City Manager Henry Darwin has selected Jeff Curran as Peoria's new development and engineering director, who joins the city with more than 30 years of development and engineering experience, according to a news release.

He replaces Adina Lund who retired after more than 20 years serving Peoria.

Curran’s experience across his three-plus decades has spanned a wide range of development and engineering projects from small commercial developments to large scale master planned communities across much of the Western US as well as multi-nationally.

He has spent significant time as a consulting engineer, development consultant, owners’ representative, business executive, and as a developer/owner.

Most recently, he served as senior vice president for 29th Street Capital, Phoenix, a private multifamily real estate firm, where he identifed new development projects and led the entitlements and construction plan development for more than $250 million in multi-family and build-to-rent projects.

“Jeff’s professional experience in civil engineering, strategic planning, and land development, is very impressive and we are fortunate to bring him on board, as we have many large capital improvement projects and private development projects either underway, or in the pipeline,” Darwin said in the release. “I also want to thank Dan Nissen for his leadership in stepping up as our interim director over the past few months to keep us on track.”

Curran said Peoria has some amazing opportunities during this impressive time of growth, and that he is honored to serve the residents to "ensure what we are doing aligns with the vision to keep the community a beautiful and thriving place.”

Curran holds a Bachelors and Masters of Science in Civil Engineering degrees from the University of Washington.