James Keefe

Principal

Jim Keefe is a principal at Trinity Financial, Inc., a New England based real estate development company with offices in Boston and New York. In 32 years of successful development, Trinity has specialized in ground-up construction and historic restoration in underutilized infill locations. The company has developed and manages over 9,000 units of mixed income rental and for-sale housing and over 600,000 square feet of neighborhood office and retail. With $3 billion in total development, the company’s portfolio includes supportive housing, student housing, transit-oriented development, HOPE VI/CNI public housing redevelopments, live/work space for artists, and most recently, Passive House technology. The company has won numerous local and national awards, with transformative development work in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Prior to joining Trinity, Mr. Keefe was Vice President for Development at Renaissance Properties in Boston, and prior to that he was a Commercial Loan Officer for the Bank of Boston. He is a former member of the Boston Landmarks Commission, a founding member of the Codman Square Housing Development Corporation (now NDC), and has taught at Tufts University in the Urban and Environmental Policy Department. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Boston University.