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Delivering Affordable Housing: Development, Financing & Municipal Collaboration

Curtailing cost, creative financing and public-private partnerships

Fulton Meachem Jr.

Fulton Meachem Jr.

President & CEO

Inlivian

AJ Casavant

AJ Casavant

Managing Principal

The Federation Companies

Michael Englehart

Michael Englehart

Housing Trust Fund Manager

City of Charlotte

Tyler Epps

Tyler Epps

SVP, Originations

American South Capital Partners

Ryan Clark

Ryan Clark

SVP, Development

The Annex Group

Rick Cunningham
Moderator

Rick Cunningham

Senior Public Relations and Development Manager

LDG Development

Fulton Meachem Jr.

President & CEO

Inlivian

As President and CEO of INLIVIAN, Fulton is responsible for the oversight and effective operation of one of the most progressive housing authorities in the nation. He has over 20 years' experience in the affordable housing industry and has extensive experience in developing and executing workforce housing, resident services, and housing operations. He is skilled in developing community partnerships and fostering strong relationships with Boards, staff and residents.

Due to an entrepreneurial nature, Fulton has started two 501(c)(3) organizations to garner private dollars for public causes such as funds for post-secondary education and the construction of high-quality affordable housing. HHe has successfully led development efforts which resulted in the creation of over 1800 mixed-income apartments using a myriad of sources such as HOPE VI funding, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and Tax Exempt Bond Financing.

With a passion for helping people, Fulton believes that INLIVIAN is "more than bricks & sticks" and that able-bodied people should work. During his career, he has developed comprehensive supportive services programs incorporating case management, education and job placement. He believes the key to upward mobility is housing + supportive services + education + employment.

Fulton serves on a number of boards and committees including the Centralina Council of Governments' Connect our Future Consortium, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Steering Committee, and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Coalition on Housing. He is a member of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association.

He is married to Jeanette Meachem and father of two sons, Bryce and Brannon.

Tyler Epps

SVP, Originations

American South Capital Partners

Mr. Epps works out of ASCP's Atlanta office and leads originations for the American South Real Estate Fund(s). He is responsible for managing partner relationships and sourcing LP and preferred equity investment opportunities for the funds in workforce and affordable housing projects across the funds' 10-state footprint. To-date, ASCP has capitalized more than $1B of projects across more than 7,000 units. Mr. Epps graduated with a BBA in Finance from Georgia State and an MBA from Georgia Tech.

Ryan Clark

SVP, Development

The Annex Group

As Senior VP of Development, Ryan Clark leads the development effort for new student, workforce, and affordable housing opportunities that fit within The Annex Groups’ long-term strategy nationwide. Ryan works alongside the development team through all phases of development including market and site selection, project entitlement, project underwriting, tax credit allocation, construction, and project lease up. Ryan has over 12 years of experience in the real estate development industry spanning both the public and private sectors. His broad spectrum of expertise includes leading new multifamily and healthcare developments to implementing tax abatements and establishing TIF districts at the municipal level. Clark began his career working for local government focusing on facilitating new development projects and executing economic development initiatives for the City. He later pivoted to leading entitlements and managing the entire development process at a national real estate development company. Education: Bachelor of Political Sciences, Miami University Masters in Urban Planning, Ohio State University

Rick Cunningham

Moderator

LDG Development

I am a personable, intelligent, and result-oriented leader who understands the importance of each member of my team and have a unique

ability to harness and leverage every person's strengths to get remarkable results. I am a high-energy individual with strategic planning,

coaching and facilitation, marketing/business development, urban design, and management expertise with over 40 years of experience in

Architecture, Engineering, Planning, and Development including a focus on sustainability and resiliency.

A licensed Architect from 1982, I have Master’s Degrees in Architecture and Civil Engineering including course work in community, regional

and transportation planning. My experience has been mostly at senior management levels; in large, medium, and small firms at local,

regional, and national levels. I have been successfully responsible for managing regional programs and teams; planning and leading strategic

marketing/business development plans and pursuits; planning, managing, and delivering large projects; extensive internal and external

relationship development, team-building and partnership-forming; and growing staff and new offerings across multiple businesses lines in new

and multiple locations to meet our clients’ needs and expectations. My experience includes 4 years as Planning Director for the City of

Omaha, NE; over 4 years as the Deputy Director for Development Services for DeKalb County, GA; and currently the Southeast Region

Senior Public Relations and Development Manager for LDG Development, LLC.

My diverse list of clients includes federal, state, regional, county and municipal agencies and private organizations. I have served as coach,

facilitator, project principal, project manager, and project architect on a range of projects which have included project planning and

programming, new, renovation and retrofit construction. Projects include a full range of vertical projects and infrastructure projects

(transportation, water, wastewater, and natural resources) accomplished under various contract vehicles – Indefinite Delivery Indefinite

Quantity, Open-End, General, direct and as a sub-consultant.

Solving for the Missing Middle

Complimenting subsidized housing through the development and preservation of workforce and mixed-income communities

Jordan Jones

Jordan Jones

Principal - Carolinas

The Integral Group

Lee Cochran

Lee Cochran

SVP, Development

Laurel Street Residential

Micah Kordsmeier

Micah Kordsmeier

Senior Director - Southeast Region

Urban Atlantic

Tom Liebel

Tom Liebel

VP

Moseley Architects

Terry Shook
Moderator

Terry Shook

Founding Partner & Principal

Shook Kelley

Lee Cochran

SVP, Development

Laurel Street Residential

Lee leads development activities for Laurel Street. His oversight starts at project conception and runs through completion and stabilization. He is responsible for development and project financing relationships. Lee has more than 20 years of experience in affordable and market-rate housing development, including elderly and family housing.

Previously, Lee was Chief Operating Officer at Levine Properties. There, he was responsible for working with the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County on public/private partnerships for the redevelopment of First Ward, a 30-acre, $700 million mixed-use project in Charlotte’s city center. Prior to joining Levine Properties, Lee worked for The Housing Partnership. During his nine years there, he helped develop projects that included single-family rehabilitation, multifamily new construction, and master-planned development of neighborhoods. Lee served as the organization’s Chief Financial Officer during his last three years. He began his real estate career with the Housing Authority and Housing Department of the City of Baltimore.

Lee serves on the Finance Committee for Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region and is a Board Member of the North Carolina Housing Coalition. He is also a member of the ULI Charlotte Advisory Board, Capital Markets Council, and the Affordable and Workforce Housing Council.

He earned a Master of Public Policy degree and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Duke University.

Tom Liebel

VP

Moseley Architects

Tom Liebel, FAIA, LEED Fellow is a Vice President with Moseley, where he leads their Multifamily

Housing Studio. Tom has been involved in integrating sustainable design principles into a variety of

ground-breaking affordable housing projects, specifically utilizing adaptive use and historic preservation

over the past twenty-five years. These projects have been recognized with multiple awards for design,

smart growth, sustainable design and historic preservation.

Elevated to Fellowship to both the AIA and USGBC in 2011, Tom is involved in ongoing research

exploring the relationship between sustainability, preservation and urban design, with a particular

emphasis in the use of urban adaptive use projects to promote affordability, neighborhood revitalization,

and civic engagement.

Tom served two terms as Chair the Maryland Green Building Council and chaired Baltimore City’s

Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation for a decade, serves on the Maryland Advisory

Council for Historic Preservation, the Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission, and served

as the 2020 Moderator for the American Institute of Architect’s Strategic Council.

Terry Shook

Moderator

Shook Kelley

Terry Shook FAIA, is a partner in Shook Kelley, a Charlotte and Los Angeles based firm, with an emphasis upon the creation of new communities in the suburbs and in urban cores that reflect timeless patterns of building while responding to modern aspirations for a better life. Through strategic visioning, design, urban planning and development services, Terry focuses on how places and spaces convene humans in meaningful ways.

Why You Should Attend the Charlotte Affordable Housing Conference

What You'll Learn: 

  • Where does the greatest housing affordability concern exist in the Charlotte region and how is this concern being addressed?

  • How are developers curtailing project cost and timelines for projects today?

  • What creative financing mechanisms is the private development community employing to ensure new supply pencils?

  • How are municipal stakeholders collaborating with the private sector to clear regulatory and financing roadblocks?

  • What challenges exist for those aiming to finance and execute workforce and mixed-income housing deals today?

  • What strategies or policies are being implemented to maintain Affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing options around the Queen City?

  • What prevailing strategies are proving effective in aligning unit composition for mixed-income housing communities?

How You'll Do More Business: 

Enhance your business and network by hearing from Charlotte's top affordable housing developers, city officials, affordable housing advocates and lenders. Learn more on the latest strategies in project financing, preservation, and best practices in securing a piece of available funding options. Hear how the intended impact of the updated Unified Development Ordinance aligns with market impact to date, and what additional change the policy landscape may bring in the near future. 

Who Attends: Developers, investors, managers, city officials, housing advocates and organizations, lenders, banks, brokers, lawyers, and more. 

Why Should You Attend:

Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network, and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.

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Venue

The Union at West Station
919 Berryhill Rd, Suite 105
Charlotte, NC 28208

 

Valet Lane will be set up along BerryHill Rd. Valet will take your vehicle to a remote or back lot. No parking is permitted in the front lot during the event. Additional parking lot is located at 1115 Berryhill Rd which is specifically reserved for this event. Please click HERE for more information.

 
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Agenda

Time Activity
12:00 PM
1:15 PM
Pre-Event Networking, Registration & Breakfast
1:15 PM
2:00 PM
Delivering Affordable Housing: Development, Financing & Municipal Collaboration

-Curtailing cost, creative financing and public-private partnerships

2:00 PM
2:30 PM
Networking Break
2:30 PM
3:15 PM
Solving for the Missing Middle

-Complimenting subsidized housing through the development and preservation of workforce and mixed-income communities

3:15 PM
3:30 PM
Closing Networking

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