Dave loves building community.

G. David Gale is Partner and Co-Founder of GaleHart Communities LLC, community developer of Montage, an 1,100-acre mixed-use planned community in Liberty, Missouri, and is President of Gale Communities, Inc. which currently has been developing the 1,200 acre “Six Neighborhoods of Winterset” since 1989. In previous years the company conceived of and initiated the development of Arborwalk and New Longview in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.    

Since its inception, Winterset, New Longview and Arborwalk have delivered over 2,500 single-family and 920 multi-family residential units, along with 200,000 square feet of commercial space plus an elementary school, church, numerous parks, etc. At build-out, these three large, mixed-use projects will have a total capital investment projected at $1.6 billion and consist of over 5,500 residential units, a million and a half square feet of commercial space, parks, trails and lakes, several churches, schools, etc.

Gale Communities has led master planning projects for the city of Gladstone, Missouri, and Mission, Kansas. Dave is Canadian-trained in property development and community design.  After he and his partner created, expanded, and ultimately sold Canadian Framing and Art Group (a national retail, warehousing, distribution & commercial property development business based in Toronto), Dave made his first land investment in the Kansas City area in 1989.

Resident in Lee’s Summit since 1996, he is an active community volunteer having served on the boards of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Eastland Foundation, Real Estate Community Foundation, Lee’s Summit Civic Roundtable, Premier Life, New Longview Foundation, and was charter president of Lee’s Summit Sunrise Rotary. He is a past chair of the Johnson County Art Council, John Knox Village, New Longview Foundation, and the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council. Dave is a 38-year Rotarian, Past President of the Winterset Park Community Association, and is Past Chair of Deep Roots (formerly the KC Native Plant Initiative), a collective impact organization comprised of multi-sector Partners working to increase native Missouri plant landscapes on both small and large scales.

Fun fact: Dave is an off-shore, ocean sailor.

Tom loves bringing out the best in team members.

Tom Hart is Partner and Co-Founder of GaleHart Communities LLC, community developer of Montage, an 1,100-acre mixed-use planned community in Liberty, Missouri. Tom has been in the real estate industry in various executive roles in commercial and residential development for regional and national real estate firms, as well as companies and partnerships he has founded. Now residing in Kansas City, Tom brings a national perspective having developed in Colorado and California, including the trend-setting 5,000 acre Stapleton community in Denver (now re-branded as “Central Park”).

Over the past three decades, Tom has planned and developed over 4 million square feet of commercial space and 15,000 acres of mixed-use, master-planned, and residential communities, most notably: Montage, Whisper, Stapleton, The Meadows, The Lanterns, and California Plaza.

If there is one quality that sets Tom apart from other developers, it is his skill at orchestrating highly complex projects. He specializes in keeping all the elements in balance, planning to ensure that the inevitable downturns during a multi-year project don’t derail it along the way.

Tom is also an accomplished Speaker, Success Strategist, and Master Coach. He presents workshops, provides individual executive and life coaching, and consults with organizations on success topics in Denver and Kansas City.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in management and strategic planning from California State University. His industry and community involvement includes board or leadership committee seats on the Oaktree Foundation, Urban Land Institute, NAIOP, and Home Builders Association.

Fun fact: Tom is a nutty cyclist.