Nick Rojo

Title
Co-Founder and President
@
Company
Affiliated Development

Nick Rojo is the Co-Founder and President of Affiliated Development. Mr. Rojo has more than 14 years of experience in the acquisition, finance, management, rehabilitation and development of residential and commercial real estate. Nick is a South Florida native and got his start in the real estate industry in 2006 as an investment banker at Wachovia Securities, where he focused on providing capital raising and advisory services to public and private homebuilders and developers. Nick gained experience working on a variety of transactions from traditional investment banking to real estate asset-specific transactions, and was afforded the unique benefit of structuring financings at the peak of the market cycle and then working with clients to restructure during the great recession. He left Wachovia to return to South Florida in 2009 to opportunistically acquire property at the height of the recession.

Past Speaking Events

  • Impact Investing in Real Estate: Developing Communities for Florida's Workforce Housing
    hosted by Affiliated Development
    June 24, 2020
    10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
    Keynote
  • Commercial Real Estate – Outlook for 2021
    hosted by Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC
    December 17, 2020
    12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
    Panel

About Affiliated Development

Affiliated Development (“Affiliated”) is a regional real estate development and investment company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with offices in West Palm Beach, Florida. The company was formed as a mission-based organization with the goal of building mixed-use multifamily developments to target unmet demand and underserved areas within the market. Affiliated works directly with communities to improve the quality and sustainability of housing stock for residents, resulting in the development of Class A luxury apartments at attainable rates. The greatest housing need in South Florida and many other metro areas is for quality workforce housing. Affiliated is addressing the demand by utilizing various public finance tools in order to bridge the gap and develop Class A housing at Class B rents. The Affiliated team has a track record of partnering with government agencies, community organizations and nonprofits, and has extensive experience in private and public finance, including TIF, TID, NID, LIHTC, tax exempt bond finance, HUD finance, CRA lending, agency finance, CMBA and local municipal finance. Affiliated’s pioneering efforts have reshaped communities and resulted in over $750M of investment nationwide.