Damien Chaviano
Principal, Mark Development
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
Phone (617) 614-9149
Property Types
Retail
Markets
Boston
Bio
Damien Chaviano is a real estate professional with strengths in all aspects of real estate financing, management and development. Damien marries a vision for outstanding placemaking with an understanding of how to permit, finance and market projects. He has applied this skill set to projects ranging from free standing single use buildings to large mixed-use projects in urban and suburban communities.
At MARK Development (MD), Damien is involved in all facets of the development process, including leading roles in permitting, project design and marketing. He has direct responsibility for the capital structuring and deal underwriting of the company’s mixed-use projects. Since joining MD, Damien has helped source a pipeline of 2.0+ million square feet of development, with an estimated total project cost of $1.0 Billion. To capitalize the portfolio, Damien has identified strategic partnerships with both high net-worth investors and institutional capital sources with a long-term “generational” investment horizon.
Before joining MD, Damien was part of the Samuels & Associates team responsible for bringing several notable projects to the Fenway and Allston neighborhoods in downtown Boston. In addition to participating in acquisition efforts, Damien sourced structured debt (including EB-5), preferred equity and common equity for projects such as Pierce Boston, Continuum, Van Ness, Verb Hotel and Landmark Center.
Outside of the office, Damien serves on the board of Milagros Para Ninos at Children’s Hospital and serves as a Director of O’Brien Brothers, a Burlington Vermont based development company. He is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Urban Mixed-use Product Council and volunteers with College for Every Student, a nonprofit that helps underserved youth “prepare for, gain access to and succeed in college.” Damien is graduate of Middlebury College and received a MSRED from MIT.
