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Stephen Rosenberg is changing the way the industry approaches affordable housing, having grown Greystone into a mature, national CRE investment firm over the past 30 years.

When Bob Faith founded Greystar Real Estate Partners in 1993, his intention was to create a fully integrated institutional-quality services firm for the rental housing business.

One of the most widely respected multifamily enterprises in the country, Equity Residential celebrated its 25-year anniversary as a publicly traded entity this past summer.

Over the past 12 months, the Bascom Group has completed more than $1 billion in transactions throughout the US, targeting value-add multifamily in infill areas with high barriers to entry.

The Phoenix-based firm has become one of the largest private multifamily companies in the US, with more than $10 billion in worth of real estate investments and $15 billion in assets under management.

For years Fannie Mae has been expanding and tweaking its investment product lines to make them more attractive to a broader array of investors.

For the year, Freddie Mac financed a record-setting $73.2 billion in multifamily loan purchases and guarantee volume, making it, for the third year in a row, the top multifamily financer in the US.

Bellwether Enterprise's motto is “Capital on a Mission.” That is, the firm seeks to make an impact beyond the bottom line, for the good of both its clients and the communities it serves.