Principals
Chance Partners is one of the country's premier developers of mixed-use and walkable communities. Focused on maximizing value while providing the very best living experience for its residents, Chance Partners has successfully developed numerous communities across the country. Chance Partners, LLC has developed more than $800 million of residential, hospitality and retail projects. The Principals each have more than 20 years of urban investment and development experience across all product types -conventional multifamily, student housing, hospitality, retail and office. With a combined transactional experience in excess of $3 billion, the Principals have overseen institutional mixed-use developments that have transformed walkable neighborhoods throughout the United States.
The people of Chance Partners are the foundation of the company's success. Comprised of leaders in their respective field, the Chance team is results-driven and customer-focused. The Principals are supported by a seasoned team in various disciplines from construction and development to asset management to accounting and investor reporting.
Judd Bobilin
Judd Bobilin founded Chance Partners LLC in 2009 to focus on the development of mixed-use and student housing communities throughout the southeast. Judd has extensive experience in the real estate development arena most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer of Novare Group. Novare was a leading developer of mixed-use hi-rise communities in urban locations having developed over $1.5 billion of real estate with 6,000 residences and 250,000 square feet of retail in aggregate. Prior to joining Novare, Mr. Bobilin was an executive with Lincoln Property Company heading up their multi-family development efforts in the Southeast. Before Lincoln, he was an investment officer with TMW Real Estate Group (now part of Prudential Real Estate Investors) focusing on development properties (office and multi-family) in the southeast. Mr. Bobilin has served on numerous professional panels including for National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and various real estate publications conferences. In 2006, Mr. Bobilin was selected to serve on Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin's Permitting Improvement Taskforce. He also worked with the City of Atlanta on the Sustainable Green Building initiative. Currently a member of the Urban Land Institute, the Multifamily Council of NAHB, Atlanta Home Builders Association, NAIOP and an Advisory Board Member for the Georgia State University Real Estate Department. Mr. Bobilin received his MBA from Georgia State University and his B.S. from Syracuse University.
Jeff Rosen
Jeffrey Rosen joined Chance Partners in 2011 to continue his investment activities in urban neighborhoods and assist in the development of these communities. Mr. Rosen has more than 25 years of real estate investment experience and was most recently, Principal, Investments of CIM Group, LP, a multi-billion real estate private equity fund manager. At CIM Group, Mr. Rosen was a member of the Investment Committee and personally was involved in more than 20 transactions with an aggregate value in excess of $2.0 billion. Mr. Rosen has been involved with many signature urban developments in emerging urban districts such as Washington, DC (NoMa, Rosslyn and Bethesda), Austin, TX (Dowtown and SoCo), Las Vegas, NV (Downtown), Dallas, TX (Uptown) and Hollywood, CA. He was formerly the Director, Capital Markets for Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) and began his career in the Investment Banking Division of Salomon Smith Barney where he advised real estate companies and developers. In 2017, Mr. Rosen was appointed by Mayor Curry as a Board Member of the Jacksonville Housing Finance Authority and is currently a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Episcopal School of Jacksonville. Mr. Rosen received his B.S. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.