Affordable housing construction is an industry dependent on tax credit financing, requiring a depth of understanding and discipline not commonly found in a general contractor. Our industry demands tight pricing deadlines and adherence to strict payment and performance regulation. It requires that we build from imperfect drawings completed with compressed design timelines, and ultimately that we meet strict completion schedules or face the loss of critical funding. A multi-family affordable housing builder faces challenges that only a team with intimate and deep multi-disciplinary experience can understand and mitigate.

LENA Construction brings backgrounds in construction, design, engineering and finance to the table and combines lifetime careers in large-scale construction, multi-family housing design and adherence to public agency regulation to create a truly unique building partner in affordable housing. We’re confident that our knowledge and sensitivity to these disciplines – that our ability to think not just as builders, but to understand the needs and intentions of residents, designers and owners alike – puts us in our own class. We build on time, on budget and without compromise.

Founder

Kevin Napoli

LENA Construction, Inc. was founded in 2016 by Kevin Napoli to take advantage of extensive experience in commercial real estate development and construction management, specifically to construct affordable multi-family & mixed-use projects for existing clients and partners. Mr. Napoli has overseen the design and construction of over 35 ground-up and rehabilitated projects as developer and contractor in the last 20 years with a total cost well in excess of $1BN. Of that, over half has been in affordable housing, demonstrating his experience in prevailing wage work, Fair Housing, and the most up-to-date accessibility and efficiency standards. LENA Construction has a unique, multi-disciplinary advantage as a contractor, combining design and construction knowledge to produce the highest quality product for the best value.

SR. VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION

Gregory A. Palm

Gregory A. Palm has worked in construction for 32 years. He spent the latter 20 years at Dreyfuss Construction where he served in the capacity of Superintendent, Project Manager, Chief Estimator and eventually 15 years as Vice President in charge of Estimating and Operations. Greg’s project experience includes ground-up mixed use/infill, institutional, major building rehabilitation projects, educational facilities, historic and seismic rehabilitation, and affordable and market rate multifamily residential housing. While at Dreyfuss Construction, Greg helped build over 5,000 housing units, 5.9 MIL square feet of commercial and residential space with a total value of $570 MIL.

Administrative Assistant

Hailey Ashcraft

Hailey is an Administrative Assistant who helps facilitate daily office operations and maximize efficiency for the executive team. She’s a graduate of the University of Oregon and holds a B.A. in Journalism.

Superintendent

Billy Berman

Billy is a Superintendent with over 20 years of experience in the concrete field. Starting as a Union Carpenter, Billy worked his way up to general foreman before eventually becoming a general construction superintendent. Billy’s experience includes ground-up, Type V and high-rise multi-family housing, parking structures and tunneling for the L.A. city Metro.

Project Engineer

Adriana Cardenas

Adriana is a Project Engineer with experience in multi-family and as an owner’s representative in the public works sector. She’s a graduate of California State University, Los Angeles and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. 

Project Engineer

Trung Do

Trung is a Project Engineer with experience in commercial, tilt-up, heavy-civil and multi-family construction. He holds a Civil Engineering B.S from Cal Poly Pomona.    

Vice President of Development

Steve Frandsen

Steve is Vice President in charge of preconstruction for all of LENA’s heavy rehab projects. Steve has been involved in real estate for over 20 years across many disciplines including single and multi-family development, commercial construction as well as facility, resort, and multi-family property management. Steve oversees the development of project scope, design, and budgets and works directly with owner development teams to bring projects to closing, and then to final closeout at project completion. Prior to joining LENA Construction, Steve worked for over ten years with Thomas Safran & Associates. As Director of Operations for TSA Management he worked closely with the development team on design and materials to assure the very best end product for the owner. He took that experience with him to the development team where he worked as Director of Rehab Projects overseeing the scope, design and budgets for all rehab projects. Steve holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Utah.

Superintendent / Project Manager

Tadeh Khodabahksh

Tadeh’s background and experience give him the unique ability to operate as both Superintendent and Project Manager depending on a project’s needs. He’s been working in various facets of construction and development for 8 years and is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.

Project Manager

Rachel Moody

Rachel is a Project Manager. She is a graduate of Rice University and holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. She has worked in the construction industry for 5 years and has a strong background in consulting and valuation. 

Construction Manager

Eugene Niyazov

Eugene is a Construction Manager with over 10 years of industry experience. He is a graduate of California State University, Northridge and hold a B.S. in Business Management. He has had the unique opportunity of working for both general contractors and owner/developers, and has a diverse background with experience in luxury high-rise mix-use multifamily housing, high end tenant improvements, education and lab facilities, and commercial repositioning.

Assistant Superintendent

Eric Roberson

Eric is an Assistant Superintendent who directs field staff and helps facilitate on-site operations. He has experience on multi-family residential ground-up projects and training in safety and team coordination from a background in leading teams on event rigging.

Operations Manager

Teresa Roberson

Teresa oversees daily operations for LENA Construction including new project closings and jobsite office management. She has worked in construction development and real estate for 20 years and has extensive experience in development accounting, property management and escrow.

Superintendent

Felipe Rueda

Felipe Rueda is an accomplished construction superintendent with over 25 years of experience and the proven ability to orchestrate projects from $100k to $50m from start to finish. Felipe has experience on every product type including tenant improvement and commercial rehab, hospitality and mixed-use, multi-family and stadium work, both on the East & West coasts. He takes pride in being a motivated leader in the field and is not afraid to get his “hands dirty”.

Sr. Project Manager

Sam Siegel

Sam is a Senior Project Manager. He is a graduate of Boston College and holds a B.S. in Management. He recently completed the Master’s program in Business Administration at USC and has worked in construction development for 10 years.