Ariel Garcia Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Bronx, NY, US

• Manage and oversee development team members both internally and externally.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with developers, financial institutions, and state/local officials to advance organizational goals.
• Exploration of growth areas for the organization (i.e. community banking, bridging the digital divide).

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

• Managerial role as project lead overseeing the development team (i.e. Architects, lenders, general contractor, engineers, consultants, etc.) and coordinating with community and local partners (state financing agencies.
• Secured project financing in excess of $40 million through Private Activity Bonds, conventional bank financing, grants, Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) and City/State resources.
• Responsible for projects across numerous geographic locations and familiarity with local processes including Honolulu, HI, Minneapolis, MN, Trinidad, CO, New York City, NY, and Silver Spring, MD.
• Directing new business development & strategic partnerships in New York City.
• Facilitating the creation of approximately 450+ affordable housing units and 75,000+ sq. ft. of commercial/community facility space.
• Maintaining relationships with leading lenders and tax credit syndicators - Bank of America, Raymond James, RBC, Citi Community Capital, Capital One Community Finance, Federal Home Loan Bank, AEGON, PNC Realty Investors.

Bronx, NY, US

• Real estate professional with extensive experience in the public and private sectors. Detail oriented and goal driven with adept capabilities in all phases of project life cycles; pre-development, site acquisition.
• Created and maintained project budgets, project plans and timelines.
• Underwrote new transactions and asset repositioning.
• Managed and oversee portfolio of 55 properties and 1,500+ units with pipeline costs in excess of $200 million.
• Prepared Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and applications for Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs).
• Interacted with financing and planning/development agencies, including New York City’s Departments of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD), City Planning (DCP), Buildings (DOB), the NYC Housing Development.

• Provided strategic preposition assistance for client with 29,000 sq. ft. retail property in Stamford, CT. Conducted market analysis, due diligence, and financial advice for identifying tenants and unique asset value.
• Created reports including pitch book used in successfully sourcing bank funding of $4,800,000 for asset repositioning.

Valley Stream, New York, US

• Advised client on commercial property in Phoenix, AZ. Repositioning of a distressed asset through market analysis, due diligence, and financial workout.
• Intermediary between client and tenant on business plan execution.

New York, NY, US

• Reported financial expenditures to public/private funding organizations.
• Maintained Naviance website for submission of college applications to universities.

Washington, DC, US

• Assisted the Regional Advocate in administration of three small business roundtables, and ten informationalevents; helping to reach organizational targets.
• Directed events; liaison between business owners & local officials; created marketing material.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Successfully lobbied on behalf of CAMBA Executive Director and President to secure financing of affordable housing project, CAMBA Gardens, to fill $2 Million funding gap.
• Managed Regional Director's schedule; outreached to constituents and business owners on her behalf to asses needs.

• Lead researcher on Land Art Generator Initiative 2010, for implementation in a sustainable power generator competition in Abu Dhabi, UAE (competition sponsored by The Masdar Initiative).
• Extensively researched traditional Middle Eastern design methods to draw on historically 'green' practices.
• Examined Abu Dhabi Plan 2030 and Estidama' Pearle Rating System (similar to LEED) for application in proposed redevelopment plan.
• Project received an Honorable Mention by the selection committee.

• Aggregated demographic/social information for market analysis from federal, municipal sources.
• Actively coordinated and executed plan recommendations with city officials.
• Presented findings that resulted in the unanimous adoption of the master plan in June 2012.

• Acquired $400,000 in additional funds through the City’s Industrial & Commercial Abatement Program (ICAP) to cover overages in Colon Plaza development.
• Communicated with lending institution to drawdown funds and monitored construction schedule via Microsoft Project.

Ms In Real Estate Development, Global Real Estate

Ms In Urban Planning, Housing And Built Environments

B.A., Poltical Science, Media Studies