Bay Creek Development

On July 2, 2025, Bay Creek entered a new chapter with its acquisition by Bay Creek Development Group, led by Michael Schoenfeld and Samuel Silverman. The group brings deep experience in the development and financing of premier golf, resort, and lifestyle communities. Their vision for Bay Creek is rooted in sustainable growth, thoughtful design, and strengthening the sense of community that makes Cape Charles unique.

A significant capital improvement cycle is now underway to further enhance amenities, facilities, and lifestyle offerings. Resident input—through surveys and direct dialogue—is helping shape the sequencing and scale of these projects. The goal is to deliver meaningful progress, follow through on commitments, and create long-term value for homeowners and members.

The Executive Team is comprised of respected professionals with expertise in land planning, development, club operations, member services, and marketing. With global experience in master-planned communities, they work in unison to fulfill Bay Creek’s mission: delivering a vibrant, high-quality lifestyle for residents, members, and guests.

Bay Creek Development Executive Team

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Owner, Bay Creek Development Group
Michael Schoenfeld

Owner, Bay Creek Development Group
Sam Silverman

LeadershipPage_BobbyMasters — GENERAL MANAGER, BAY CREEK DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Bobby Masters

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & Managing Broker, Bay Creek Realty
Wade Adler

LeadershipPage_MarkBrambell — DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, BAY CREEK DEVELOPMENT GROUP
Mark Brambell

Owner, Bay Creek Development Group

Michael Schoenfeld

Mike serves as a general partner of 50+ real estate investment funds, which together have deployed more than $1 billion in capital nationwide.

He oversees a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. These include single-family homes, townhomes, multifamily apartments, condominiums, ski and wellness resorts, and master-planned communities. Mike leverages his expertise and experience to manage investments across a range of markets including Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

Mike is also a co-founder of Eagle Peak Development, a real estate development firm focused on large-scale residential and golf resort communities. Through Eagle Peak, he is involved in all major phases of community development, including acquisition, planning, financing, construction, sales, and operations. Eagle Peak’s portfolio includes more than 7,000 acres of development, with more than 2,000 remaining homes and condominiums to be developed across its communities.

Prior to his current ventures, Mike built extensive experience in private equity, investment diligence, management consulting, and entrepreneurship. He worked at AEA Investors, a leading middle-market private equity firm. There, he made control-oriented investments in consumer goods, industrial goods, and business services companies.

Mike was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s premier management consulting firms. At BCG, he worked directly with Fortune 500 companies across many industries, including transportation, financial services, industrial goods, information

Owner, Bay Creek Development Group

Sam Silverman

Sam serves as a general partner of 50+ real estate investment funds, which together have deployed more than $1 billion in capital nationwide.

He oversees a diverse portfolio of real estate investments. These include single-family homes, townhomes, multifamily apartments, condominiums, ski and wellness resorts, and master-planned communities. Sam leverages his expertise and experience to manage investments across a range of markets including Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

Sam is also a co-founder of Eagle Peak Development, a real estate development firm focused on large-scale residential and golf resort communities. Through Eagle Peak, he is involved in all major phases of community development, including acquisition, planning, financing, construction, sales, and operations. Eagle Peak’s portfolio includes more than 7,000 acres of development, with more than 2,000 remaining homes and condominiums to be developed across its communities.

Prior to his current ventures, Sam gained extensive management, financing, and brokerage experience across Florida, Pennsylvania, California, and Georgia. He also worked internationally in Beijing, China, as Director of Corporate Strategy and Expansion for golf legend Jack Nicklaus. In that role, Sam led the brand’s growth across China.

Earlier in his career, Sam was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group, one of the world’s premier management consulting firms. There, he advised Fortune 500 companies across the hospitality, real estate, media, manufacturing, and food service industries.

Sam holds a B.A. in Economics with a concentration in Mandarin Chinese from Yale University, a Certificate in Financial Accounting from the London School of Economics, and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Social Entrepreneurship.

Director of Operations

Travis Lynk

Travis Lynk brings more than 15 years of business operations and real estate experience to Bay Creek, combining large-scale portfolio management expertise with a deep understanding of property operations. At SFR3 Fund—one of the nation’s largest private single-family real estate platforms—he led performance management for a 10,000-home portfolio spanning acquisition, renovation, and leasing across multiple markets.

Before joining SFR3, Travis helped launch Uber’s expansion throughout the Southeastern United States, leading city operations and regional growth initiatives. He later joined the founding team at Buckle, an InsurTech company serving rideshare drivers, where he helped design and implement a first-of-its-kind vehicle insurance product. Earlier in his career, he worked in management consulting with Accenture in Washington, D.C., and completed a fellowship with TechnoServe in West Africa, advising small enterprises on sustainable growth strategies.

Travis earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, he focuses on optimizing community operations and enhancing long-term value within Bay Creek’s real estate portfolio.

GENERAL MANAGER, BAY CREEK DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Bobby Masters

Bobby has been developing and marketing highly amenitized master-planned communities since the mid-1980s. Beginning with Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, S.C. and most recently at St. James Plantation in Southport, N.C., Bobby has led development and sales activities at over 15 communities comprising over 25,000 acres of land and over 30,000 residential homes. In these roles, he has managed operations at multiple golf courses, clubhouses, aquatic centers, food and beverage outlets, marinas, hospitality operations and homeowner association management groups.

Serving in these executive roles has afforded Bobby the opportunity to envision and lead numerous successful projects from start to finish including land acquisition, planning and permitting, construction of infrastructure, building of homes and condominiums, overseeing marketing and sales processes for all products, creating, and operating clubs, and organizing and managing homeowner associations.

Bobby earned both an accounting and a law degree from the University of South Carolina and is currently an active member of the South Carolina Bar.

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & Managing Broker, Bay Creek Realty

Wade Adler

Wade has more than three decades of experience in real estate development, marketing, and sales, with a focus on highly amenitized resort, residential, and destination-oriented communities.

Over the course of his career, Wade has led and supported the strategic positioning, marketing, and sales efforts for a diverse range of large-scale developments. His experience spans multiple phases of the development lifecycle, including project branding, market strategy, sales execution, and the launch and growth of private residential, hospitality, and club-oriented communities.

He has overseen and advised initiatives across a variety of asset types, including luxury residential communities, private golf developments, resort destinations, and lifestyle-driven properties. Recognized for his ability to adapt to evolving market conditions, Wade brings a long-term strategic perspective and a proven track record of driving sustainable growth, market positioning, and sales performance.

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, BAY CREEK DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Mark Brambell

Mark brings 10 years of engineering and surveying experience and over 24 years of land development expertise to the executive team at Bay Creek, where he oversees the design and installation of all roads and utilities as well as the development of new residential enclaves.

Mark graduated in Geo Surveying from the Technological University in Dublin, Ireland before emigrating to New York in 1986. While in the New York metro area, he worked as a Senior Survey Technician and Design Engineer on projects ranging from the Williamsburg and Brooklyn Bridges to the Lincoln and Path Tunnels.

In 1996, Mark relocated to North Carolina as the VP of Development for St. James Plantation, a then relatively new 6,000-acre master-planned community. Over the next 13 years he managed the development of over 4,500 units, 60 plus miles of roads, 45 holes of golf, and a full-service marina, and in doing so watched the community grow into what is now the Town of St. James. In 2010 he founded Terra Novo Consulting, continuing his role with St. James while branching out to manage other development projects in the area, including Porter’s Neck Plantation, Battery Park in Land Fall and Brunswick Forest.

Chief Financial Officer

Mark Matthews

Mark Matthews brings over 25 years of experience in real estate finance and development, real estate sales, and the manufacturing industry to the Bay Creek leadership team.

His areas of experience include financial accounting and reporting, project accounting, financial planning, budgeting and analysis, strategic planning, process improvements, financial controls, contract administration, and management of two-tier ERP systems implementations.

Mark has worked with a vast array of companies, ranging from real estate development and property management to the construction and manufacturing industries. The diverse range of clients—from large Fortune 100 companies to mid-sized entrepreneurial companies, and start-up businesses—means Mark is adept at serving both small companies and large organizations.

He has a proven record of success throughout his career, across projects ranging from a $1.5 billion California theme park to luxury hotels, a sports complex, golf courses, and private clubs. Mark also has decades of working with private, master-planned and resort communities where he has implemented processes and management that have consistently delivered success.

Mark has an MBA with a concentration in International Finance, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He holds a CPA certificate along with certifications as a Luxury Marketing Specialist, and Resort and Second-Home Property Specialist.