Cody Wilson

Managing Director at Piper Sandler

Speaker

Mr. Wilson has 18 years of experience in municipal real estate finance. Mr. Wilson provides a deep and diverse background and has completed over $20 billion of projects and working capital needs for affordable housing, workforce housing and privatized student housing projects across the U.S. Mr. Wilson also brings a wealth of experience working directly with a variety of types of municipal issuers including public housing authorities, state housing finance agencies, local development authorities and national issuers.

During the last several years, Mr. Wilson has advised clients in a large number of public and private transactions in the real estate sector, including:

• $82,665,000 EP Cimarron Ventanas PFC. Mr. Wilson served as senior banker, assisting the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso, Texas in acquiring a portfolio of 266 units of workforce housing. This was the first Public Facilities Corporation (PFC) tax-exempt bond issue closed in Texas.
• $56,500,000 Housing Authority of DeKalb County, Georgia. Mr. Wilson served as senior banker, assisting the Housing Development Corporation in acquiring 228 units of workforce housing. This was the first Essential Function Bond (EFB) closed in Georgia.
• $41,935,000 Jacksonville Housing Authority, Florida. Mr. Wilson served as senior banker, assisting the Jacksonville Housing Authority in acquiring 256 units of workforce housing. This was the first Essential Function Bond (EFB) closed in Florida. The bonds were rated “A+” by S&P Global. This was the first public housing authority to receive an issuer credit rating in Florida.
• $32,000,000 Oregon Housing and Community Services Department. Mr. Wilson served as senior banker, assisting a private developer on a new construction LIHTC project in Corvallis, Oregon. To generate additional proceeds, the permanent loan was sized based on a full-term interest only payment.
• $227,640,000 Capital Trust Authority. Mr. Wilson served as senior banker, assisting a private developer and a national non-profit organization on a new construction privatized student housing project for Florida International University (FIU). The bonds were rated “Ba2” by Moody’s, a noteworthy feat considering the project was located off-campus with no support from FIU.

Mr. Wilson earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Troy University and a Masters of Business Administration from Troy University. Mr. Wilson has his FINRA Series 7, 50 and 63.