Austin Amandolia

Senior Analyst

Austin is a Senior Analyst based in HR&A’s Raleigh office, where he leads and manages analytical tasks for HR&A’s transit-oriented development, housing affordability, cultural capital, and real estate projects.

Across all of his work, Austin center’s HR&A’s mission to make cities function better for the residents that inhabit them. This includes enhancing the quality of multi-modal transportation through thoughtful development patterns, advising clients on how to better deliver and maintain affordable housing, and leveraging real estate value to celebrate and honor the history, arts, and culture of culturally significant neighborhoods throughout the country.

Since joining HR&A, he has supported numerous affordable housing transactions through our support of Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund and public sector partners, enabling the delivery of over 4,100 affordable homes and deployment of over $450 million in gap financing. He has also worked with numerous cities in developing plans to address their housing affordability needs, including Memphis, Raleigh, Holly Springs, Athens, and Greensboro.

Austin also supports cities throughout the southeast, including Atlanta, Raleigh, and Richmond, in developing plans for transformative transit-oriented development and establishing thoughtful implementation strategies to realize those plans. His work includes supporting the Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) to develop and implement a plan to construct a permanent Downtown Transfer Hub that will advance transit-oriented development (TOD) in Downtown Richmond. He also worked with the Maryland Department of Transportation to craft a TOD plan for the MARC Penn Line commuter rail line that connects Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland.

Further, Austin is a leading member of HR&A’s Raleigh office, ensuring that we are supporting the communities where we have a significant physical presence. He has worked with GoTriangle to support the development of the Raleigh Union Station (RUS) Bus Facility, the City of Greensboro in developing an update to their affordable housing plan, Gateway Research Park in Greensboro to undergo a visioning exercise for their innovation campus, and the City of Raleigh Museum to craft an expansion strategy as they aim to find a permanent location for their space. He is also a former local government appointed volunteer, serving on the Durham Planning Commission for three years, including two years as Chair.

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