About Us

Managing Partner – President

Doug formed the Marquis Group in 1992 as a full service multifamily operating company. As President, Doug serves as general partner for limited partnerships that acquire multi-family properties. He also serves as a limited partner and invests personal money in office, retail, land, restaurants, and other real estate investments.

Doug graduated from the University of Texas in 1978 with degrees in Accounting and Finance. After graduation, he joined the Dallas real estate office of New York based Citibank as an account lending officer. Doug handled a loan portfolio in excess of $300 million and was responsible for national clients including Lincoln Property Company, Trammel Crow Company, Paragon Group, and others. In 1985 Doug was hired by Hampton Capital Group as an investment officer. Eventually he and a partner formed their own real estate investment firm, Hampton Partners, Inc. in which they focused on acquiring undervalued real estate from local financial institutions.

Partner

Morgan Cox joined Marquis Group as a partner in 2003 after moving from East Tennessee where he was Founder & CEO of AVANT – Advanced Commercial Strategies, a regional leader in real estate services for the retail industry.  Shortly after arriving to Marquis, Cox led the acquisition of Tall Timbers Apartments, a 148 unit Project Based Section 8 asset located in Conroe, Texas which proved to be a very successful investment and launched Cox’s career into the Affordable Housing Industry.  Morgan and his team have acquired and manage a portfolio of 2,500 units located throughout Texas, Florida and Oklahoma.    In addition, Cox leads the team of professionals in the Compliance Division at Marquis which have maintained a pristine reputation within the Industry.  Marquis is deeply committed to the preservation of the affordable housing inventory throughout the country.

Morgan is passionate about the protection of affordable housing for low-income families and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Leased Housing Association – the leading advocacy group for project owners and administrators of Project-Based Section 8 Housing. 

President of Acquisitions & Asset Management

Carter joined Marquis Group in 2016 and focuses on acquisitions and investment placement across the firm’s real estate platforms. His work spans multifamily, manufactured housing, student housing, and speculative luxury residential development across Texas and select mountain markets throughout the United States.

Prior to Marquis, Carter began his career at Hudson Advisors, the asset management arm of Lone Star Funds, where he gained experience across a wide range of real estate asset classes. Over the course of his career, he has acquired, capitalized, and managed opportunistic investments ranging from low-income affordable housing to luxury residential and golf-oriented developments.

Carter graduated from the University of Texas in 2013.

Associate – Acquisitions & Asset Management

Conner joined Marquis Group in 2024. His focus is Acquisitions and Asset Management of the Conventional Multifamily portfolio. 

Prior to joining Marquis, Conner worked for a Dallas Based Investment Sales and Acquisitions firm where Conner was directly involved in over 3.5 Billion in sales volume. Throughout Conner’s career he has acquired multifamily, office and student housing assets in Texas. Conner graduated from Baylor University in 2018 with a B.B.A in Finance and Real Estate.

Partner

Mr. Maya is directly responsible for Marquis Development, Inc. and Condo Marketing, Inc.   Prior to joining Marquis, Mr. Maya was the division Chief Financial Officer for Boeing Airplane Services, a 4.2 billion dollar enterprise that encompasses the world’s largest logistics network and all after-market support to the airline industry.  Earlier in Mr. Maya’s career he was Chief Financial Officer to the Blount Companies where he built, integrated, and initiated the financial reporting, financing and management of six different companies that encompassed real estate brokerage and development, including land infrastructure, shopping centers, multi-family housing, housing, and numerous different real estate joint ventures.