fly fishing, skiing, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Chris Haley
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Chris Haley serves as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Saber Street. Chris has approximately 12 years of experience in the real estate and construction industry having completed over $1 billion in healthcare transaction volume alone. His varied experience includes multi-national construction projects, development for a national healthcare system client, and multiple physician client projects. His responsibilities include oversight all projects including the sourcing and structuring of those projects as well as overseeing all aspects of the organization.
Chris began his career in project management for a multi-national construction and logistics company. After years of working internationally, he transitioned to financial roles in the energy industry before joining a boutique full service commercial real estate firm. Beginning as a financial analyst, he worked his way to Vice President of Acquisitions and Development with a focus on client partnership to drive value to all stake holders in the process. Chris’ notable achievements include the development of a multistate portfolio of Micro-Hospital projects for Tenet Healthcare as well as the acquisition of multiple 100,000+ square foot medical office buildings with the implementation of physician investment program. Chris brings expertise in managing the challenges of large capital projects, multiple stakeholders, complex structures, and understanding the specific credit risks involved in those projects.
He received his undergraduate degree from TCU from the Bob Schieffer school of Journalism and his Masters in Finance from the University of Houston. Additionally, Chris consults with and coaches high net worth individuals to better capture the value of their enterprises in private market transactions. He also regularly trades public equity and index derivatives. In his spare time, Chris enjoys supporting his son’s soccer addiction, scuba diving, travelling, and spending time with family and friends.
Kelly Haley
Vice President of Leasing
Kelly Haley specializes in tenant representation as a member of the Saber Street Realty team. With over 20 years of experience in the dental and medical industries, Kelly has served in a variety of roles on both the clinical and operations sides before transitioning to business development. Kelly is responsible for identifying opportunities for prospective tenants, reviewing and negotiating leases, site selection, acquisitions, dispositions, and development and is actively engaged in the marketing, business development and medical office leasing divisions of Saber Street. She is passionate about providing advocacy for her clients and has built a strong referral network as a result of her values and expertise.
Kelly is a Virginia Commonwealth University alumni and Veteran of the United States Air Force having served overseas. In her free time, she enjoys toting her kids around to their various activities, finding new restaurants to indulge in, and enjoying the outdoors.
Moiana Rajput
Controller
Moiana Rajput works closely with Saber Street’s principals to manage its operating companies and provide timely, accurate financial reporting for the various properties and investments. She joined the company in January 2022, bringing 15 years of experience in accounting and taxation.
Prior to Saber Street, Moiana served as Tax Manager for a respected Houston CPA firm. She particularly excelled at preparing and reviewing complex federal and multi-state tax returns for partnerships, S-corporations, and high net worth individuals. Her thorough attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines contributed to the success of her business clients.
She received her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA and earned a Master of Accounting, Tax Concentration degree at Kennesaw University in Atlanta, GA. Moiana enjoys practicing Raj Yoga meditation, traveling, and volunteering with Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Organization.
Jack Brown
Property Manager
Jack Brown serves as Property Manager for Saber Street. Jack has approximately six years of experience as a property manager over primarily commercial medical office buildings. As property manager Jack has been responsible for establishing relationships with tenants and vendors on new acquisitions and developments, as well as being responsible for the financial performance of all the properties he manages. He has managed properties that range in location from Houston, the surrounding Houston area, as well as outside of the city and state to manage multiple properties.
Jack’s work experience prior to working with Saber Street was with a property management company based in The Woodlands. During that time, he managed over 350,000 SF of primarily medical office space for well know real estate firms. Prior to property management, he worked in accounting, bookkeeping, general manager and in the banking field, all this diverse work background has helped him in his overall duties as a property manager.
In his spare time, Jack is an avid golfer, enjoys traveling, poker and spending time with friends.
Theresa Burkman
Project Accountant
Theresa Burkman works closely with the Controller as a Project Accountant for Saber Street’s various holdings and endeavors. She joined the company in June 2022, bringing more than 25 years of public accounting and tax experience to the team. She enjoys playing an important role in a company that is poised for tremendous growth, and has always believed that timely, accurate accounting is fundamental to the success of every business.
Prior to Saber Street, Theresa managed the Client Accounting Services team for a respected Houston CPA firm, that focused on small to mid-size businesses. She particularly excelled working as a consultant to business owners, helping them establish accounting processes and procedures for their day-to-day operations, and preparing financial statements customized for their various needs, such financing, management, tax, audit, and investments.
Theresa resides in Missouri City, Texas with her husband Craig. She enjoys spending time with her two grown daughters and her grandson. She serves in children’s ministries at Life Pointe Church in Missouri City, and as the treasurer of the non-profit organization Houston Diamonds & Dollars, Inc. In her free time, she is an avid reader and enjoys kick boxing and urban hiking.
James Thompson
Development and Construction Consultant
James Thompson serves as Development and Construction Consultant for Saber Street. James has over forty years of experience in the architectural and construction industry having completed multi project types. His diverse experience includes tenant construction, multifamily residential, restaurants, banks, medical offices and hospital facilities.
James began his career as a Draftsman for a nationally recognized architectural firm. During his years working for Architects, James was a Team Leader, Project Architect and Project Executive overseeing multi-million dollar projects nationwide.
After years of working in the Architectural field he transitioned into the construction side of development. James has worked as the owners Project Manager for national restaurant companies, larger corporate banks as well as smaller family-owned real estate developers. James has managed the development and construction of a multistate portfolio of FSEDs, Micro-Hospital projects as well as multi-tenant medical office buildings.
James completed his education at Texas A&M University’s College of Architecture specializing in Environmental Design. In his downtime James enjoys playing golf, watching sports, and going camping with his wife.
