Graciela Cavicchia
Director, Redevelopment Planning, The Reinvestment Fund
Ms. Cavicchia, a trained architect, is a licensed planner who has over 15 years of experience in urban planning, real estate, and community development in distressed communities. Her expertise is in the creation of investment strategies that reverse signs of disinvestment in urban areas. These strategies include property acquisition, redevelopment and rehabilitation activities that plan the utilization of resources while seeking the maximization of social and economic impact. More specifically to rehabilitation work, Ms. Cavicchia has been responsible for determining the physical and economic redevelopment feasibility of vacant properties in cities such as Camden, NJ, Baltimore, MD, Newark, NJ, and Washington, DC; and she has designed and coordinated architectural work related to the functional reorganization and redesign of housing units in need of rehabilitation. Unique to her work is the ability to translate housing needs into a tailored unit design that better fits the unique needs of potential buyers while ensuring sound investment decisions.