WE HAVE THE SOLUTION:
COOPERATIVE
HOUSING
Our intentional design & cooperative home ownership model serves to empower neighbors, strengthen communities, and improve quality
of life.
Gramercy Development Companies is a Minnesota cooperative housing developer located in the Twin Cities.
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FAMILY LEGACY
Gramercy is a family brand, originally founded by Mike Conlan in the 1990s. Mike was passionate about the cooperative model. As one of its pioneers in Minnesota, Mike was instrumental in making Minnesota the leader in the cooperative market. He instilled the value and importance of high quality, economically attainable housing to his family. Two of Mike’s five children, Mick Conlan and Kathleen Conlan Joyce ultimately joined with him as he brought the Gramercy Park and Gramercy Club Cooperatives to a broad range of seniors across Minnesota. Before his untimely passing in 2004, Mike and the Gramercy team built 13 cooperatives in Minnesota.
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Pictured: Mick and Kathleen at a cooperative groundbreaking with their father, Mike Conlan
HONORING THE PAST. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
In 2018, Mick and Kathleen restarted the Gramercy brand with the mission of once again advancing the senior cooperative housing model and continuing the legacy of the work started by their father. Gramercy Development Companies offers a new brand, The American Cooperative, that reflects Gramercy’s extensive history of developing properties that blend design and function to offer owners a stunning and vibrant community. The Conlans’ return to their roots in cooperative housing provides this unique model of senior housing; one which features ownership in a beautiful multifamily setting, democratic control, financial predictability, and a true community of neighbors and friends for its member-owners.
OUR PRINCIPALS
MICK CONLAN, PRESIDENT
Mick formed Gramercy Development in 2018 and, later, The American Cooperative of Anoka. Mick is a real estate attorney and a licensed real estate broker in Minnesota. After serving two tours in Iraq as a Marine Officer in 2006 and 2007, Mick attended the University of St. Thomas School of Law in 2010. Mick began his legal career as in-house counsel at a real estate development company and assisted the principal in the redevelopment of a 20-acre mixed-use development in Duluth adjacent to the University of Minnesota. In addition to his responsibilities as in-house counsel, Mick participated in the management of 700 units of workforce housing across the state, as well as the development of student and multifamily housing in Duluth. In 2013, Mick began his own real estate practice and currently represents developers and property managers with various legal matters with the Conlan Law Firm.
Tel: (612) 850-4151 mick@gramercycompanies.com
KATHLEEN CONLAN JOYCE, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Kathleen oversaw the design, construction, and unit customizations for Gramercy Corp. during the 1990s and early 2000s, managing the build of hundreds of cooperative homes across the state. Kathleen assisted the development team in obtaining HUD-insured financing under the 213 limited equity cooperative program and several market-rate cooperatives for Gramercy projects across Minnesota. After their father’s passing in 2004, Kathleen left Gramercy Corporation and joined The Waters Senior Living, a Minnetonka based senior living developer of independent, assisted living, and memory care communities. During her 15-year tenure as Vice President of Design and Construction, Kathleen was charged with developing the Waters’ brand aesthetic, expressed through the design of each community. She oversaw the design and construction team for each of the 12 communities across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Kathleen retired from The Waters Senior Living and became a founder of Gramercy Development Companies in 2018.
CONTACT
GRAMERCY
Gramercy is always looking to partner with land owners, cities, and developers interested in cooperative home ownership.
OUR ADDRESS
225 South Sixth Street, Ste 3900
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 850-4151
mick@gramercycompanies.com
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