Brett Meringoff Joins Fairstead
Brett Meringoff, a prominent affordable and mixed-income housing developer has stepped
in to help lead Fairstead’s expanding development business across the country. In his new role as senior vice president, he will be based in the firm’s Bethesda, Maryland, office.
Fairstead is a fully-integrated real estate firm committed to affordable housing.
Meringoff will work on ground-up developments and new acquisitions for both affordable and mixed-income projects across the country.
Meringoff most recently served as senior vice president for Winn Companies, where he was responsible for the company’s Mid-Atlantic affordable housing development and asset management activities, as well as its market-rate investments. Under his leadership, his team entitled, developed and completed more than 4,900 units across 19 properties.
Before joining Winn, Meringoff founded BEM Companies LLC and BEM Consulting LLC, a
Virginia-based real estate organization that specializes in affordable housing development and
consulting services to small-and medium-sized companies in all areas of multifamily real estate.
He earlier served as director of development for Coalco International (now operating as
Corigin), a global real estate development and investment company. He began his career with The Related Companies in New York City.
Meringoff has led several well-known developments throughout his career, including the restructuring and repositioning of the Sursum Corda site in Washington, D.C.; major acquisition rehabilitation affordable housing projects such as Sencit Liberty Apartments in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Venango House and Breslyn House Apartments in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and ground-up affordable housing projects such as Southern Hills Redevelopment in Washington, D.C., and Gordon Mansfield Veterans Village in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.
