Eli Bronfman

is a mission-driven entrepreneur, art collector, and investor. He is currently a managing partner at Lincoln Avenue Communities, one of the nation's largest mission-driven affordable housing firms with operations in 26 states. Additionally, he is on the board of NH&RA, a national trade association of affordable housing development and finance professionals that furthers the cause of affordable housing policy in the United States. He is also an advisory board member and member of the Investment Committee of the Treetops Foundation, a family foundation created by Matthew Bronfman. Eli previously worked at IceFarm Capital, a global Macro hedge fund affiliated with Soros Fund Management. Eli began his career at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York. He holds a B.A. from Williams College. He lives in SoHo in Manhattan.

Eli Bronfman walking with his great aunt, Phyllis Lambert.

Eli Bronfman with his great aunt, Phyllis Lambert.

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Lincoln Avenue Capital members break ground on a new project.

Lincoln Avenue Capital Breaks Ground on Two Landmark Affordable Housing Developments on the West Coast of Florida

PR Newswire • 03.13.2023

Lincoln Avenue Capital (LAC), a mission-driven acquirer and developer of affordable housing, recently broke ground on the 301 Flats and The Savoy at 301 during a ceremony with County officials and financing partners.

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Family offices turn to private markets and score big

Real Assets Advisor • 03.01.2023

More than three-quarters of North American families who invest through a family office grew their wealth in 2022, according to a new report by London-based Campden Wealth and Royal Bank of Canada. The report found that North American family offices achieved a 15 percent average portfolio return at a time when the stock market had an annual return of –18 percent and the Total Bond Index lost 13 percent.

Lincoln Avenue Capital Joins Multifamily Impact Council as Founding Member

PR Newswire • 05.25.2022

Mission-driven affordable housing company joins council as part of their commitment to social impact investing and sustainability.

Lincoln Avenue Capital Appoints President of NH&RA to Senior Leadership Team

PR Newswire • 05.11.2022

Mission-driven affordable housing group names Thom Amdur—an expert in housing policy and sustainable development—as new Senior Vice President of Policy and Impact.

Lincoln Avenue Capital invested significantly in rehabilitating and upgrading the property.

Lincoln Avenue Capital Completes Major Rehabilitation of Valencia Park in Orlando, FL

PR Newswire • 05.03.2022

Lincoln Avenue Capital (LAC), a mission-driven acquirer and developer of affordable housing, announced this week that it has completed a significant rehabilitation of Valencia Park.

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Closing the Understanding Gap About Affordable Housing

CSQ Magazine • 12.09.2021

Housing is the cornerstone of our society. When Americans have access to quality, affordable, and sustainable homes, communities thrive. Similarly, many of our nation’s most pressing social, economic, and public health challenges are driven, at least in part, by a shortage of affordable homes.

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The Missing Piece in Affordable Housing Policy. How preservation and rehabilitation can add much-needed supply

CSQ Magazine • 06.22.2021

The lack of affordable housing is a crisis across America that has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In so many communities, it feels that for every step forward we take in addressing the challenge, we take another step back.

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Lincoln Avenue Capital Acquires Affordable Housing Property in West Palm Beach

South Florida Reporter • 10.12.2020

Lincoln Avenue Capital (LAC), one of the nation's fastest-growing affordable housing developers, investors, and operators, announced this week that it has acquired the Malibu Bay Apartments, a 264-unit affordable housing property in West Palm Beach.

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Investing in Affordable Housing Would Improve Life for All Americans

CSQ Magazine • 09.18.2020

COVID-19 has dramatically revealed deep connections between systems that we previously conceived of as separate, demonstrating how our public health infrastructure, our economy, our different levels of government, and our foreign relations are all inexorably intertwined.

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Bronfmans take a slice of Shorecal Domino's pizza franchise

The Sunday Times • 02.03.2019

Members of the billionaire Bronfman family, one of North America's richest, have taken a significant stake in Shorecal, Ireland's biggest Domino's pizza franchise. Bronfman Family Office (BFO) acquired its stake in the highly profitable pizza company alongside a number of co-investors...

Rending of a medium sized apartment building.

Dedicated to Impact

2021 Impact Report • Lincoln Avenue Capital

In 2016, Lincoln Avenue Capital was founded on a commitment to providing individuals, seniors, and families with quality, sustainable, and affordable homes. This last year has only deepened our dedication to this work.A global pandemic and an acute housing shortage have underscored America's critical need for both affordable housing and workforce housing.