Strada is thrilled to announce the promotions of Evan Easterbrooks-Dick and Ben Schwartz.

Evan Easterbrooks-Dick was promoted to Director in July 2026. Since joining Strada, Evan has become one of our most trusted staff with both experienced and first-time developers. His strong diplomacy and negotiating skills and his ability to move a process forward in a way that engenders trust from all parties have made him an invaluable asset to our clients. Evan is also a gifted teacher: he has led in-depth underwriting training series for clients across the industry, and he was invited to co-teach ‘Affordable Housing Development in NYC’ at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.

Ben Schwartz was promoted to Project Manager in July 2026. Ben joined Strada as an intern while completing his Master’s in Urban Planning at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, and came on full-time as an Assistant Project Manager. Ben has demonstrated industry skills and professionalism beyond his years of experience. He has jumped into projects in the middle of predevelopment, gotten up to speed incredibly fast, and become a critical team member who is instrumental in getting projects to construction loan closing.

Evan and Ben bring a wealth of experience and a passion for affordable and supportive housing. We congratulate them both on their promotions. We look forward to their continued growth at Strada and their contributions to the industry.

Strada Development LLC, in partnership with Gilbane Development Company and the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS), has reached financial close on 1920 Turnbull, a more than $170 million affordable and supportive housing development in the Castle Hill/Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. This is Strada Development’s first project, and it advances a major investment in high-quality, sustainable housing that expands access to safe, affordable homes for hundreds of New Yorkers.

Located at 1931 Lafayette Avenue, 1920 Turnbull will deliver a 22-story building with 228 affordable rental apartments, including 137 permanent supportive housing units for formerly homeless individuals and families. CUCS will operate a 3,500 square foot on-site office providing residents with case management, behavioral health support, benefits assistance, employment services, and connections to community resources. The building will also include a 24/7 staffed lobby, outdoor recreation space, a fitness room, a community room, bike storage, and laundry facilities.

The development is designed to meet Passive House and Enterprise Green Communities standards, with high-performance insulation, energy-efficient systems, and fully electric heating and cooling. The site is enrolled in the New York State Brownfield Cleanup Program, ensuring environmental remediation alongside the new housing.

1920 Turnbull is the first of two planned buildings. Phase 2 will add 207 additional affordable apartments, with 15 percent designated as permanent supportive housing, and is expected to close within the next year pending City approvals. Together, the two phases will create a unified, deeply affordable housing community in a well-connected location near supermarkets, parks, and transit.

Reflecting on the closing, Strada Founder and Principal Courtney Horwitz said:

“One of the hardest parts of a supportive housing project is securing the financing, especially when the homes include deep affordability and on-site services that make the numbers hard to pencil. That’s the work Strada was created to do, and reaching the construction loan closing means hundreds of families in Soundview are now on their way to a stable place to live.”

Affordable New Construction, Bronx

Strada Development LLC, in partnership with Gilbane Development Company and the Center for Urban Community Services, reached construction loan closing on 1920 Turnbull, a more than $170 million affordable and supportive housing development in the Castle Hill/Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. The 22-story building will deliver 228 affordable rental apartments, including 137 permanent supportive housing units for formerly homeless individuals and families.

Affordable Preservation, Brooklyn

Colleen Patterson, a Senior Project Manager, and Ben Schwartz, a Project Manager at Strada, assisted a Brooklyn-based non-profit client in closing $4.4 million in financing for 6 units of permanently affordable homeownership housing in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Funding sources include HPD PLP, HCR SRDI, FHLB NY AHP, HDP ResoA. All units are affordable.

Affordable New Construction, Queens

Ben Schwartz, a Project Manager at Strada, managed the MIH compliance of 34 units of new affordable housing that are part of a $68.5 million new construction project to build 116 units in Flushing, Queens for a for-profit client.

Affordable Preservation, Bronx

Alison Glaser, a Deputy Director, and Susue Li, a Project Manager at Strada, assisted a client in closing a new regulatory agreement for 101 units of 100% affordable housing across 11 buildings in Morrisania, Bronx. Strada secured a 40-year 420-c tax exemption through HPD’s Year 15 program, which also allowed the client to modify and extend its existing debt.

Congratulations to the Strada teams and clients on these hard-won closings.

Strada is proud to share that a project we support was the site of the launch of a major new City housing initiative. In June 2026, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced its new Supportive Preservation Program at Nazareth Housing’s Park Avenue Thorpe residence, a building that has provided stable, sustainable housing to families experiencing homelessness for nearly four decades. Strada Deputy Director Avery Dement, who is leading this project, was invited to attend the announcement.

The city-wide initiative will provide critical investments to help preserve nearly 39,000 supportive housing units across the five boroughs, including Park Avenue Thorpe. For that building, the program means funding to update and maintain the property for years to come, allowing Nazareth Housing to continue providing safe, sustainable housing and supportive services to the families who call it home.

Strada is proud to announce that Courtney Horwitz, Strada’s Founder and Principal, has been invited to serve as a member of the New York City Council’s newly formed Advisory Group on Housing Affordability. Speaker Julie Menin announced the full membership in June 2026, ahead of the group’s first meeting.

The Advisory Group brings together architects, engineers, urban planners and designers, finance professionals, fair housing advocates, and labor leaders to serve as a sounding board for the Council, providing ideas, analysis, and recommendations that shape proactive policies to address New York City’s housing crisis. The group will take a hard look at the obstacles, large and small, that have cumulatively made the city’s development and construction environment difficult to navigate and inefficient at creating and preserving housing.

Alongside preservation, development, planning, and access, the group will focus on identifying Construction Code reforms that could spur new housing without requiring burdensome, expensive, and time-consuming zoning changes.

Courtney joins co-chairs Barika Williams of the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, Gary LaBarbera of the New York City and New York State Building and Construction Trades Councils, and James Simmons of Asland Capital Partners, along with members from Enterprise Community Partners, REBNY, the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, RiseBoro, the Supportive Housing Network of New York, Habitat for Humanity NYC & Westchester, Gilbane Development Company, UHAB and others. We are thrilled that Courtney will bring Strada’s on-the-ground financing, development and asset management experience to this effort.

This May, Strada’s Founder and Principal, Courtney Horwitz, served as co-chair of the 57th Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) Annual Benefit and Awards Reception alongside Sam Marks, CEO of FJC. Thanks to the leadership of the Host Committee, together with FAC’s sponsors and staff, FAC surpassed its 2026 fundraising goal. These resources directly power FAC’s programs as the organization fights for economic, social, and racial justice across New York City.

The evening kicked off with Courtney and Sam describing FAC’s impact on the community. Courtney shared a moving personal reflection on FAC’s visible impact through the development of affordable housing in the neighborhood, noting how often she passes FAC’s work in her everyday life:

“I’ve seen the tremendous impact that they have. I saw it when I was walking to my home office in the middle of the day, and I passed the beautiful, recently completed shelter-to-permanent-housing project on Park Place in Brooklyn. I also saw it on Saturday when I was taking my son to a birthday party and passed the Sunset Park Library.”

Strada is grateful to everyone who supported the benefit, and proud to stand behind FAC’s work in Brooklyn and beyond.

Strada is proud to announce that all three of the applications we prepared for New York State Homes and Community Renewal’s (HCR) Small Rental Development Initiative (SRDI) were successfully awarded in the most recent round.

SRDI is HCR’s competitive grant program supporting the creation and preservation of multifamily rental developments with four to 20 apartments. Funding is awarded to non-profit organizations that own, develop, and manage small rental housing, and the homes created are affordable to households earning up to 80 percent of Area Median Income. Buildings of this size are notoriously difficult to finance, and SRDI grants are frequently what makes a project of this scale possible at all. Across the state, this round included $10.7 million for 62 homes.

Strada’s three awarded applications, all prepared for non-profit clients, will support:

• $2.5 million for a 16-unit building in Brooklyn

• $2.5 million for a 20-unit building in the Bronx

• $833,669 for a 4-unit building in Westchester County

Congratulations to Avery Dement, a Deputy Director at Strada, who led all three applications, and to our non-profit clients.

Strada Ventures LLC is a woman-owned real estate consulting and development company with expertise in affordable housing. Strada provides customized services to for-profit and nonprofit affordable housing developers. Strada helps its clients acquire and rehabilitate existing real estate properties, construct new affordable housing properties, and manage their assets. Strada operates primarily in NYC but also in Upstate NY, Baltimore, Kentucky, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico.

Strada is a small, fast-growing venture that is looking for someone to grow with the company. Strada started in 2019 with the Principal Courtney Horwitz and one client and has since grown to a company of 14 with over 60 clients.

The position is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with the existing Strada staff, who are veterans in the field, to work for some of the most prolific developers in NYC, and to grow professionally in tandem with Strada’s growth. This role is for a candidate who is driven, organized, entrepreneurial, can lead a project, underwrite a transaction, has strong interpersonal skills, and wants to join a small, passionate, hardworking, and cohesive staff.

Some of the things that make Strada a unique place to work are:

• Exposure to all aspects of supportive & affordable housing, you might:

  • lead a transaction from start to finish,

  • assist a client during a critical time like at loan conversion,

  • advise on a year 15 project,

  • develop tools to track a client’s existing predevelopment pipeline,

  • help a non-profit negotiate with a for profit development partner,

  • explain the benefits and risks of providing a guarantee to a non-profit board;

• Ability to work on all types of projects, including:

  • Supportive housing

  • Affordable housing

  • New construction LIHTC

  • Preservation

  • Coops, Mitchelle Lamas

  • Homeownership

  • Shelters

  • NYC and NYS funded

  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, and

  • HUD deals;

• Flexible work from home, in the office, out of state...wherever you are...policy;

• If working in the office, our space is a private office at a WeWork in Brooklyn Heights with all that WeWork has to offer:

  • beautiful views,

  • phone booths for private calls,

  • conference rooms with white boards and ping pong tables,

  • lounge areas with couches, and free coffee, tea, snacks, and kombucha.

  • Indoor bike storage

  • one block from the subway, several bus routes, Citi Bike station in front of the office;

• Flexible work schedule, if needed;

• Collegial, supportive team environment;

• Smart, hardworking, passionate peers; and

• Challenging, interesting, impactful projects.

This person will lead projects for clients, by:

• Managing the process of gaining all required City, State, Federal approvals needed to sell, acquire, or convert loans for supportive or affordable housing;

• Leading ongoing transaction calls;

• Managing client’s third-party vendors, such as accountants, lawyers, energy consultants, engineers, environmental contractors;

• Preparing and/or updating underwriting models;

• Assisting clients with financing from lenders/banks as well as government organizations;

• Working with HUD, NYC, NYS on real-estate development requirements;

• Assisting clients in identifying and negotiating with joint venture partners and syndicators;

• Managing effective communication with all stakeholders; and

• Maintaining financial information in excel.

The candidate should have:

• Knowledge of NYC or NYS or other City affordable or supportive housing subsidy and loan programs;

• Knowledge of LIHTC transactions;

• Knowledge of tax incentive programs;

• Excellent interpersonal skills;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

• Proficiency with excel; and

• Project management skills, including the ability to track and stay on top of new projects, as well as oversee and keep track of existing ones.

The position is a full time, W-2 position, with health insurance, a Simple IRA plan, and bonuses. The salary will be commensurate with experience but will be in the range of $95,000-$145,000. And based on experience will either be a Deputy Director or a Senior Project Manager.

Interested applicants should send a resume by e-mail to Courtney@stradanyc.com. For more information on Strada, please visit www.stradanyc.com or reach out to Courtney to set up a phone/zoom chat.

Strada Ventures LLC is a woman-owned real estate consulting and development company with expertise in affordable housing. Strada provides customized services to for-profit and nonprofit affordable housing developers. Strada helps its clients acquire and rehabilitate existing real estate properties, construct new affordable housing properties, and manage their assets. Strada operates primarily in NYC but also in Upstate NY, Baltimore, Kentucky, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico.

Strada is a small, fast-growing firm that is looking for someone to grow with the company. Strada started in 2019 with the Principal Courtney Horwitz and one client and has since grown to a company of 15 with over 50 clients.

The position offers a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with a team of seasoned affordable housing professionals, helping developers, owners and mission-driven organizations navigate complex operational, financial and regulatory challenges, while supporting their ongoing asset management needs. You will work across a diverse range of affordable housing portfolios and initiatives – from stabilizing distressed multi-building portfolios to developing and implementing asset and property management strategies—and see your work translate into stronger operations, improved financial performance, and the long-term preservation of quality affordable housing.

This is a hands-on leadership role for a candidate who is driven, organized, entrepreneurial and able to lead projects and teams with confidence. The ideal candidate pairs strong financial and analytical skills with deep knowledge of affordable housing and can move seamlessly between high-level portfolio strategy and day-to-day problem solving. They understand how individual property issues fit within broader operational, financial and organizational goals and are energized by diagnosing challenges, implementing solutions, building systems, mentoring staff and helping clients turn around distressed assets and operations.

Strong interpersonal skills, initiative, sound judgment, and a collaborative mindset are essential, as is the ability to see both the forest and the trees. The Deputy Director will play a meaningful role in shaping the practices, tools and culture of a growing practice area within Strada and must be excited to join a small, passionate, hardworking and cohesive team.

The selected candidate will report to the Director of Asset Management.

Some of the things that make Strada a unique place to work are:

• Exposure to all aspects of affordable housing, in this role, you will:

  • Serve as Trusted Client Advisor

    • Lead client engagements from start to finish, serving as a trusted advisor to owners, developers and non-profit organizations.

    • Present recommendations to boards, ownerships, executive leadership teams and housing agencies.

    • Advise nonprofit and mission-driven owners and developers on governance, asset and property management structures, staff development and strategic planning.

  • Conduct Financial Analysis and Develop Portfolio Strategies

    • Analyze property and portfolio financials, identify risks, and develop strategies to improve operations, collections, occupancy and long-term sustainability.

    • Evaluate capital needs, reserve requirements, financing opportunities, disposition, acquisition and preservation strategies.

    • Refine and customize existing asset management tools, dashboards, and reporting systems so clients can better monitor portfolio performance, identify emerging risks, and make informed operational and financial decisions.

  • Solve Complex Operational Challenges & Coordinate Stakeholders

    • Help clients navigate critical operational, financial and organizational challenges affecting property and portfolio performance, and work alongside them to implement practical solutions and achieve measurable results.

    • Look beyond the numbers to understand why operations are lagging, working closely with owners, management agents, case workers, and building maintenance staff to identify root causes, develop targeted interventions and support implementation through completion.

    • Work directly with housing agencies, lenders, investors, property managers, attorneys and consultants to resolve complex operational issues.

• Ability to work across a diverse range of clients and projects, including:

  • For-profit and non-profit developers and owners of rent-stabilized, LIHTC, and publicly funded (city, state, and federal) portfolios;

  • Public agencies and authorities overseeing public housing and affordable housing initiatives;

  • Limited-equity cooperatives, community land trusts (CLTs) and other shared-equity housing models

  • Supportive housing providers and mission-driven organizations;

  • Portfolio stabilization initiatives, ongoing asset management services, targeted operational interventions.

• Manage and mentor staff in their work.

• Flexible work from home, in the office, out of state...wherever you are...policy;

  • If working in the office, our space is a private office at a WeWork in Brooklyn Heights with all that WeWork has to offer:

    • beautiful views,

    • phone booths for private calls,

    • conference rooms with white boards and ping pong tables,

    • lounge areas with couches, and free coffee, tea, snacks, and kombucha.

    • Indoor bike storage

    • one block from the subway, several bus routes, Citi Bike station in front of the office;

• Flexible work schedule, if needed;

• Collegial, supportive team environment;

• Smart, hardworking, passionate peers; and

• Challenging, interesting, impactful projects.

The ideal candidate should have:

• Strong knowledge of NYC, New York State, and federal affordable housing programs, regulations and policies;

• Excellent interpersonal skills, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills;

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences;

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize information from a wide range of public and proprietary data sources to inform decision-making and develop practical solutions.

• Resourcefulness, sound judgment, and the ability to navigate ambiguity on their own;

• Advanced proficiency with Excel and experience working with financial models, portfolio reporting tools and large datasets;

• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and other presentation software, with the ability to create clear, compelling, and professional presentations for clients, boards, agencies and other stakeholders.

• Strong project management skills, including the ability to track multiple engagements simultaneously, track deliverables and ensure projects remain on schedule;

• At least 3-5 years of management and supervisory experience.

The position is a full time, W-2 position, with health insurance, a Simple IRA plan, and bonuses. The salary range is $115-145,000 per year.

Interested applicants should send a resume by e-mail to Courtney@stradanyc.com. For more information on Strada, please visit www.stradanyc.com or reach out to Courtney to set up a phone/zoom chat.

Strada Ventures LLC is thrilled to announce the hiring of nine new employees during the past nine months.  Dara Yaskil joined Strada as a Director in June 2025 to lead Strada’s Asset Management division.  Previously, Dara served as the Executive Director of Multifamily Stabilization Programs in the Division of Preservation Finance at the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). In that role, she oversaw a team that closed more than 25,000 units of affordable housing transactions and advanced major mayoral initiatives to improve energy efficiency, expand financial and technical assistance for small building owners, and reduce rising operating costs across the affordable housing sector.

Abaye Steinmetz-Silber joined Strada as a Senior Project Manager in Strada’s Asset Management division in November 2025. Abaye comes to Strada from Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC), where he worked in the Affordable Housing Development department. Abaye directly managed over $200M of new deeply affordable housing in all stages of development, with an emphasis on construction period management and project closeout.

Alie Glaser joined Strada as a Deputy Director in February 2026.  Alie comes to Strada from the New York City Housing Development Corporation (NYC HDC), where she served as an Assistant Vice President of Development. In that role, she underwrote and structured financing for complex new construction, preservation, and NYCHA PACT projects across the five boroughs, including Linden Plaza, the largest remaining Mitchell-Lama rental complex in Brooklyn.

Ben Schwartz is currently an Intern at Strada, but we are pleased that he will join Strada full-time as an Assistant Project Manager in May 2026. Ben is currently a Master’s in Urban Planning candidate at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation (GSAPP). Previously, Ben worked with Pembrook Capital Management, an affordable housing investor, on underwriting potential deals and providing asset management support for their portfolio. He also served as an Americorps VISTA at the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) in the Office of Workforce Development, where he worked as a data analyst and managed free college savings accounts for Boston Public School students.

Betsy Hu joined Strada as an Assistant Project Manager in April 2026. Betsy comes to Strada from New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYC EDC), where she served as a Program Manager working on the NYC Waterfront Capacity Building Program. In that role, she drove a 30% increase in Minority and Women Business Enterprise participation across waterfront and climate adaptation initiatives.

Walter Goldberg joined Strada as an Assistant Project Manager in April 2026. Walter recently received his Master’s in Anthropocene Studies from the University of Cambridge. He also previously served as a Bus Rapid Transit Planning Consultant for People-Oriented Cities and supported an early-stage real estate start-up in Barcelona, Spain by conducting policy research on EU Green Deal building regulations and requirements for the renovation of existing buildings.

Susue Li joined Strada as a Project Manager in April 2026. Previously, Susue served as a Project Manager at the non-profit organization RiseBoro Community Partnership, where she facilitated affordable housing transactions totaling over 1000 units and managed the conversion of a multi-building scattered-site tenant-in-place rehab project.

David Ross joined Strada’s Asset Management division as an Assistant Project Manager in April 2026. David comes from a film and television background, having worked as a camera department coordinator for over 12 years. In that role, he served as the primary liaison between departments and oversaw the acquisition, delivery, and storage of critical media assets.

Max Jean-Louis joined Strada’s Asset Management division as an Assistant Project Manager in April 2026. Previously, Max worked as a Case Manager in Brooklyn, providing comprehensive case management services to a diverse clientele to connect them to health care, social services, and benefits. Max is a multilingual communicator with proficiency in French, Haitian Creole, and English.

Dara, Abaye, Alie, Ben, Betsy, Walter, Susue, David, and Max bring years of diverse experience to Strada and are already providing tremendous value to our clients and partners. We are thrilled that they are all a part of Strada’s growth.

Strada Ventures LLC is excited to announce that Adam Phillips, Strada Director, has been appointed as the First Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). During his time at Strada, Adam specialized in the pre-development and development of tenant-in-place rehabilitation projects.

Adam built strong relationships with his clients and colleagues at Strada through his warm, approachable demeanor and steady competence. He is a thoughtful teacher, a skilled communicator, and brings humor and levity to the at-times challenging work of preserving and developing affordable housing. He understands the significance and responsibility associated with rehabilitating or building people’s homes, never losing sight of the real person who is impacted by each decision we make. Because of this deep care, Adam advocates fiercely for his projects and is steadfast in bringing them to fruition. Adam is someone you’re always glad to have on your team. While Strada is sad to see him go, we are cheering him on in his exciting new role.

Strada is proud to announce that Courtney Horwitz has been invited to the Board of Directors of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH). NYSAFAH serves as the premier trade association of New York’s affordable housing industry. As a member of the Board of Directors, Courtney will play a vital role in shaping NYSAFAH’s strategic direction, advocating policies that strengthen the industry, and supporting the programs and initiatives that benefit the member firms statewide.

Strada Ventures LLC is a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) real estate consulting and development company with expertise in affordable and supportive housing. Strada provides customized services to for-profit and nonprofit affordable housing developers. Strada helps its clients acquire and rehabilitate existing real estate properties, construct new affordable housing properties, and manage their assets. Strada operates primarily in NYC but also in Upstate and Central NY, the Hudson Valley, Maryland, Kentucky and Puerto Rico.

Strada is a small, fast-growing entity that is looking for someone to grow with the company. Strada started in 2019 with the Principal Courtney Horwitz and one client and has since grown to a company of 10 with over 50 clients.

The position is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with the existing Strada staff, who are all veterans in the field, to work for some of the most prolific developers in NYC, and to grow professionally in tandem with Strada’s growth. This role is for a candidate who is driven, organized, entrepreneurial, has a desire to learn to lead a project and underwrite a transaction, has strong interpersonal skills, and wants to join a small, passionate, hardworking, and cohesive staff.

Some of the things that make Strada a unique place to work are:

• Exposure to all aspects of affordable housing, you might be part of a team that:

  • leads a transaction from start to finish,

  • assists a client during a critical time like at loan conversion,

  • advises on a year 15 project,

  • develops tools to track a client’s existing portfolio,

  • helps a non-profit who is partnering with a for profit developer,

  • explains the benefits and risks of providing a guarantee to a non-profit board;

• Ability to work on all types of projects, including:

  • new construction LIHTC,

  • preservation,

  • Coops,

  • NYC and NYS funded,

  • Freddie/Fannie deals,

  • real estate tax abatements

  • Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Voluntary Inclusionary Housing, and

  • HUD deals;

• Flexible work from home, in the office, out of state…wherever you are…policy;

• If working in the office, our space is a private office at a WeWork in Brooklyn Heights with all that WeWork has to offer:

  • beautiful views,

  • phone booths for private calls,

  • conference rooms with white boards and ping pong tables,

  • lounge areas with couches, and free coffee, tea, snacks, and kombucha.

  • Indoor bike storage

  • one block from the subway, several bus routes, Citi Bike station in front of the office;

• Flexible work schedule, if needed;

• Collegial, supportive team environment;

• Smart, hardworking, passionate peers; and

• Challenging, interesting, impactful projects.

This person will support, work with, and learn under the Strada team to:

• Put together development deals,

• Assistant in creating and updating underwriting models,

• Participate in calls with clients, lenders, government agencies,

• Assist clients with financing from lenders/banks as well as government organizations,

• Work with HUD and New York City on real-estate development requirements,

• Manage effective communication with all stakeholders,

• Maintain financial information in excel, and

• Assist with underwriting and asset management trainings.

The candidate should have:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills,

• Knowledge or proficiency with excel, and

• Project management skills and sensibility to track and stay on top of new projects, as well as keep track and continue to oversee existing ones.

• Interest in affordable house

• Past experience with affordable housing is a plus, but not required

• Strong interpersonal skills

The position is a full time, W-2 position, with health insurance, a Simple IRA plan, and bonuses. The salary will be commensurate with experience but will be in the range of $55,000-$85,000.

Interested applicants should send a resume by e-mail to Courtney@stradanyc.com. For more information on Strada, please visit www.stradanyc.com or reach out to Courtney to set up a phone/zoom chat.

Strada is proud to announce that Evan Easterbrooks-Dick, a Deputy Director, was invited to co-teach ‘Affordable Housing Development in NYC’ at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University for the Fall 2025 Semester. The course's goal is to provide an intellectually engaging classroom where students can explore and learn about the practical and theoretical fundamentals of affordable housing with a strong focus on NYC. Strada is proud of Evan, whose real-world experience and knowledge bring engagement and liveliness to each session.

During the Spring 2025 round, Strada prepared and submitted two applications for Affordable Housing Program (AHP) funds from the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) of New York.  Strada is pleased to announce that both applications were successfully awarded; our applications were 2 of the 41 awards made.  AHP is FHLB’s competitive grant funding program that supports the rehabilitation and new construction of affordable housing across the country and in US territories. This funding will support two substantial rehabilitation projects that Strada’s clients are pursuing and will help make these affordable housing projects possible.

Avery Dement was promoted to Deputy Director in July of 2025. Avery’s expertise ranges the gamut from new construction and preservation to upstate and downstate New York projects.  She helped a client complete a many years delayed conversion and financial workout in 9 months.  The nonprofit client will no longer need to financially shore up the property and the building will have long term fiscal and physical health.  This financial recapitalization will no doubt be a model that many other distressed assets will follow. 

Avery has a strong curiosity and desire to learn and develop new skills.  She has brought this passion to help Strada grow our work for Community Land Trusts and developments for residents impacted by the criminal legal system.  Avery is widely appreciated by clients and colleagues for her strategic thinking and thoughtful demeanor. 

Colleen Patterson was promoted for the second time in her tenure at Strada to become a Senior Project Manager in August of 2025.  To date, she is the only employee who has been promoted more than once.  Colleen has become an expert project manager, having closed three transactions with three more in predevelopment that she will be closing in 2025 and early 2026.  She is extraordinarily detail oriented but never loses sight of the big picture.  She has completed and successfully been awarded four PBV applications, 2 AHP applications, 1 HCR SRDI application, and 3 Reso A applications for a total of 10 successful awards.

Colleen is trusted by her clients and peers.  We are so happy to recognize the transition that she has already made from playing a supporting role on projects to leading projects. 

Avery and Colleen bring a wealth of experience and passion for affordable and supportive housing. We congratulate them both on their promotions.  We look forward to their continued growth at Strada and their contributions to the industry.

Strada is proud to announce that Avery Dement was selected to participate in the Urban Design Forum’s 2025-2026 Global Exchange Fellowship. She will spend 9 months engaging in deep policy research on the “big swings” that cities around the world are taking to solve the housing crisis. She will travel to Tokyo to meet with government officials, academics, and practitioners and learn about the innovative policies that are being implemented in Japan. Her focus during the fellowship will be on the topic of energizing social housing.

Strada Ventures LLC is a woman-owned real estate consulting and development company with expertise in supportive and affordable housing.  Strada provides customized services to for-profit and nonprofit affordable housing developers.  Strada helps its clients acquire and rehabilitate existing real estate properties, construct new supportive and affordable housing properties, manage their assets, and learn how to create financial models.  Strada operates primarily in NYC but also in Upstate NY, Hudson Valley, Baltimore, Kentucky, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico.

Strada is a small, fast-growing venture that is looking for someone to grow with the company.  Strada started in 2019 with the Principal Courtney Horwitz and one client and has since grown to a company of 11 with over 60 clients. 

The position is a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with the existing Strada staff, who are all veterans in the field, to work for some of the most prolific developers in NYC, and to grow professionally in tandem with Strada’s growth.  This role is for a candidate who is driven, organized, entrepreneurial, can lead a project, underwrite a transaction, has strong interpersonal skills, and wants to join a small, passionate, hardworking, and cohesive staff.

Some of the things that make Strada a unique place to work are:

Exposure to all aspects of supportive & affordable housing, you might:

o   lead a transaction from start to finish,

o   assist a client during a critical time like at loan conversion,

o   advise on a year 15 project,

o   develop tools to track a client’s existing portfolio,

o   help a non-profit who is partnering with a for profit developer,

o   explain the benefits and risks of providing a guarantee to a non-profit board;

Ability to work on all types of projects, including:

o   Supportive housing,

o   Affordable housing

o   new construction LIHTC,

o   preservation,

o   Coops, Mitchelle Lamas

o   Homeownership

o   Shelters

o   NYC and NYS funded,

o   Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Voluntary Inclusionary Housing, and

o   HUD deals;

Flexible work from home, in the office, out of state…wherever you are…policy;

· If working in the office, our space is a private office at a WeWork in Brooklyn Heights with all that WeWork has to offer:  

o   beautiful views,

o   phone booths for private calls,

o   conference rooms with white boards and ping pong tables,

o   lounge areas with couches, and free coffee, tea, snacks, and kombucha. 

o   Indoor bike storage

o   one block from the subway, several bus routes, Citi Bike station in front of the office;

·       Flexible work schedule, if needed;

·       Collegial, supportive team environment;

·       Smart, hardworking, passionate peers; and

·       Challenging, interesting, impactful projects.

This person will lead projects for clients, by:

·       Managing the process of gaining all required City, State, Federal approvals needed to sell, acquire, or convert loans for supportive or affordable housing;

·       Leading ongoing transaction calls;

·       Managing client’s third-party vendors, such as accountants, lawyers, energy consultants, engineers, environmental contractors;

·       Preparing and/or update underwriting models;

·       Assisting clients with financing from lenders/banks as well as government organizations;

·       Working with HUD, NYC, NYS on real-estate development requirements;

·       Assisting clients in identifying and negotiating with joint venture partners and syndicators;

·       Managing effective communication with all stakeholders; and

·       Maintaining financial information in excel.

The candidate should have:

·       Knowledge of NYC or NYS or other City supportive housing and/or new construction subsidy and loan programs;

·       Knowledge of LIHTC transactions;

·       Knowledge of tax incentive programs;

·       Excellent interpersonal skills;

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills;

·       Proficiency with excel; and

·     Project management skills, including the ability to track and stay on top of new projects, as well as oversee and keep track of existing ones.

The position is a full time, W-2 position, with health insurance, a Simple IRA plan, and bonuses. The salary will be commensurate with experience but will be in the range of $100,000-$150,000.

Interested applicants should send a resume by e-mail to Courtney@stradanyc.com.  For more information on Strada, please visit www.stradanyc.com or reach out to Courtney to set up a phone/zoom chat.

This May, Strada’s founder and Principal, Courtney Horwitz, served as co-chair of the 56th Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) Annual Benefit and Awards Reception with Sam Marks, CEO of FJC. Thanks to their leadership, the committee raised $329,000, exceeding both their fundraising goal and the previous record for the largest sum raised at a FAC event. These crucial unrestricted funds support FAC’s work, serving thousands of New Yorkers each year through comprehensive programs advocating for economic, social, and racial justice for an inclusive city.

Strada is excited to have successfully secured an award of eight Project-Based Section 8 vouchers through NYCHA's most recent Project-Based Voucher RFP. These vouchers will support a scattered-site project in Northern Manhattan, which is owned by a non-profit community-based organization. The vouchers will be a critical source of income, allowing the project to leverage private debt to complete a comprehensive rehabilitation while also stabilizing the project's financial position long-term.