Zen Development Consultants LLC (“ZDC”) assists non-profit and for-profit developers of affordable and mixed-income housing at every stage of the development process.
Zen Development Consultants LLC (“ZDC”) assists non-profit and for-profit developers of affordable and mixed- income housing at every stage of the development process. We specialize in managing new construction and occupied rehabilitation using Low Income Housing Tax Credits and other subsidized financing sources. We also have consultants who focus on portfolio-level refinance and repositioning. ZDC was founded in 2011 by owner/founder Zen Sawyer. Reflective of the group’s name, Zen and his team embrace a company ethos of focus, honesty, compassion, and calmness, especially when things get hectic. ZDC is based in California but works coast to coast, and has experience in over half of the states in the country. Together with our developer clients, ZDC believes we can build a better world, with a more attractive, more inclusive, more sustainable, and more affordable built environment.
Some of our consultants specialize in financial structuring, acquisitions, and predevelopment; others specialize in project management and owners rep services; and some specialize in buildout of large scale master plans. Together, we offer a full suite of services spanning the entire development process from conception to completion and beyond.
Zen founded Zen Development LLC (“ZD”) in 2020 to develop our own affordable housing properties, and ZD currently has nearly 500 units in the development pipeline. See our Development Blog Post for more information. ZD uses ZDC for staffing, so the two organizations work closely together.
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