Full Name
Rob Appleyard
Job Title
Executive Director
Company / Organization
Brentwood Community Development Group
Speaker Bio
Rob Appleyard as CEO, has lead the Brentwood Community Development group for the last 11 years. Brentwood owns and operates 680 housing units and is a provider of affordable housing utilizing the mixed market income model as well as providing self funded rent geared to income subsidy programs. When Rob started at Brentwood 95% of the assets were over 40 years old with major deferred maintenance issues. Under Rob's leadership Brentwood has restored 62% of the assets to have at least 50 years of expected life. Brentwood is currently executing a program of projects to demolish the 207 end of life units and replace them with 720 new units significantly densifying the land. Prior to Brentwood Rob spent 20 years as a technology consultant helping introduce more efficient business practices through technology in the healthcare, higher education, utility, and retail sectors. Rob has served/is serving as a Director for the Albert Public Housing Administrators Association and the Seniors Housing Society of Alberta.
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