Polina Bakhteiarov
Senior Associate
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Polina Bakhteiarov is a people-first, economic justice-driven real estate and community development leader with 15 years of experience unlocking the market potential of our cities' assets via public-private partnerships. She has worked in real estate, business development, and large-scale infrastructure preservation from both the government and developer fronts, establishing herself as a trusted development partner and advisor with a proven track record of personal initiative, transformative strategic solutions, and effective team building. As principal architect of NYC's public housing recapitalization initiative (colloquially known as “PACT”), Polina launched a 62,000-unit repositioning pipeline and preserved 5,600 distressed apartments with more than 12,000 residents in-place. She has led neighborhood revitalization efforts in Lawrence, MA, and New Orleans, LA, and expanded small business capacity in Washington, DC, and Newark, NJ — investing over $15 million in 150 retail shops and scaling M/WBEs. Having originated, managed, and closed residential and mixed-use transactions in major Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Sun Belt markets, Polina’s total transaction volume is quickly approaching $2 billion.​
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