MEET MARIO
Mario is a former college football All-American, graduating from Gardner-Webb University in 2009 with degrees in English & Political Science. After cutting his teeth in business management and marketing with a national sports training company, Mario decided to go all-in on Greenville in residential construction and brokerage. He spent three years representing a regional production builder. There, using marketing and social media skills crafted at his previous station, Mario quickly became the company’s top agent. Eager for a more integrated, local work concentration, he joined Milestone Custom Homes, an exclusive luxury home builder, as their director of sales and marketing. The four years Mario spent at Milestone helped him truly understand the creative impact builders and developers have on the residential landscape. The education and exposure he received being a part of best-in-class developments like Hartness Village stick with him to this day.
A graduate of Leadership Greenville, Mario believes we all have the responsibility to align our individual skills with the needs of our community. In 2017 he co-founded Affordable Upsate, a small real estate investment firm, at the time with 63 units, that redevelops energy-efficient, multifamily apartment units. Since 2017 we have placed over $50MM of investor equity into socially responsible, environmentally-enhanced workforce housing investments.
MARIO'S EXPERIENCE
SELECTED REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT EXPERIENCE
Park West Apts, Greenville,SC
- GP for 369-Unit C Class Multifamily Property
- Acquired August 2022
Lions Gate Apts Mauldin,SC
- GP for 138-Unit C Class Multifamily Property
- Acquired August 2022
Fairhill & Fairmeadow Apts, Greenville, SC
- GP for 151-Unit C Class Multifamily Property Acquired December 2021
- Loan through United Bank
Terrain Apartments, Greenville, SC
- GP for 96-Unit B Class Multifamily Property Acquired December 2021
- Loan through Bridge Lender A-10
Hillcrest Townhomes, Spartanburg, SC
- GP for 138-Unit C Class Multifamily Property Acquired December 2021
- Loan through United Community Bank
Westgate Manor, Greenville, SC
- GP for 76-Unit Class C Multifamily Property Acquired March 2021
- Partnered with Greenville Housing Fund
- Loans through First National Bank of Pennsylvania and Community Works
Charlestown, East Terrace and Quail Ridge Portfolio, Easley, SC
- GP for 93-Unit C Class Multifamily Portfolio Acquired February 2021
- Three Separate Freddie Mac loans
Parkins Ridge Townhomes, Greenville, SC
- GP for 52-Unit Class C Multifamily Property Acquired July 2020
- Partnered with the Greenville Housing Fund
- Loans through First National Bank of PA and Community Works
Landau Apartments, Clinton, SC
- GP for 80-Unit Class C Multifamily Property Acquired November 2019
- HUD Section 8 Project-Based HAP Contract, Fannie Mae Loan
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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.