Robert Saxon Email & Phone Number

Detroit, Mi, Us

Manage team overseeing the renovation of all DLBA funded rehabilitation programs including Rehabbed & Ready. Rehabbed & Ready is a one-of-a-kind program designed to create opportunities for Detroit homeownership, reduce residential blight, and restore home values. The program was developed by the Rocket Community Fund and DLBA. The program uses philanthropic funding from the Rocket Community Fund and other sources to renovate and sell homes at market value. In October 2023, the program celebrated its 100th renovation.

Detroit, Mi, Us

Provided support and rule enforcement for applicable DLBA programs. These programs included but were not limited to homes purchased through the DLBA’s Auction and Direct-Sale programs, and homes under legal contract through the Nuisance Abatement Program. Support included supervising a team of compliance representatives that advised and coached buyers through completion of the rehab. Our team enforced compliance rules and generated weekly milestone reports for evaluation by DLBA leadership. Between 2014 and 2019, our team monitored almost 9,500 houses and over 4,000 renovated homes graduated from DLBA oversight.

Wayne County, MIWayne County Parks Comfort Station AssessmentsSubcontracted by Hamilton Anderson Associates, supervised a team assessing the condition of 24 comfort stations scattered through-out Wayne County’s Hines Park. Our team performed field surveys, established the scope of renovation work, conducted products research and estimated the probable cost.

In partnership with the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP) and Lawrence Technical University, created and teach an after-school program introducing high school students to the profession of architecture. This program is run twice a year in the Fall and Winter.We have taught summer programs in Ann Arbor at the Peace Neighborhood Center and in Ypsilanti at the Parkridge Community Center. Other program partners have included the Detroit Housing Commission (DHC) and various area nonprofit organizations, including Eastern Michigan University’s GEAR UP and Bright Futures programs, Wayne State University’s Volunteer Administrators and Coaches (VAC) and Ann Arbor Public Schools Rising Scholars Program.2019-23 - DAPCEP2018 - DAPCEP & Detroit Housing Commission2017 - DAPCEP & Detroit Housing Commission2016 - DAPCEP & Detroit Climate Action Collaborative2015 - DAPCEP2014 - DAPCEP & DHC (Smith Homes), Peace Neighborhood Center, Parkridge Community Center2013 - DAPCEP & DHC (Smith Homes, Diggs Homes, Sojourner Truth and Brewster Homes)2012 - DHC (Brewster Homes)2011 - Rising Scholars (Ann Arbor's Huron, Pioneer and Skyline High Schools)2010 - Bright Futures (Wayne Memorial High School)2009 - Gear Up (Willow Run High School)2008 - Gear Up (Ypsilanti High School)2007 - Arrowwood Hills Cooperative Housing/Community Action Network (CAN)

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Projects Include:36th District Court Renovations, Detroit, MICarlyle Stewart Learning Academy Auditorium Renovations, Detroit Public SchoolsCity Center Penthouse Team, Las Vegas, NVCornerstone Estates Program Management, Detroit Housing Commission, Detroit, MIDelray Senior Pavilion (Hubbard Richard Historic District), Detroit, MIDetroit Academy for the Arts and Sciences, Multipurpose Building and Covered WalkwayDetroit Community Health Connection Bruce Douglass & Eastside Clinic Renovations, Detroit, MIEmerald Springs Program Management, Detroit Housing Commission, Detroit, MIDetroit Land Bank Authority Neighborhood Stabilization Program Home Renovations, Detroit, MI Faith Lutheran Church Expansion, Las Vegas, NVFerndale Apartments Historic Renovation (34 units), Detroit, MILabadie Park Neighborhood Redevelopment, Wyandotte, MINeighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Value Engineering Guide for Energy Efficiency, Detroit, MIParkman Branch Renovation, Detroit Public LibraryPhysical Needs Assessments for various Flint Housing Commission developmentsScattered Site Renovations, Detroit Housing CommissionSmith Homes Site Improvements, Detroit Housing CommissionVillage Park Townhouses (4 buildings – 24 units), Detroit, MIVision Elmwood III – Helen Odean Apts. – Phase II (4 buildings – 32 units), Detroit, MIWarren West Exterior Renovations, Detroit Housing CommissionWayne State University – Matthaei Training Room RenovationsWayne State University - Chatsworth Apts. Steam Plant RenovationWoodward Place at Brush Park, Detroit, MI

Silver Maples of Chelsea, Chelsea, MIIndependent Living Expansion and Assisted Living Renovation ProjectAs Project Architect, supervised the expansion of this existing Senior Living Community. The 56,000 s.f. expansion includes 28 independent living units, a 2900 s.f. multipurpose room, increased assisted-living common space, a resident café, enlarged dining areas, increased outdoor activity space and enlarged administration areas ($8 million).

Projects included:Boston Housing Authority Long Range Strategic Plan, Site Based Market Analysis, Boston, MANew Kensington CDC Homeownership Project IV, Philadelphia, PANorman Blumberg Public Housing Rehab., Philadelphia, PAParkside Design Laboratory, Detroit, MIPatterns for Head Start Facilities, Headstart Facilities Design Competition, East Windsor, NJRaymond Rosen Apartments Community Building Renovation, Philadelphia, PACapital Needs Assessments for numerous local multi-family housing developments

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Us

Created and taught a 4 credit English composition course for 22 students entitled "How do we get to Sesame Street: Vision of the Future City." Supervised a corridor of 34 first-year students within a dormitory of approximately 635 students.

Assisted with the project management of 60 renovated homes.

Assisted in the providing of services aimed at resolving construction claims

Washington, D.C., Us

Reviewed proposals for compliance with HUD cost containment standards.

Mup, March, Urban Planning, Architecture

Bse, Civil Engineering, Architecture