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Kenneth S.Kalynchuk

Director and Principal
Cleveland

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Kenneth S.Kalynchuk

Director and Principal

Ken helps identify, secure, and manage public and private financing opportunities for development and construction projects. He is currently managing financing for several Cleveland-area business expansions, numerous real estate development deals across Ohio, and several multistate company headquarters searches. He is also assisting clients in securing financing for several dozen other development projects, including headquarters relocations, historic building rehabilitations, warehouse and distribution centers, and mixed-use developments across the country.

Ken helps clients navigate the predevelopment stage of their projects through incentive, land use, and market research; pro forma development; feasibility analyses; economic impact analyses; and property tax analyses. He specializes in structuring financing for projects that require brownfield and asbestos remediation, office conversions, data centers, and revitalization of vacant urban land and historic buildings. Ken has also assisted clients in obtaining New Markets Tax Credits allocations and Historic Tax Credit awards. In the spring of 2025 Ken successfully closed on $50 million of financing, including nearly $20 million of grants and tax credits for the West Side Market Transformation Project in Cleveland.

Focus Areas

  • “Ohio at a Crossroads: Legislative, Political, and Economic Development Trends in 2026 and Beyond, Thompson Hine Webinar, July 2026
  • “Communicating with Impact,” ULI Cleveland, May 20, 2026
  • Moderator, “The Success of the Brownfield Remediation Program and Future Trends in Redevelopment,” 2026 Ohio Brownfields Conference, Greater Ohio Policy Center, May 6, 2026
  • Panelist, “Economic Incentives,” Appraisal Institute, Ohio Chapter’s 48th Annual Economic Seminar, Dublin, Ohio, December 12, 2025
  • Panelist, “Preserving an Icon: Cleveland’s West Side Market Transformation Plan,” American Planning Association (APA), December 5, 2025
  • Panelist, “Inside the West Side Market Transformation,” ULI Cleveland, November 13, 2025
  • “Ohio Public Incentives & Subsidies for Development Projects” at The Bell, Cleveland Equitable Development Initiative (CLE EDI) Alumni Session, October 29, 2025
  • “Public-Private Partnerships: A Project Consultant Reflects on Cleveland’s West Side Market Project from Financing to Completion,” 2025 Heritage Ohio Annual Conference, October 16, 2025
  • Panelist, “Reviving a Landmark,” Institute of Real Estate Management, Northern Ohio Chapter, October 15, 2025
  • Panelist, “Closing the Deal: Creative Financing Strategies for Today’s Market,” ULI Cleveland, September 10, 2025
  • Panelist, “Capital Stack Panel,” Appraisal Institute’s 47th Annual Economic Seminar, Dublin, Ohio, November 22, 2024
  • “Financing Tools for Office Conversion Projects,” Cleveland Construction Hot Topics: Tomorrow’s Construction Industry Headlines, Thompson Hine Webinar, September 10, 2024
  • “Office Conversion Projects as a Potential Solution to Columbus’s Housing Demand,” Columbus Hot Topics in Construction: How Do We Keep up the Momentum? September 5, 2024
  • Panelist, ULI Cleveland Annual Finance Panel: Alternative Edition, December 5, 2023
  • Moderator, “Overcoming Obstacles in CRE Transactions,” First American Title, September 7, 2023
  • Panelist, “Creative Financing to Maximize Brownfield Projects,” 2023 Ohio Brownfields Conference, Greater Ohio Policy Center, May 9, 2023
  • Panelist, “Improving the Cuyahoga River Infrastructure: Bulkhead Management Practices,” ULI Cleveland Technical Assistance Panel, November 3-4, 2021
  • Selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business Notable Leaders in Architecture, Engineering & Construction 2026
  • Selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business Forty Under 40 Class of 2023
  • Selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business Twenty in Their 20s Class of 2018

Professional Associations

  • CDFA, member
  • ULI, member
  • APA, member
  • NAIOP Northern Ohio, member

Professional Activities

  • Cleveland State University, Levin College Visiting Committee, member
  • Cleveland State University, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Dean’s Stakeholder and Alumni Advisory Committee, member

Community Activities

  • Cleveland Leadership Center, Bridge Builders, class of 2026
  • Near West Theatre board of trustees, president
  • Chair of Mission Advancement, ULI Cleveland
  • ULI Hines Student Competition, Juror, 2025
  • ULI Hines Student Competition, ULI Cleveland, finance advisor

Education

  • Cleveland State University, Master of Urban Planning and Development, 2016
  • Cornell University, B.S., 2014