Community Investment Corporation
Rene Barraza is a seasoned construction risk manager currently employed at Community Investment Corporation since January 2021. With extensive experience in the construction and architecture fields, Rene has held senior roles such as Senior Owner's Representative at IFF (CDFI) from April 2014 to December 2020, and Senior Project Manager/Estimator at RES Construction Inc. from April 2012 to April 2014. Prior to these positions, Rene served as Senior Project Architect at Olsen Vranas Architects from June 2006 to April 2012, and worked as an architect at CSA Group and Macondo Corp, focusing on construction administration and drawing production. Early career experience includes drafting for middle school projects at Wold Architects & Engineers. Rene holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Illinois Institute of Technology, obtained between 1996 and 2001.
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Community Investment Corporation
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION, Chicago's Multifamily Rehab Lender, is a nonprofit providing mortgage financing to buy and rehab apartment buildings with five units or more in the 6-county metropolitan Chicago area. Since 1999 over 14,000 landlords and managers have completed CIC property management training to help them better market, manage and maintain affordable rental property. CIC also provides below-market financing for multifamily energy improvements in the Energy Savers program. Since 1984 CIC has loaned over $1.2 billion for acquisition and rehab of over 2,200 buildings with 58,000 units. In 2012 CIC received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.