Kara Harrison-Gates
Affordable housing & community development advocate
- Role
- Real Estate Development Incentive Associate at Colliers
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kara Harrison-Gates
Experienced Development Associate specializing in government incentives for commercial real estate development. Focused on acquiring tax credits and other incentives to lower the capital needed to kick start development or redevelopment of commercial real estate. Well practiced as a development director, building and managing a strong development team, financial partners, and management partners. She graduated with a Bachelors\'s degree in Finance from Grand Valley State University and is pursuing her Masters\'s in Real Estate at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Despite her current home in Ithaca, she serves as the President/Board Chair for her Grand Rapids neighborhood, Neighbors of Belknap Lookout. She\'s led the board through strategic planning and has engaged with the City, MSU, GVSU, Spectrum Health, DGRI, and DDA to bring a new pedestrian connection between Belknap\'s residential neighborhood and business district. She spends her free time rehabbing homes, hitting the links, hiking, biking, and eating her way across the world.
Experience
Real Estate Development Incentive Associate
Jul 2017 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US
Education
Cornell University
Master's degree
Grand Valley State University
Bachelor's Degree
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