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Standard Communities Hires Sislen as Managing Director in D.C.

Standard Communities, the affordable housing division of Standard Cos., has hired Matt Sislen as managing director of East Coast production. He will be based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office and will be responsible for the continued growth of Standard’s portfolio of multifamily assets on the East Coast, with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic region.

Matt Sislen

Sislen joins Standard from Audubon Enterprises, an affordable housing advisory firm which he co-founded in 2012 to expand and improve the supply of affordable housing opportunities in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

Standard currently owns more than 1,700 units of affordable housing in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The firm also recently completed the largest tax-exempt bond and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)-financed preservation of affordable housing transaction in Washington, D.C. history.

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David Cohen is Southeast Editorial Director at Connect Commercial Real Estate. David is a media veteran with more than 10 years of experience in journalism, copywriting and communications across a variety of roles. He is responsible for covering commercial real estate news and trends in the Southeast, Florida, Washington D.C. and Boston at Connect CRE as well as specializing in the Student Housing sector. Prior to joining Connect, David was the editor of Northeast Real Estate Business magazine and Student Housing Business magazine at France Media as well as spending time freelancing for ESPN and the Associated Press in the fast-paced field of live sports event production. He is also an owner and investor in multifamily real estate in Atlanta, GA. David currently resides in Atlanta and graduated from the College of Communication & Information at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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