The Core Companies is a Santa Clara-based real estate development and construction firm. Core has peerless vision to reimagine under-utilized sites and deliver contemporary urban living experiences while navigating challenging entitlement processes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Core harnesses specialized expertise in the design and financing of urban infill residential development to meet often unaddressed housing needs for populations struggling to stay in their homes, including very low-income individuals, artists, people with special needs, seniors, and formerly-homeless veterans.
As President of The Core Companies, holding company to Core Homes, Core Affordable, Core Residential, and Core Builders, Chris is responsible for the full spectrum of Core’s development activities including acquisition, entitlement, financing and construction.
During his career, Chris has completed a broad range of complicated development projects. Examples range from a regional transit-oriented master planned community that required an assembly of 25 acres with 6 property owners to small lot single-family urban infill projects. Chris’ strengths lie in his ability to work through complicated entitlements and complicated financing. Born in Montreal, Canada, Chris immigrated with his family to the Bay Area in 1978. He holds a Bachelors’ degree in Physics from the University of California, Los Angeles and a master’s degree in Business from the University of California, Berkeley.
Vince Cantore is Vice President of Development for the Core Companies and has overseen the project approval process for both residential and renewable energy projects located in the United States and Scotland. Prior to joining the Core Companies, Vince worked to secure land agreements on behalf of Scottish Power Energy Networks for over 65 MW of wind energy projects and 189 km of distribution facilities located throughout the Central Belt of Scotland.
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