Gary Toll
Mr. Toll earned a Bachelor’s degree in education from Temple University in 1983. After graduating, Mr. Toll founded GRT Motors in West Chester, PA. From 1983 to 1988, GRT Motors included an auto body shop, auto sales, auto detailing, and a full service gas station with sales in excess of ten million dollars per year. When Mr. Toll purchased the service station in
1985, he utilized one of the first SBA 539 loan programs offered for financing.
In 1988, Mr. Toll sold the service station and bought a dilapidated building which housed a functioning laundry facility. He facilitated the removal of contaminated tanks and soil, renovated the building, and sold the existing business with a long term lease. In 1992, Mr. Toll bought his second building in Downingtown, PA, a vacant warehouse and used a little known new technology, called ground penetrating radar, to search for underground tanks. Mr. Toll supervised all of the phase II environmental testing and contaminated soil removal at the site, renovated the building, obtained a zoning change to divide the property, and signed long term leases with four tenants. He continued to manage the property including maintenance, securing leases and maintaining the records until 2002, when Mr. Toll sold part of the company to long time business partner, Dean DeFelippes. Mr. DeFelippes took over the management of the real estate while Mr. Toll continues to maintain the records and oversee future projects.
In 1996 Mr. Toll formed a partnership with real estate developer, Eli Kahn, and together they purchased a vacant, former laundry plant, in West Chester, PA. On this project, Mr. Toll supervised one of the first successful Brownsfield reclamation programs in the country: Pennsylvania Act II. That same year he formed GRT Construction and was the general contractor for the two million dollar renovation of the property. The project was completed in 1998 at $100,000 under budget, and a long term lease tenant was signed.
From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Toll built a real estate portfolio of twenty two properties. He supervised the Brownsfield reclamation programs and contracted the renovations for eight of the properties. He was the lead developer for four of the properties, including the subdivision and land development of a sixty acre industrial park in Ivyland, PA, and a twenty-four unit development in Fontana, CA. He is currently supervising the development of a Brownsfield reclamation and industrial warehouse renovation in Hollywood, CA, a new 120,000-square-foot office building in West Chester, PA, and a 200-unit apartment and retail complex in Malvern, PA.
In 2003, Mr. Toll moved his family to Los Angeles, CA, to pursue a career in television and film. He enrolled in The Los Angeles Film School, graduated with honors, and earned degrees in Producing, as well as Directing. Following graduation, Mr. Toll directed and produced the critically acclaimed, award-winning feature documentary film, “Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You’ve Never Heard Of,” about his writer/comedienne sister who died from cancer. Mr.Toll is the postproduction supervisor and the in-house director at Judecat Productions, the company he founded in 2005. He has directed and produced three television pilots, four episodes of the Direct TV show “Baby Diaries,” and is in preproduction on two feature films.
In 2005, Mr. Toll joined forces with Ed West to form ECW, a company that will design, own, and efficiently operate municipal solid waste facilities and institutional sites in the US and around the world. Utilizing their expertise in waste management and real estate development they are currently developing several Institutional Composting facilities in Florida.
Mr. Toll earned a Bachelor’s degree in education from Temple University in 1983. After graduating, Mr. Toll founded GRT Motors in West Chester, PA. From 1983 to 1988, GRT Motors included an auto body shop, auto sales, auto detailing, and a full service gas station with sales in excess of ten million dollars per year. When Mr. Toll purchased the service station in
1985, he utilized one of the first SBA 539 loan programs offered for financing.
In 1988, Mr. Toll sold the service station and bought a dilapidated building which housed a functioning laundry facility. He facilitated the removal of contaminated tanks and soil, renovated the building, and sold the existing business with a long term lease. In 1992, Mr. Toll bought his second building in Downingtown, PA, a vacant warehouse and used a little known new technology, called ground penetrating radar, to search for underground tanks. Mr. Toll supervised all of the phase II environmental testing and contaminated soil removal at the site, renovated the building, obtained a zoning change to divide the property, and signed long term leases with four tenants. He continued to manage the property including maintenance, securing leases and maintaining the records until 2002, when Mr. Toll sold part of the company to long time business partner, Dean DeFelippes. Mr. DeFelippes took over the management of the real estate while Mr. Toll continues to maintain the records and oversee future projects.
In 1996 Mr. Toll formed a partnership with real estate developer, Eli Kahn, and together they purchased a vacant, former laundry plant, in West Chester, PA. On this project, Mr. Toll supervised one of the first successful Brownsfield reclamation programs in the country: Pennsylvania Act II. That same year he formed GRT Construction and was the general contractor for the two million dollar renovation of the property. The project was completed in 1998 at $100,000 under budget, and a long term lease tenant was signed.
From 1998 to 2008, Mr. Toll built a real estate portfolio of twenty two properties. He supervised the Brownsfield reclamation programs and contracted the renovations for eight of the properties. He was the lead developer for four of the properties, including the subdivision and land development of a sixty acre industrial park in Ivyland, PA, and a twenty-four unit development in Fontana, CA. He is currently supervising the development of a Brownsfield reclamation and industrial warehouse renovation in Hollywood, CA, a new 120,000-square-foot office building in West Chester, PA, and a 200-unit apartment and retail complex in Malvern, PA.
In 2003, Mr. Toll moved his family to Los Angeles, CA, to pursue a career in television and film. He enrolled in The Los Angeles Film School, graduated with honors, and earned degrees in Producing, as well as Directing. Following graduation, Mr. Toll directed and produced the critically acclaimed, award-winning feature documentary film, “Judy Toll: The Funniest Woman You’ve Never Heard Of,” about his writer/comedienne sister who died from cancer. Mr.Toll is the postproduction supervisor and the in-house director at Judecat Productions, the company he founded in 2005. He has directed and produced three television pilots, four episodes of the Direct TV show “Baby Diaries,” and is in preproduction on two feature films.
In 2005, Mr. Toll joined forces with Ed West to form ECW, a company that will design, own, and efficiently operate municipal solid waste facilities and institutional sites in the US and around the world. Utilizing their expertise in waste management and real estate development they are currently developing several Institutional Composting facilities in Florida.