Allen joined BCDC in 2014 and brings over 20 years of construction, development and real estate finance experience to the company. He is responsible for a variety of job functions including; business development, feasibility and financial analysis, structuring project-level financing, corporate reporting, asset management and dispositions.
Prior to joining BCDC, for nearly fourteen years Allen worked for Childress Klein Properties, accountable for developing institutional investment grade projects in excess of $1BN in net development value.
He earned an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and completed a Master in Real Estate from Henley Business School at the University of Reading in Berkshire, England. Allen is a licensed general contractor and holds professional designations from BOMA, USGBC and RICS and is a Reading Real Estate Foundation student mentor.