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November 2022 Leadership Greenville Alumni of the Month: Brian Albers and Mario Brown
Posted by: Anna Grace Galloway on Thursday, November 17, 2022
Partners Brian Albers and Mario Brown met at the Leadership Greenville Program in 2016. That year, like all, the members of LG took an intensive look at many pressing issues in Greenville County. Most notably, the shortage of affordable housing. At the time, the city claimed to lack a whopping 2,500 affordable units. Inspired by the need and opportunity, Mario and Brian decided to combine their respective experience in investing and construction to tackle this issue head-on. Together, they formed Affordable Upstate to address the affordable housing shortage with a positive, people-centric approach to real estate investing. The founders aspire to redefine affordable/workforce housing in their community through the acquistion, redevelopment, and preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing for individuals living at 50-80% of the average median income.
Their first project began with the purchase and repositioning of 63 multifamily units in Greenville in 2017. Today, they own over 1400 units of affordable/workforce housing in Greenville and Spartanburg. By overlaying affordable housing incentives within their market projects, the pair are able to generate outsized returns for investors while preserving housing affordability for both new and existing tenants.
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Posted by: Anna Grace Galloway on Thursday, November 17, 2022
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Our mission is to modernize and preserve naturally occurring affordable housing in the Upstate of South Carolina by investing in communities that are as equally fulfilling for our residents as they are strategic for our investors.