Yarojin Robinson
Senior Vice President, Affordable & Mixed-Income Housing
Yarojin “Roj” Robinson is a Senior Vice President at Development at Gilbane Development Company, where he is responsible for leading the company’s Affordable & Mixed-Income Housing platform; he is also a member of the company’s executive committee. Roj has extensive financial and leadership expertise. Prior to joining Gilbane Development Company in 2023, Roj was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, where he served as a senior leader in the Urban Investment Group, sitting on the business’ investment committee as well as its leadership and strategy team. Roj also brings experience with leading deal negotiations and underwriting to close financings for several mixed-use real estate transactions in urban areas throughout the US. He has successfully led the closing of over $2.5bn of equity and debt financings that range from traditional and opportunity zone equity investments to construction and bridge debt products to a wide variety of tax credit equity investments, including low-income housing tax credits. Prior to his role at Goldman Sachs, Roj was a real estate attorney and corporate attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, respectively.
Roj holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Yale School of Management, where he was a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship and served as a Director of the Real Estate Club. Additionally, he received a Juris Doctor (JD) of Law and a Master of Science (MS) in Real Estate Development from Columbia University after receiving his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.