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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.
As Senior Vice President at The Core Companies, Rich is responsible for the company’s day to day development activities including the build out of affordable and market rate housing projects totaling approximately 1,500 units.
Rich brings over 25 years of varied real estate development experience to the Core Companies, having developed affordable and market rate housing, commercial office, retail and industrial buildings in Silicon Valley. Rich’s strengths lie in his collaborative nature, bringing diverse stakeholders together to achieve common goals.
As the Vice President for CORE Builders, Chrissie Davis oversees all projects currently under construction and works closely with clients in preconstruction. She prides herself in leading the CORE team to provide quality products and services to all clients. Chrissie has helped grow CORE Builders into a company with $50M+ annual revenue, building projects for third party clients and in-house. Chrissie Davis has been building in Southern and Northern California since 2000. She has a Civil Engineering Degree from Loyola Marymount University and a master’s degree in Construction Engineering Management from Stanford. She started her career working for commercial builders but found a home in multi-family construction mostly in the South Bay. Chrissie is a LEED AP and has a passion for giving back to the community. She spent a year dedicating herself to community service in AmeriCorps*NCCC stationed in Washington D.C.
