Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference (BMAC) New England

As Managing Director and Head of Residential Development, Stephen is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day efforts for residential/mixed-use projects nationally with involvement in acquisition, finance, construction, and management activities. Stephen’s experience has been interdisciplinary with contributions to several complex and high-profile projects across a wide variety of asset types. Prior to joining the firm, Stephen worked at the Related Companies across the development platform with involvement in a multitude of ground-up new development, fund investment re-development, asset management, acquisitions, and design/construction oversight efforts in both New York and Boston. Prior to Related Companies, Stephen worked as a Project Architect/Team Lead at Rafael Viñoly Architects on projects including 432 Park Avenue in New York and Marble Arch Park in London. Prior to RVA, Stephen worked with the Mitchell Architectural Group on various professional/academic research, healthcare, and advanced technology projects across New England. Stephen holds a Master of Architecture and Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology. He has lectured and served as a design critic at various universities, is a licensed architect and private pilot.

Michael is a principal owner of his firm, The Procopio Companies, and currently holds the position of Vice President of Development. The Procopio Companies is a family development and construction management firm founded in 1950, and active throughout southern New England. Michael is third generation and joined the firm full time in 2003, working both in the field and on the sales team, and later as a project manager and project executive on the construction side of the firm. Michael became a principal in the firm in 2016 through a partial buyout of generation two, as the firm moved from the luxury single-family market to the class-a multifamily construction and development sectors. He is currently responsible for leading the development team through all aspects of large-scale residential & commercial developments, including underwriting and delivery, acquisitions and disposition, approvals and permitting, capital management, strategic planning and sales across a portfolio of companies. Since 2008, he has led the development of over $250 million in residential and mixed-use projects across eastern Massachusetts. Michael serves on the Board of Directors of Spectrum Health Systems, a $100 million behavioral health and addiction recovery non-profit, as well as on the Board of Directors of the Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce.

Rodger Brown, Managing Director for Real Estate Development, holds 30 years of experience producing affordable housing and has been a part of the POAH organization since 2004. During his tenure at the organization he has participated in the growth of POAH’s portfolio to 9,000 units. He is responsible for overseeing the activities of all real estate development staff, managing resource allocation, department budgets, establishing strategic initiatives and providing direction on the most complex real estate transactions including active neighborhood transformation initiatives in Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C. creating and preserving over 2500 of affordable housing. He directed the award winning, $42 million transformation of the United Front Homes into the Temple Landing neighborhood in downtown New Bedford. This innovative project involved the complete reconstruction of 5 new city blocks and public infrastructure while incorporating substantial rehabilitation and new construction of 173 units of affordable housing and a community center into a new neighborhood. He also led the team responsible for structuring and executing one of the largest single transactions in the history of MassHousing, the acquisition and rehabilitation of the 841 Boston/Cape Cod/Hudson portfolio. This $290 million transaction involved 6 properties, financed utilizing privately placed tax exempt bonds, 4% low income housing tax credits and Massachusetts State Low Income Housing tax credits. Brown has also directed POAH projects in several new geographies, including Washington, D.C., Maryland, Illinois and most notably Florida where he coordinated the acquisition and rehabilitation of a troubled 825 unit, 5 property portfolio and is working with local officials to develop public policies which promote the preservation of affordable housing. Prior to joining POAH, Mr. Brown operated a real estate consultancy providing project structuring and development consulting services to a range of for-profit, non-profit and governmental entities. Rodger is active in the Urban Land Institute Affordable and Workforce Housing Product Council, the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, he is a trustee of the Boston Architectural College and a member of the Zoning Board of Appeal in Sherborn, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Boston College and held a two year HUD fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Urban Planning.

Patrick is the Founder and Managing Partner of Caste Capital, a Boston-based alternative investment management company established in 2021. With over 10 years of institutional commercial real estate experience, he has participated in more than $1.5 billion of real estate transactions. Caste Capital is currently involved in a joint venture to develop 132 housing units in Nubian Square, and in December 2023, the firm was awarded, in partnership with Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), the rights to redevelop the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library into a mixed-use project featuring a new two-story library and 119 income-restricted housing units. Before founding Caste Capital, Patrick served as Vice President at Davis, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, where he was responsible for developing, implementing, and executing leasing strategies for key assets, and participating in the creation and oversight of asset-level business plans during the full investment life cycle. He began his career at Boston Properties (BXP), working on the in-house leasing team that managed the firm's Boston regional portfolio of approximately 15.5 million square feet of Class A office, retail, and life science space. Patrick is actively involved in the real estate industry, serving as a Board Director and Executive Committee member for the Greater Boston Real Estate Board - Commercial Brokers Association and as a member of the Real Estate Executive Council (REEC). In 2022, he was named a Builders of Color Coalition Affordable Housing Developer Fellow. Committed to philanthropy in Boston, Patrick serves as a board member and former board Chair of METCO Inc. and as a Board Advisor for Boston Harbor Now. He holds a B.S. in Economics & Information Design/Corporate Communication from Bentley University. In 2012, Patrick co-founded 1PERCENT GALLERY, demonstrating his entrepreneurial spirit early in his career.

Michael Lozano, Vice President of Development, joined Trinity in 2016 and oversees development projects in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He manages the development team of professionals and consultants through the site acquisition, design, financing, construction, and marketing phases of each project. Mr. Lozano has extensive experience with complex financial transactions, particularly those utilizing Low Income Housing Tax Credits and Historic Tax Credits. Recently completed projects include the redevelopment of the Washington Village public housing site in Norwalk, CT into a new 273-unit mixed-income transit-oriented development renamed Soundview Landing and the redevelopment of the former Worcester County Courthouse into 118-units of new mixed-income apartments. He is currently leading the redevelopment of the Curtis Apartments public housing site in Worcester into a vibrant new mixed-income community, 150 Centre Street at Shawmut Station, a transit-oriented mixed-income project in Dorchester, MA, and Merrimack/Decatur, a new affordable housing development in downtown Lowell, MA. Prior to Trinity, Mr. Lozano was the team-lead on over half a dozen award-winning affordable housing developments for a prominent national non-profit development company and several local community development groups, and before that was an architect at a Boston-based firm. Mr. Lozano has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University and a Master of Arts degree in Urban Planning from Tufts University.

Benjie founded Arx Urban in 2013 and is responsible for acquisitions, financing and investor relations. He previously served as Vice President of Investments at Atlas Real Estate Partners and was an Associate at JP Morgan Global Real Assets. In these roles he oversaw a $1.5B mixed-use real estate portfolio and created the investment strategy for over 30 assets including leasing, development, financing and disposition. Benjie is a frequent speaker on real estate finance innovation and has completed transactions across five different crowdfunding platforms. In 2014, he was appointed to the Mayor of Boston’s SPARK Boston Council (formerly ONEin3 Council) where he consulted the City’s Innovation Housing Lab on forward-thinking financing strategies. Benjie holds a BA from Tufts University, summa cum laude, and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business where he graduated as a Tuck Scholar and received the Julia Stell Award for Leadership. He currently resides in Bost

Jonathan C. Garland, President & Founder of Boston-based MBE firms: JGE Development and JGE Architecture + Design has over 25 years of professional experience in the architectural design and commercial real estate development industries. He founded JGE as both a real estate development and architectural design practice with a broad portfolio of multi-family housing, mixed-use commercial, academic, and development projects across the greater Boston area and New England. Throughout his career, Jonathan has cultivated a seasoned approach to transforming neighborhoods and building with community through high-quality collaborative design and development strategies. He listens to community members' thoughts, concerns, aspirations, and ideas and then translates their input into executable outcomes. Jonathan has served as a Trustee for the Boston Architectural College, the Edward Brooke Charter School Network, and additionally as Co-Chair of the Boston Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA). He was recently recognized by the New England Real Estate Journal’s 2024 One’s to Watch Industry Leaders Award.

Christopher joined the USI New England’s South Portland, ME office in 2020. In his position with the Commercial Property & Casualty group, Christopher specializes in the Industries Real Estate Development and Construction. He works closely with clients to help them understand the complexities and components of their insurance costs and identify areas to mitigate costs through claims and modification review, forensic policy reviews, contract and lender agreement compliance as well as finding creative was to deploy various alternative risk financing techniques to lower the total cost of risk. Christopher started his insurance career as an Underwriting Account Analyst in 2011. By 2016 he earned the title of Senior Underwriter for Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company. Prior to joining USI he worked for The Rowley Agency as an Account Executive from 2018 to 2020. Christopher received a General Management & Risk Management and Insurance Degree from the University of Southern Maine. He has earned the prestigious Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation, and the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. He has also received the Certified Risk Managers (CRM) designation, a widely recognized qualification that provides risk managers a foundation of knowledge and skills needed to identify, assess, monitor and limit risks. He has also earned the Workers Compensation Profession (WCP) designation. Furthermore, Christopher has served on various association committees, such as, Government Affairs-ABC, Local Issues Committee at the Maine Real Estate & Development Association (MEREDA), and a Board Member on the Maine Better Transportation Association (MBTA). He was on the American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds (AASCIF) Underwriting Committee from 2016 to 2018 and was the Chair in 2018.

Rick Muraida joined Rockland Trust in 2013 and is SVP, Director of Commercial Real Estate Lending. He is responsible for developing and expanding the bank’s Commercial Lending efforts in the Greater Boston. He is also responsible for the bank’s affordable housing lending and investment throughout the franchise. Prior to joining Rockland Trust, Rick held senior level positions at Eagle Bank, Boston Private Bank & Trust, Anglo Irish Bank, Eastern Bank, Fleet National Bank, and Bank of Boston. He currently serves on the loan committee for the Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund (MHP), is Board Treasurer for the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), is a Board Member of MetroHousing Boston, a Member of the Policy Leadership Council for the Citizens Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) and the Board of Overseers of the South Shore Conservatory and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Business Partners Advisory Council. He is also a member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). He is past chairman of both the Loan and Investment Committees of the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp. (MHIC) and a former Board Member of the Affordable Housing Investors Council (AHIC) and a former member of the Boston Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) Advisory Committee. He is a graduate of Boston University and the MIT Center for Real Estate Minority Developers Executive Program and the LeadBoston program.

With 30 years of experience in construction, David has helped build Groom Construction into the company it is today. David has managed hundreds of construction projects that vary in size and complexity, both as a project manager and a project executive. Along with assisting his brother, Tom, in the day-to-day management of the company, David also leads the generation of new business for the company. Dave’s current projects focus on ground-up commercial buildings as well as several tenant fit-out projects.

Todd Mikelonis has two decades of experience in property management. His expertise in the apartment management & leasing market throughout New England is unparalleled. His experience managing both small multisite and large institutional multifamily enables an innovative, forward-thinking approach to the larger institutional multifamily market. Todd is currently the Managing Director at CHARLESGATE and additionally leads business development for new construction projects and existing multifamily buildings. Investors and developers rely on his operational experience and rental market guidance to create market-beating, stress-free property investments. He works with clients to create and execute strategic management plans that achieve their goals. Todd was instrumental in building CHARLESGATE’s apartment management and leasing platform, developing its reputation as one of the most well regarded and fastest growing leasing and management firms in Boston. Todd holds a BA in Economics from UMass.

Steve Callahan Jr. is Vice President - Business Development for Callahan Construction Managers, where he leads client engagement, strategic growth, and market development efforts across New England and the Northeast. A third-generation member of the Callahan family, Steve has spent more than 20 years working with developers, designers, and industry leaders to deliver commercial, lab, multifamily, affordable housing, senior living, hospitality, and mixed-use projects. Steve is actively involved in housing and development policy discussions throughout Massachusetts and serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Housing Coalition, The Cambridge Health Alliance, as well as multiple charitable 501c3’s. He holds a degree in Economics from Trinity College and is a LEED Green Associate.

Cameron Rapoport is a senior account manager for Parity, responsible for the New England region. He works with residential buildings to provide guaranteed energy savings through remote control optimization. He has a diverse background in engineering, marketing, product management, and sales across industrial, commercial, and residential markets. His writing has been published by magazines such as PM Engineer and Plumbing and Mechanical, and he has been a guest speaker for multiple American Society of Plumbing Engineer chapters, the University of Florida, the New England Waterworks Association, and the New York Rural Water Association. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Pennsylvania, and was into baking sourdough bread before it was cool.

Karen has a general commercial real estate development and finance practice representing owners, developers and financial institutions in construction, term and bridge financing transactions for all commercial real estate asset classes. She also leads the firm's Affordable Housing and Community Economic Development Group and has significant experience representing owners, developers, financial institutions and quasi-public agencies in HUD and Fannie Mae-financed developments, federal and state low income housing tax credit, historic tax credit and tax-exempt bond financed projects, New Markets Tax Credit developments and "Comprehensive Permit" projects under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40B. Karen also has extensive experience structuring complex, multi-tiered and multi-phased projects using creative land use tools such as condominiums, air-rights and ground leases. Karen is also co-chair of Sullivan's Women's Initiative and serves on the firm's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee.

Joe Hanley is a Partner and Director at the Boston law firm of McDermott, Quilty, Miller & Hanley, LLP, where he specializes in land use, zoning, licensing and administrative law.  His practice includes over 25 years of experience in the State and Municipal regulatory process for large to mid- scale real estate developments in the mixed-use, residential, commercial, hospitality, biotechnology/life sciences and institutional sectors. With specific expertise in the Boston Planning Department’s Article 80 Large Project Review process, Planned Development Area adoptions by the Boston Zoning Commission and Board of Appeal cases for Special Permits and Variances, he has successfully entitled hundreds of client projects with millions of square feet of development throughout the City of Boston. Joe is Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Back Bay Association in Boston, and he is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Cohen Institute for Leadership and Public Service at the University of Maine. Joe is also a past President of the Board of Directors for Heading Home, Inc., and a former Board member of the Boston Arts Academy Foundation. He graduated Cum Laude with his J.D. from Suffolk Law School in Boston, Massachusetts and received his B.A. from the University of Maine.