Kevin Augustyn is a Vice President in the North American CMBS, Global Structured Finance group at DBRS Morningstar. DBRS Morningstar is a credit rating agency and investment research firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. In his role at DBRS Morningstar, Mr. Augustyn covers several esoteric finance instruments and leads Morningstar’s effort to provide credit ratings for CPACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) loans on a national basis. He also serves on the firm’s ESG methodology subcommittee.

Before joining DBRS Morningstar, Mr. Augustyn’s career has been focused on urban infill development in Chicago, leading teams responsible for the redevelopment of Piper’s Alley and the North Pier as well as the development of River East Center and other large projects. He has over 25 years of real estate development and finance experience with several national real estate development firms and financial institutions including Bank of Montreal, Trammell Crow Companies, OPUS and CIII Capital Partners.

Mr. Augustyn began his career as a city planner, reflecting his passion for community economic development and historic preservation. His first professional assignment was to return to his hometown of Hammond, Indiana, where he served initially as the Land Use Planner and eventually as the Director of the Planning Department. He has a long-standing interest in the private use of capital for the public good and corporate sponsored urban economic development programs.