As Vice President of Development for Related California, Mr. Johnson is responsible for managing all aspects of the development process including the design, financing, and construction of more than 1,100 affordable housing units in Southern California.
Mr. Johnson has more than a decade of real estate development experience and has planned, entitled, financed, and developed over 6,900 residential units and 210,000 square feet of retail. Prior to joining Related, Mr. Johnson was a Senior Project Manager for The Community Builders where he managed the redevelopment of multi-phased, mixed-use, mixed-income developments spanning 32 city blocks in Chicago. In the first phase of his career, Mr. Johnson was responsible for a re-use and urban development project in Coto de Caza, and was an Acquisitions Analyst at The Bascom Group where designed and implemented The Bascom Green Initiative.
Mr. Johnson holds a Master in Urban Planning, with a concentration in Real Estate Development, from Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Policy, Management and Planning from the University of Southern California.
