Brian D’Andrea, Senior Vice President
As Senior Vice President of Housing, Brian oversees Century’s affordable housing preservation, investment, and development activities. In this capacity, Brian serves as president of two Century affiliates, Century Villages at Cabrillo and Century Affordable Development, Inc. Mr. D’Andrea is responsible for the 27-acre Villages at Cabrillo community that is home to more than 1500 individuals. Overseeing the community’s fundraising efforts, Mr. D’Andrea is also actively involved with expanding the collaboration of some 20 nonprofit and government agencies that operate at the Villages. Mr. D’Andrea oversees all of Century’s real estate preservation, investment, and development efforts for this community and beyond.
In 2009, Mr. D’Andrea completed the $32.5 million Family Commons at Cabrillo tax credit development, which consisted of 80 affordable permanent homes, along with the recapitalization of the $9.0 million Academy Hall development, which consisted of 45 affordable permanent homes. In 2010, Mr. D’Andrea completed a $1.0 million kitchen renovation at Century Villages at Cabrillo. In 2012, Mr. D’Andrea completed the development of a $5.0 million homeless shelter. In late 2013, he closed on the $33 million Cabrillo Gateway partnership and started construction on this 4th phase of permanent supportive housing development at the Villages.
Prior to Century, Mr. D’Andrea worked for Toll Brothers, a public homebuilder, where his responsibilities varied from acquisition finance to project management. Previously, Mr. D’Andrea was a Program Manager for an economic development organization.
Mr. D’Andrea graduated summa cum laude from Boston College with a liberal arts degree. In 2005, Mr. D’Andrea earned his MBA in real estate and finance from UCLA’s Anderson School and is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California since 2010. He is a 2012 graduate of NeighborWorks America’s Achieving Excellence in Community Development, an 18 month, performance-driven leadership program administered in collaboration with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.