As a Founding Partner, Mr. Bythewood serves as both President and Managing Partner of La Cité Development, an impact-forward real estate development corporation.
An established real estate financier and developer, Dan has extensive experience in structured finance and development closing on complex 80/20 ventures from initial concept through construction and lease up completion. Prior to La Cité, Dan was an Acquisitions Manager at New York Equity Fund (NYEF), where he oversaw large development and disposition programs within New York City’s Neighborhood Redevelopment Program (NRP), the Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Program (NEP), and the Neighborhood Homes Program (NHP), managing project portfolios in excess of $1 Billion, and personally developing and investing $200 Million dollars of tax credit equity leading to developments of over $1 Billion.
Dan firmly believes in the power of an inclusive and purpose-driven culture, focused on meeting the needs of the investors, the community, the neighborhood, and the city. His leadership vision, and the company’s ongoing commitment to lifting up communities and impactful design has been recognized by numerous accolades including the prestigious Urban Land Institute’s WaveMaker award and the Baltimore Business Journal’s Best in Real Estate Awards.
Recognized for assembling innovative, high-performing teams, and building long-term partnerships, Dan was invited in 2018 by US Congress to be part of a business and political delegation to Qatar, focused on growing international trade between respective countries
Dan’s mission to economically reposition disinvested neighborhoods into thriving neighborhoods is evident from La Cité’s most recent Center\West development in West Baltimore. Valued at $1.5B upon completion, he led his partners and a team of multi-disciplinary professionals to entitle, legislate, finance, and construct the first phase at $102MM, whose investors and lenders include BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, KeyBank, Maryland CDA, and HUD. Within the first phase alone, he transformed a community with depressed home values, worth an average of $5K, to properties now valued more than $250K.
Dan holds a BA in Communications from Adelphi University/University of Pittsburgh and is based in New York City.