About Us
Remington Pierce – General Manager
Born and raised in Austin, Texas, Remington started at Smart City after graduating from Texas Christian University (Go Frogs!). Remington was an agent in the Austin market for nearly 2 years before moving to launch the new market in Nashville, Tennessee. As a mentor for this new team, she discovered a passion for helping her teammates succeed. Remington returned to Austin to grow from Sales Development Leader to Market Leader over Austin and San Antonio and now lives in Denver to oversee Atlanta, Denver, and Chicago as General Manager.
Tory Cheney — Denver Market Leader
Tory started her Smart City journey back in May of 2020 as one of five original agents chosen to launch the Denver market – our first market outside of Texas! After nearly three years of honing her skills and demonstrating consistent high performance, Tory’s inherent desire to grow people, and pour all that she’s learned back into her team, is what ultimately called her to pursue leadership. She now excitedly leads the Denver team into its newest chapter. On the weekends you can find Tory checking out new small businesses, looking for cheap flights, or hanging out with her cat.
TJ Sandoval — Property Success Manager
TJ was born and raised in Colorado. He’s married to his best friend and is a dog dad of two—Theo and George. While TJ’s a mountain boy at heart, he’s also an aspiring world traveler. He started his journey as an agent in the Denver office and has since taken over the Property Success Manager position, fostering strong relationships between Smart City and apartment management companies in the Denver area.
Our Story
Smart City started in 2013 as a small apartment locating service in Dallas, Texas. In the early days, our founder and CEO Cassie Brown just wanted to help her friends find great places to live, but her innate drive to offer an amazing client experience quickly set Smart City apart from the competition. Since then, Smart City has taken big strides to disrupt the real estate industry by choosing what’s right over what’s profitable. We are growing rapidly, with services available in major metro areas across three states. And, as always, our goal is to always put you—our customer—first.
Our Purpose
When Smart City was first founded, our goal was “to become the most trusted, most referred, and most utilized resource among renters in Texas.” We’ve broadened our scope considerably as our business has grown, but those basic ideals still remain. In short, Smart City is here to find you a space where you can be yourself.
Our People
At Smart City, we’re an eclectic (and growing) team of thinkers, creators, and doers who are passionate about hooking people up with the apartments of their dreams. That’s why, for us, it isn’t enough to simply provide our clients with a list of available rentals. We want to build a connection with each and every customer. We want to take the chore out of apartment hunting so you can actually enjoy the search. And we want to work with you all along the way—from search to application to move-in—to make sure you end up in a space that you truly love.
Finding You a Space in Denver Where You Can Be Yourself
Not to brag, but we’re kind of the experts when it comes to apartment hunting in Denver. Other apartment locating services might be satisfied with simply providing a list of available units, but for us, “good enough” simply isn’t good enough. That’s why we make it our personal mission to learn about your wants, your needs, your “gotta haves,” and your wildest dreams so we can put you in an apartment that’s absolutely perfect for you.
We’re Smart City – Denver, and we’re here to find you a space where you can be yourself.
Our Accolades
Diverse & Inclusive Employer
- The Startup Weekly
2021
Best Places to Work
- Dallas Business Journal
2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019
- Houston Business Journal
2017
- Glassdoor
2018 (#19)
Dallas 100 Entrepreneur Award
- Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship (SMU)
2019
Inc. 5000
- Nationals
2019 (#670), 2020 (#1086),
2021 (#2447)
- Regionals: Texas
2020 (#87)
Entrepreneur 360
- #190
2018
- #299
2019
Top CEOs
- Glassdoor
2019 (#16)
35 Under 35
- LGBTQ Leader, Business Category
2019
Women in Business Award
- Dallas Business Journal
2019
Best of Austin
- Austin Chronicle
2019, 2021, 2022, 2023