Karsten Lowe

Bio:

Karsten Lowe is Director of Affordable Housing Development at JPI, the nation's 2nd-largest multifamily developer, where he leads the firm's affordable housing strategy and execution across its key growth markets — Dallas, Austin, Houston, Arizona, and North Carolina. His work spans LIHTC, workforce housing, and essential function bond-financed communities, from program evaluation and deal structuring through entitlement and closing. Since joining JPI, Karsten has helped build an affordable platform that produces 1,200+ affordable units annually. He also tracks legislative and regulatory developments in the Central Region.    

Karsten began his affordable housing career at Streamline Advisory Partners in San Antonio, serving as Executive Director of Development. There he led land acquisition, LIHTC applications, capital stack structuring, and transaction closings on more than $500 million in completed affordable developments.

He is an elected board member of the Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers - the state's largest affordable housing trade organization - and chairs its Qualified Allocation Plan Committee. Karstenholds a B.S. from Texas A&M University and is pursuing an MBA in Real Estate Finance at SMU's Cox School of Business.