Kevin Cavenaugh

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Kevin Cavenaugh
Born
Kevin A. Cavenaugh

(1967-05-02) May 2, 1967 (age 56)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Real estate developer, designer
Years active2001–present

Kevin A. Cavenaugh (born May 2, 1967) [1] is a real estate developer and designer from Portland, Oregon, and the owner of Guerrilla Development. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Cavenaugh is from California. He studied architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a Loeb fellow at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. [5]

Career

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Exterior of the Fair-Haired Dumbbell

Cavenaugh is a real estate developer and designer, [6] [7] and the founder and owner of Guerrilla Development. He became a developer in 2001, [8] and was an intern with Fletcher Farr Ayotte, as of 2004. [9] Cavenaugh is known for his views on affordable housing, displacement, and gentrification. [10] His projects have included:

In 2018, Cavenaugh and his five colleagues at Guerrilla all received the same compensation for one year, regardless of position or length of employment, to "[equalize] the boss to employee ratio" and eliminate any possible gender pay gap. [21]

Two of Cavenaugh's projects, Jolene's First Cousin and Atomic Orchard Experiment, will have units reserved for homeless people and social workers. [16]

Personal life

After working for Peace Corps in Gabon, he relocated to Portland, Oregon during the 1990s. [5]

Cavenaugh and his wife live in Portland with their three children, [6] as of 2016. [5]

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