Daniel B. Markson headstone unveiling service

Dan’s headstone unveiling service was held Friday April 17th at 2:30 pm at the Temple Beth-El Memorial Park in San Antonio, TX. This video is a recap of that service.
Our dear friend Daniel B. Markson, age 59, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2019, in San Antonio TX. Born on December 19, 1959 in Boston, MA, to parents Morris and Gertrude Markson. Dan was a 5th generation Bostonian.
Dan served as executive vice president of development for The NRP Group, a national housing developer, and was a co-founder of its Texas office. For 30 years, Markson led affordable housing development efforts throughout San Antonio and Texas and spearheaded the creation of more than 20,000 apartment homes in four states, including more than 17,000 in Texas.
Dan is remembered as a singular expert in affordable housing development, and for his dedication to creating top-quality housing for people of all incomes in San Antonio. Developer David Adelman called him “a true civic statesman and a devout member of our Jewish faith community.”
Dan is credited with the idea of combining affordable housing with supportive services as a pathway of opportunity for residents of the communities he developed. “Our sympathy and prayers are with Dan’s family, which he valued above all things,” said David Heller, NRP co-founder and CEO, in a statement announcing Markson’s death. “This is also an indescribable loss to NRP and a profound loss to the affordable housing industry overall.”
Dan led projects that delivered modern housing to downtown San Antonio and transformed the urban core, including the Cevallos Lofts, the Tobin Lofts at San Antonio College, Blue Star Arts Complex housing, and the Red Berry Estate.
“None of those projects was easy, but he truly believed they were the right thing for San Antonio and San Antonio could support them,” Lori Houston, Assistant City Manager, said. “Dan believed in San Antonio more than anyone I knew, and he would take on the most complicated, difficult deals just because he truly believed it was the right thing for San Antonio.”
Dan is responsible for much of the city’s affordable housing units, but market-rate developments and units as well, and earned the respect of local developers for his innovative approaches to financing and diligence in closing deals.
David Adelman also called him “a true civic statesman and a devout member of our Jewish faith community.”
Rabbi Block, who shared with Dan a family history in the Chabad movement, said Dan was very committed to studying the Torah and finishing the Talmud, the primary source of Jewish religious law and Jewish theology. “But he was such a multi-faceted guy who lived in so many different worlds,” the rabbi said. “He was so wholesome and had so many Jewish and non-Jewish friends alike. Whoever he connected with walked away impacted and inspired. He had that special gift of communicating passion and love to whoever he interacted with.”
Dan is survived by his son, Maury John Markson; by his aunt, Mim (Markson) Hurvitt; by his cousin, Mark Hurvitt and his children, Hannah and Max; and by his cousin Howard and Carol Markson, and their daughter Abby; and his cousin, Beth Kolber and her husband Richard Kolber, and their son, Joey Kolber.