Former Massachusetts Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki has joined Boston-based real estate consulting and development advisory firm Redgate.
Redgate is a real estate advisory, development, project management and investment firm that includes the residential company Gate Residential Properties LLC.
As executive vice president at Redgate, which includes the residential company Gate Residential Properties LLC, Bialecki will lead business development efforts as well as the creation and launch of Gate Residential Fund I, a new multi-family residential investment fund.
Bialecki most recently served as the state Secretary of Housing and Economic Development under former Gov. Deval Patrick from 2009 to 2015. In that role he was the governor’s chief advisor on critical issues such as jobs, housing and the economy. He also led numerous initiatives to promote the state’s innovation economy and to support transit-oriented, mixed-used real estate development and was responsible for the management and oversight of 12 state agencies with more than 800 employees and an annual budget of over $400 million. Bialecki previously served as the undersecretary of business development and spent 20 years as a real estate, business and environmental attorney with Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper, specializing in urban development.
“Greg is extremely skilled in a wide range of economic and real estate development opportunities, and we are thrilled to welcome him to our team,” Kyle Warwick, a principal at Redgate, said in a statement. “In his new role, Greg will take the lead in the development and launch of a new Gate Residential fund. His unique vision and expertise in transit-oriented, urban development will be a tremendous asset as we continue to grow and serve our partners and investors.”
Gate Residential has developed a number of high profile transit-oriented projects in the Boston area during the past several years, including Maxwell’s Green, a 184-unit community located near Davis Square in Somerville and One North of Boston PH I & II, a 452-unit development in Chelsea.
The company also has broken ground on a 169-unit residential and commercial project in Quincy Center. Gate Residential plans to begin construction on its ultra-luxury boutique condo development in Boston’s Fort Point Channel district by the summer.
“I am excited to join the Redgate team,” Bialecki said in a statement. “Redgate has a proven track record of developing the kinds of multi-family housing that we need to attract and retain young talent and to keep the Greater Boston region successful and growing over the next decade.”
