Citi Establishes Affordable Housing Preservation Program with Emerging Managers

Citi has established an investment program comprised of five investment vehicles that seeks to increase investment capital allocated to Black investment managers focused on preserving workforce and affordable housing across the country. The initiative is part of Citi’s Action for Racial Equity.

After soliciting applications and engaging with a number of industry participants, Citi and its independent advisory council have selected five Black-led managers who have each received a $40 million allocation to invest in and manage workforce and affordable housing in partnership with L+M Development Partners. They include:

• Dantes Community Partners
  Dantes Community Partners (DCP) is an investment management firm focused on acquiring existing cash flowing assets with an emphasis on preserving workforce and affordable housing assets across the MidAtlantic region. DCP has a track record of using creative financing structures and marshaling the financial capital to support development.

• Ginosko Development Company
  Ginosko Development Company is a multi-state affordable housing development company with over 19 years of experience in affordable housing development. Ginosko Development Company has created sophisticated financing strategies to amass a current affordable housing portfolio that expands throughout the Midwest.

• Laurel Street
  Laurel Street is a leading multifamily residential development company experienced in developing and preserving high-quality, mixed-income communities for working families and seniors. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., the company has a current portfolio of more than 3,600 units throughout the Southeast.

• RailField Partners
  RailField Partners is a real estate investment firm with deep institutional experience that specializes in the acquisition of multifamily assets in the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Texas.

• SG|T2
  SG|T2 is a joint venture between SG Companies (“SG”) and T2 Capital Management (“T2”). The two companies are thriving real estate investment firms that have partnered together on several successful multi-family projects and are currently targeting the following markets: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky and Tennessee.

The program will acquire multifamily housing primarily for the benefit of low to moderate income individuals and communities (including workforce, regulated and mixed-income housing) with a commitment to community development and engaging diverse professionals throughout the acquisition and ownership infrastructures.