Douglas C. Blomgren

Shareholder

Practice Group(s): Affordable Housing

Bateman Seidel Miner Blomgren Chellis & Gram, PC
Stanley M. Samuels, Senior Counsel

Doug Blomgren is a founding shareholder of the firm. Prior to forming the new firm, Doug was a partner with Preston Gates & Ellis LLP for seventeen years, including four as managing partner of the Portland office. He advises partnerships, limited liability companies, financial institutions, business corporations and non-profit corporations in a wide variety of matters. A principal focus of his practice is on investors, lenders, owners, developers and government agencies active in affordable housing finance and development. He regularly advises clients on the Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit, the New Markets Tax Credit, federal housing programs and Fair Housing Act compliance. He has been counsel to participants in scores of transactions involving the acquisition, rehabilitation, development and ownership of affordable and market-rate housing. Doug is counsel to Homestead Capital and the Homestead Equity Funds--investors in tax-credit housing. He also represents private developers, non-profit corporations, housing authorities and lenders throughout the area.

Education & Credentials
J.D., University of Chicago, 1977
B.A., University of Nebraska, 1974

Bar Admissions
Oregon
Minnesota

Within the community, Doug serves as a member of the board of directors of a non-profit housing development corporation. He has previously served as a Trustee of the Library Foundation of Portland and as a member of the Portland Development Commission and the Housing and Community Development Commission.

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS

• Homestead Capital
• Homestead Equity Funds
• Wells Fargo Community Development Corporation
• Housing Authority and Community Services Agency of Lane County
• Metropolitan Affordable Housing Corporation
• Community Partners for Affordable Housing, Inc.
• Northwest Housing Alternatives, Inc.
• Northwest Oregon Housing Authority

REPRESENTATIVE TRANSACTIONS

• Homestead Equity Funds Limited Partnership Offerings.
• Troutdale Terrace. Tax Credit, bond financed development. Troutdale, Oregon.
• The Fortson. Tax credit, bond financed development. Seattle, Washington.
• Sitka Apartments. Tax credit, bond financed development. Portland, Oregon.
• Belmont Dairy. Tax credit, mixed-income, mixed-use development. Portland, Oregon.
• The Village at Lovejoy Fountain. Tax credit, bond financed, mixed-income development. Portland, Oregon.
• Mountain Laurel Lodge. Tax credit development. Bend, Oregon.
• Belltown Senior Apartments. Tax credit, mixed-use development. Seattle, Washington.
• Old Elm Apartments. Tax credit development. Petaluma, California.
• Sheldon Village I and II. Tax credit development. Eugene, Oregon.
• Shorewood Apartments. Tax credit, Rural Development financing. Cannon Beach, Oregon.
• Marysville Studio Apartments. Tax credit, bond financed development, Marysville, Washington.
• Traugott Terrace. Tax credit, mixed-use development. Seattle Washington.
• Jefferson-Madison Building. Tax credit, mixed-use acquisition and rehabilitation development. Topeka, Kansas.
• Jay’s Place. Tax credit development. Santa Rosa, California.
• Milagro del Valle. Tax credit development. Bakersfield, California.
• Champion Park I and II. Tax credit development. Tillamook, Oregon.
• Village at Washington Square. Tax credit development. Tigard, Oregon.
• Historic Park Street Senior Housing. Tax credit resyndication. Reedsburg, Wisconsin.
• Foster Townhomes. Tax credit, bond financed development. Portland, Oregon