Yasamin joined DL3 in 2022 and supports the expanding affordable housing development practice. Relying on her architecture and construction background, she is currently managing DL3’s complex affordable housing projects, including the under-construction Thrive Englewood and upcoming Thrive Exchange mixed-use residential project for which she manages all design, financing, general contractor and public agency consultants and partners ensuring the seamless execution for the success of the projects.
With a solid background working with both large and small architecture firms, most notably Perkins & Will, where she worked as a designer on civic and affordable housing projects, and with The Community Builders, where she was a Development Associate on affordable housing projects valued at $40+ million in Chicago, Yasamin brings a unique background and experience to the team.
Yasamin holds a Master of Real Estate Development and Design from the University of California at Berkeley where she was an Honorable Mention in the prestigious ULI Hines 2021 Competition. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Cincinnati.
Yasamin serves on the Board of Directors of Design Trust Chicago, a multidisciplinary civic impact design studio committed to connecting communities and designers in the pursuit of creating equitable and thriving spaces for all Chicagoans.
