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Fred
Bennett
Founder
The Bennett Group
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Fred is the founder
of The Bennett Group, which develops and preserves
both affordable and market rate multifamily housing
in the Southeast. He serves as consultant or co-developer
with individuals, non-profit organizations and investors
interested in developing and preserving multifamily
housing. Since 1967 he has had “hands on”
experience in virtually every aspect of affordable
housing production, financing and management. He
has also developed, co-developed or invested in
a variety of market rate properties since 1993.
In the 1960s he organized and directed
self-help-housing programs in Florida and Alabama.
In the 1970s, he organized and
directed training programs in the construction trades,
and operated a non-profit construction company,
which used government financing to build low cost
single-family homes throughout Southeast Alabama.
In the 1980s he used the multifamily
financing programs of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
to develop apartment communities in Alabama, Georgia,
Florida and Mississippi for his own account and
for investor partners. He also served first as Director
of Acquisitions and then as CEO of First American
Holdings, an equity investor in affordable housing
nationwide.
In the period 1989-2004, he served
as co-owner and principal of three vertically integrated
companies: Charter Development Company, Charter
Construction Company, and Charter Property Management
Company. He was responsible for business planning
and corporate administration. Under his direction,
and that of his partner, Charter operated thriving
development, construction and property management
businesses.
In 2004, he sold his interest in
The Charter Companies in order to focus fully on
real estate development and consulting.
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Judith
C. Van Dyke
Developer/Attorney
The Bennett Group
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Judy
is an attorney specializing in affordable housing
and related issues. She has served as counsel or
special counsel to six public housing authorities
and has represented for-profit developers of affordable
housing.
In July 2004, she joined The Bennett Group and
began working exclusively with its clients in the
development and preservation of affordable housing.
At The Bennett Group, she assists with site
selection and negotiation, development budgets,
community relations, deal structuring and due diligence
with equity investors.
Our
company and our clients benefit from her broad experience
with real estate matters, construction and permanent
loan closings, preparation of due diligence documents,
organizational documents, operating and partnership
agreements, evidentiary documentation and tax opinion
letters, applying for and using Low-Income Housing
Tax Credits, HOME funds, credit enhanced bonds,
CDBG Funds and FHLB AHP Grants.
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Ann
Marie Rowlett
Development Coordinator
The Bennett Group
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Ann
Marie works closely with clients and corporate officers
to facilitate the entire development process, starting
prior to construction and continuing through construction
and permanent loan closings. Her responsibilities
include arranging land surveys, soil and environmental
testing, meeting local permitting requirements,
preparing exhibits for loan and grant applications,
maintaining compliance with various federal housing
program regulations, and detailed communication
with clients, attorneys, architects, lenders and
equity investors. She maintains records and data
to help clients make well-informed investment decisions.
She has served in this capacity since July 2002.
Ann
Marie has also worked as a legal secretary, preparing
documents for corporate litigation cases, estate
planning and trusts, probate cases and real estate
transactions--both consumer and commercial. Her
real estate work included preparation of settlement
statements, title commitments and title insurance
policies, deeds, mortgages, security instruments,
and promissory notes.
In
the period 1990 to 2001, she worked with various
banks in the Auburn-Opelika community. Her jobs
have included: Head Teller/Operations Supervisor
, managing the day-to-day activities of branch offices
and overseeing a group of four tellers at CompassBank;
Customer Service Representative opening new accounts,
certificates of deposit and IRA’s as well
as customer relations at First National Bank of
Opelika; and. Lending Assistant at Colonial Bank. |
Tara Massey
Office Manager
The Bennett Group
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In addition to greeting our clients on the phone and in person in her uniquely friendly and professional manner, Tara heads our public, vendor and customer relations. She manages the day-to-day activities of the office, oversees correspondence, document scanning, filing and retrieval. She also provides a variety of support services for our staff and our partners. This includes bookkeeping for the Company and several other business entities; assisting in the preparation of construction draws, as well as loan, grant and tax credit applications; and handling all receivables and payables for various entities.
Prior to joining The Bennett Group in September, 2006, she held an administrative position with Lifegains, Inc., a Burlington, North Carolina not-for-profit foster care agency. She also operated a plumbing business with her husband for six years, and for the eleven years prior to that, handled a wide variety of administrative duties in the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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