Chris Dunbar

As the President and Chief Operating Officer of Blue Ridge Companies, Chris is responsible for the day to day activities of the company’s development and management divisions. By employing strategic development and asset management strategies, Chris has procured construction financing for projects in excess of $600 million and achieved permanent, non-recourse financing of approximately $325 million.

Prior to co-founding Blue Ridge, Chris worked in Corporate Banking with Wachovia Bank and in Commercial Real Estate Development at Easter and Eisenman, Inc. A VP of Real Estate Financial Services at Wachovia, Chris managed a $275 million mortgage loan portfolio and was responsible for development efforts and new loan placement in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina.

Chris is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University, holding his B.S in Financial Management and his MBA with a concentration in Finance. Additionally, Chris holds his CCIM designation and is actively involved in the Apartment Association of North Carolina, where he has sat on the Board of Trustees since 2010.