Beacon Communities recently announced the opening of their Albany, NY office. Duncan Barrett and Paul Kruger, previously of OMNI Housing Development LLC, and Julianne Clouthier have joined the Beacon Communities team, bringing with them an exciting pipeline of development opportunities.

As President of the New York office, Duncan will capitalize on his over 40 years of experience in the financing and development of mixed income rental housing. He will be responsible for business and investment strategies, focusing on new business development, financial structuring, governmental relations and oversight.

Paul brings over 30 years’ experience in all phases of infrastructure and real estate development. At Beacon, he will be responsible for sourcing new deals and providing day-to-day project management services from project planning and financial structuring through construction completion and close-out.

Julianne brings nearly ten years of experience in both economic and community development. She will work closely with Duncan and Paul on preparing financing applications, coordinating due diligence, contract administration and project management activities.

Beacon is a privately owned real estate firm that develops, acquires, invests in, and manages a wide range of multi-family housing. Our portfolio includes affordable housing, market rate housing and mixed income-housing. Our developments range from new construction, to historic adaptive reuse, to the renovation of existing housing. We take on challenging developments and make them succeed. Our driving passion is to create well-designed, healthy homes that improve the quality of life of our residents and enhance the neighborhoods in which they are located.