John Kennedy

John Kennedy is Executive Vice President of Operations of Evergreen Real Estate Group

John oversees all aspects of Evergreen’s property management of more than 7,0000 units of affordable and conventional market rate housing in 62 developments in 9 states. In his role as Executive Vice President, John is focused on ensuring best in class management services for a wide range of clients, including our residents, property owners, investment partners, and housing agencies. John analyzes, develops, and executes – in collaboration with the management team – strategic processes and procedures to provide the highest quality of service to our residents, maximize the value of the assets we manage for our owners, and ensure an engaging and satisfying work environment for our employees.

John has over 25 years of experience as an executive in the field of multi-family property management with a particular emphasis in affordable housing. Prior to joining Evergreen, John was Senior Vice President of Related Management Company’s Midwest affordable housing portfolio which consisted of over 7,000 units in 50 developments. Related Management acquired Metroplex, Inc. in 2015, where John had been President with responsibility for the overall operations of the company and its portfolio of approximately 5,200 residential units in 4 states. Prior to being named President of Metroplex, John was Vice President of Operations and responsible for the development, management, and oversight of company policies and procedures relating to everything from human resources to corporate and regulatory compliance matters. As an attorney, John also acted as in-house legal counsel on fair housing, landlord-tenant, employment, regulatory, and contract related issues. Before joining Metroplex in 1993, John was employed as a staff attorney for Sheldon Baskin, Henry Hyatt and Daniel Epstein, an affiliated real estate development group whose business was concentrated in conventional market rate and government assisted multifamily housing.

John received his B.S. in Business Administration from Marquette University and his J.D. from the DePaul University School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois and holds an Illinois Broker’s Real Estate license.