Our project with YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish to redevelop the Lexington Concord Apartments in the heart of Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood is about to begin!

We’re breaking ground this summer on new construction with 83 units of primarily two- and three-bedroom family-size apartments in a seven-story building located at 2402 2nd Avenue in downtown Seattle, near parks, transit, jobs and shopping.

This project to support low-income households is funded by the City of Seattle Housing Levy, Washington State Department of Commerce Housing Trust Fund, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits allocated by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission.

A special thanks to our partners on this project – SMR Architects and Truebeck Construction!

The Brawner team joined Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland and Tacoma Housing Authority for a tour of our comprehensive renovation project in Salishan!

This project will ensure long-term stability for hundreds of low-income households in Tacoma, WA for years to come.

We’re grateful to Congresswoman Strickland for her outstanding support of this project, which will deliver essential system upgrades and accessibility improvements to 316 deeply affordable units.

We’re hard at work on our comprehensive renovation project with the Housing Authority of Washington County to modernize 172 affordable homes for the residents of Woodspring Apartments in Tigard, OR. Check out the pictures below as part of our latest construction update!

This renovation will significantly upgrade the housing while also preserving affordability for the hundreds of residents who call Woodspring home.

A special thanks to all of our partners on this project – Banner Bank, RBC Community Investments, Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS), Walsh Construction Co., and MWA Architects, Inc.

As Managing Director of Development, Zak is a driving force behind Brawner’s affordable housing strategy – leading pipeline development, long-range planning, and complex public-sector transactions including HUD RAD conversions, Section 18 dispositions, and affordable acquisitions and rehabs.

Before joining Brawner, Zak served as Development Manager for the Tacoma and Renton Housing Authorities.

We’re grateful for Zak’s leadership, dedication, and the lasting impact he’s made for our public housing authority clients and the communities they serve. Here’s to the next 10!

2026 is shaping up to be a banner year for the Brawner team! We have 3 financial closings scheduled and more to come!

• Rose Terrace, Housing Authority of Maricopa County – A 4% LIHTC renovation project spanning 120 units in Avondale, AZ.

• Chateau Rainier, Housing Pierce County – A 4% LIHTC renovation project spanning 248 units in Fife, WA.

• Lexicon, YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish – A 9% LIHTC new construction project to build 83 two and three bedroom units for homeless families in downtown Seattle, WA.

Stay tuned for more updates as we progress! To learn more about our team and affordable housing capabilities, please visit https://jhbrawner.com/projects/

It’s an honor to announce the financial closing of our Park Place project in partnership with the Housing Authority of Clackamas County!

The Clackamas Heights Redevelopment will transform the 19-acre site into an amenity-rich cottage cluster community with 200 new units – more than doubling the housing density – providing safe, energy-efficient homes that will serve families for generations.

Click here to view the interactive StoryMap of the project – https://arcg.is/0GrCGy

A special thanks to Bora Architecture & Interiors and Truebeck Construction for their support!

Funding for this project was provided by Hudson Housing Capital LLC, Citi Community Capital, Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS), Oregon Metro, Housing Authority of Clackamas County, and Clackamas County.

One of our long-term partners, the Housing Authority of Washington County (HAWC), recently celebrated the completion of an extensive multi-year renovation project across 10 affordable housing properties at Holly Tree Village, one of HAWC’s largest affordable housing communities.

Spanning the six different communities of Aloha, Beaverton, Cornelius, Forest Grove, Hillsboro, and Tigard, 592 apartment homes, some built as early as 1974, have been modernized as part of the Affordable Housing Preservation Portfolio Rehabilitation project.

Brawner is proud to be the development consultant for this project in partnership with LMC Construction, Pinnacle Architecture, and Ink Built.

Crucial funding for this project included issuance of tax-exempt bonds and significant sponsor financing by HAWC, construction and permanent loans from J.P. Morgan, federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits via Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS), and LIHTC equity investments from RBC.

Brawner is grateful to partner again with the Housing Authority of Washington County (HAWC) to close on $46.5 million of tax exempt bonds to help refinance the renovation of Woodspring Apartments in Tigard, OR. Construction began last week, and the official ground-breaking will be on October 16th!

Without HAWC’s acquisition and preservation of Woodspring, all 172 units would have converted to market rate housing. Now, the project remains affordable to households earning up to 80% of area median income for another 30 years to help working families.

A special thanks to Banner Bank as the construction lender and RBC Community Investments as the low income housing tax credit investor, Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS) and Washington County as public funders, and Walsh Construction Co. and MMR Architects as design builder in this preservation and renovation project.

One of our favorite events of the year is around the corner – the 2025 Housing Washington Conference in Bellevue!

Brawner is sponsoring the event, and our team is looking forward to seeing everyone starting this Sunday.

Housing Washington is led by the Washington State Housing Finance Commission in partnership with the Washington State Department of Commerce and Washington Low Income Housing Alliance.

The flagship YWCA Seattle | King | Snohomish affordable housing project is receiving a State Historic Preservation Officer’s Award for the Outstanding Rehabilitation of the Fifth & Seneca Building in Downtown Seattle!

This project is being recognized by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation because it demonstrates how historic buildings can be successfully upgraded for seismic resistance and retrofitted for affordable housing, all while retaining their historic character.

A special thanks to SMR Architects and Andersen Construction for partnering with Brawner and Seattle Office of Housing, Washington State Department of Commerce, Banner Bank, and RBC Capital Markets for their support on this project as well!