Mark Angelini

About Mark Angelini

As President of Mercy Housing Lakefront, Mark is responsible for oversight and…

Experience

1. President

   Mercy Housing

   Jul 2014 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   As President, responsible for oversight and supervision of Mercy Housing Lakefront (MHL) staff; management of the MHL budget and financial performance; management of Board of Directors; primary responsibilities for external relations relating to real estate development, fundraising, and resident services as well as MHL’s reputation management for the Great Lakes Geographic Business Center for Mercy Housing Inc.(MHI). MHI is a national developer, owner and manager of service enriched affordable housing for working families, seniors and the chronically homeless with over 5,600 units in the Great Lakes region and a nationwide portfolio of affordable housing in excess of $3 billion.In my prior position at MHL of Sr. Vice President for Real Estate Development and Investments, was responsible for all real estate development activities for MHL. Oversight and management responsibilities for a staff of five real estate development professionals and an active real estate development pipeline of 800 units with total development costs of nearly $200 million.In 2013 and 2014, sourced and closed the first acquisition (the 128-unit Illinois Apartments building in Aurora, IL) funded by the $100 million Housing Partnership Equity Trust, the first REIT formed by affordable housing non-profits to preserve affordably priced housing; also sourced and closed the 105-unit River West Commons apartment complex in Elgin, IL without recourse to any public debt, equity or operating subsidies. These acquisitions mark Mercy as an innovative social enterprise in executing new strategies to raise capital for the acquisition and long-term preservation of affordable housing without the use of public funding.

Education

• Northwestern University

  M.S., Engineering

  1980 — 1982

• University of Notre Dame

  B.S., cum laude, Engineering

  1976 — 1980

Skills

• Leadership
• Land Use Planning
• Real Estate Development
• Zoning
• Brokerage
• Project Planning
• Shopping Centers
• Sustainable Development
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Land Development
• Real Estate Transactions
• Corporate Real Estate
• Public/Private Partnerships
• Feasibility Studies
• Redevelopment
• Urban Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Entitlements
• Policy Analysis
• Fundraising
• Real Estate
• Land Use
• Urban
• Sustainability
• Transit-Oriented Development
• Property Management
• Government
• Nonprofits
• Grants
• Location Intelligence
• Non-Profits
• Economic Development
• Municipalities
• Disposition
• Dispositions
• Negotiation
• Real Estate Financing
• Real Estate Economics
• Leases
• Public Policy