Charles Kendrick

Biography: Charles Kendrick Managing Director Clairon Ventures, LLC Andover, MA Charles Kendrick has spent over 35 years as a developer, investment banker and strategic advisor specializing in urban redevelopment projects and portfolios. His institutional clients have included some of the largest lenders, non-profit corporations and foundations active in urban redevelopment, as well as public entities such as the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He has also raised capital by helping to start and expand companies specializing in urban retail projects, CRA financial instruments and inner-city business development. His most recent project was to guide the expansion and repositioning of a very successful retirement community. As a trustee of the Urban Land Institute over a long period of time, Mr. Kendrick’s activities included membership on the Executive Committee and as chair of the Affordable Housing Council, Inner-City Council and National Policy Council. Today, Mr. Kendrick is a member of PPCBlue and is a Mission Chair of ULI Boston. (Dec 2011)