Bolster Real Estate Partners

https://www.bolsterrealestatepartners.com/

donald@bolsterrep.com

Type of Business: Black-Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business

Industry: Real Estate

Location: United States (Georgia)

Owner: Donald Washington , MBA '20

All About Bolster Real Estate Partners

Bolster Real Estate Partners develops and capitalizes transformative urban infill projects that empower local businesses and residents to participate in economic viability.

Minority-owned and based in Atlanta, Bolster focuses on mixed-income housing, transit-oriented development and neighborhood revitalization to deliver attractive, risk-adjusted returns and grow financial mobility. Investing in the future of the communities we serve, we execute fulfillable projects in emerging markets to amplify opportunity in the Southeast and beyond.

Our knowledge and long-standing relationships in the neighborhoods we serve enable us to surpass peers in bringing transformational projects to the market. Our network of like-minded partners knows and backs our vision to be bigger than our buildings.

Above all, we seek to renew purpose in and for the communities we serve through revitalization that empowers.

Meet the Owner

Donald R. Washington, Jr. oversees all phases of real estate investment and development for emerging communities throughout the Southeast and beyond. With over 13 years of finance, strategy and business development experience, Donald leverages strategic partnerships and local market knowledge to design, finance, permit, construct and rehabilitate high potential communities. Founding Bolster Real Estate Partners in 2021 with a passion for investing in the future of communities, he is a visionary and an active conduit for economic development.

Donald earned his BS in Finance from the University of New Orleans and his MBA from Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business with concentrations in Strategy & Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Real Estate. Currently residing in Atlanta with his family, Donald is a member of LEAD Atlanta and the Urban Land Institute Atlanta Center for Leadership. Donald has served on two mission-driven Boards that work to empower disadvantaged communities — the Board of Directors for the Emerging 100 of Atlanta, an organization dedicated to the academic and vocational success of youth within disadvantaged communities in Atlanta, and the Board of Directors for Bright Futures Atlanta, an organization offering academic curriculum, after school programming and a summer camp for youth within the Bankhead community.