Principals
The principals of Hudson McDonald are experts in the challenging field of infill development, having designed, entitled, or developed more than 900 housing units, 200,000 square feet of office and retail space, and 175,000 square feet of industrial space. The total value of development projects completed by Hudson McDonald's principals exceeds $300 million.
Hudson McDonald takes on a limited number of projects at any one time to ensure that each project is well-designed and carefully constructed. Unlike many developers, Hudson McDonald is not a "deal-oriented" company. Instead, we prefer to invest our time and efforts on high quality projects that generate significant long-term value.
Christopher Hudson has been involved in real estate development, finance and construction for more than 15 years. He has spent the last decade working exclusively in urban areas. During this period he has been involved in numerous affordable housing, economic revitalization, and market-rate mixed-use projects. The largest of these projects is the Fruitvale Transit Village, one of the Bay Area's first transit-oriented development projects.
Chris is an expert at obtaining project entitlements and is thoroughly versed in California land-use law, the California Environmental Quality Act, and state affordable housing laws. He has extensive experience with a wide variety of project financing options including local, state, and federal grants, tax credits, affordable housing bonds, and conventional debt and equity.
Chris has written numerous articles on infill and transit-oriented development and has spoken at a number of conventions and education seminars. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and served as the Deputy Director of the Congress for the New Urbanism. He has a degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley and a Master's Degree in City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University. Born and raised in New York, Chris and his family have lived in Berkeley for the past ten years.
Evan McDonald comes to real estate development from the field of architecture. As a design professional, Evan specialized in the adaptive reuse of historic structures. He participated in many significant historic preservation and reuse projects in both Massachusetts and in California, including the renovation of the Berkeley Public Library and the Hearst Memorial Mining building on the University of California campus.
Evan is an expert builder and designer. He uses this expertise to ensure that every Hudson McDonald project realizes the highest degree of architectural quality and significance possible within its budget. Evan also has extensive experience in real estate finance. Since 2000, he has secured over $60 Million in construction and permanent financing.
Evan earned an MBA from the Haas School of Business in 2000 and both a Bachelor of Arts and Master's Degree in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Married with two young daughters, Evan lives in Berkeley.