Granvel Tate serves as the Vice President of Development in the Southeast for Pivotal Housing Partners. In this position, he is responsible for procuring both 4% and 9% tax credit-financed multifamily transactions.
Granvel is a real estate and finance executive that began his career more than 20 years ago in the Financial Institutions Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and public offerings for banks, insurers, broker/dealers, and asset managers. He moved on to work for various other distinguished organizations where he gained skills in real estate development, underwriting, business development, and asset management while serving as a project manager for the redevelopment of shopping malls, urban retail, and affordable housing.
Most recently, Mr. Tate was the Regional Vice President for a national affordable housing developer. In this role, he was responsible for the business development and execution of affordable and attainable housing projects covering seven southeastern states. During his tenure, he closed approximately 1,000 housing units which represented more than $250mm in development, and served as the chairperson for the organization’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.
Granvel holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Florida A&M University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Robert Toigo Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing leadership and development opportunities for minorities in finance. Most importantly, Granvel is a father to two amazing teenagers.