Shafeeq Shamsid-Deen Jr., is a Development Manager for Assurance Realty. He started his real estate career after having prior experience in politics and education. He worked as a field organizer for Barack Obama’s Campaign for Change; then went on to teach with Teach for America, teaching 5th grade in the Navajo Nation; worked as a policy advisor for New Mexico Public Education Department; and eventually founded and was principal of Laurel Oaks, a college preparatory charter school which provided unique experiences and laid a foundation for his work in real estate.
At Assurance Development, Shafeeq oversaw site acquisition for mobile telecommunications companies’ cell tower development overseeing leasing, entitling, and designing sites to meet shareholder regulations and radio frequency standards. He worked with AT&T, Sprint PCS, Verizon, and Eco-Site (a T-Mobile affiliate) to build out their networks throughout Orange, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Mono, and Sacramento Counties, overseeing over 100 cell site builds in less than two years. Shafeeq was the top leaser for Assurance Development despite being new to the industry. Later he went to work for the Brooker Group, where he learned about construction lending and real estate finance. Shafeeq created and oversaw, the Regen or Urban Regeneration and Elevated Equity programs designed to help minority owners create the highest and best use of their property, with funding and support with their distressed properties to better position themselves for wealth creation.
Shafeeq graduated from Loyola Marymount University with degrees in History and Political Science, holds a California Real Estate License, pending certificate from Columbia University’s Construction Management Program and is obtaining his Broker’s and Mortgage Origination licenses. He is currently working on LebenHaus, an affordable micro-unit development and Higher, an urban regeneration program aimed at supporting minority property owners developing their properties to their highest and best use.
Email: shafeeq@assurance-realty.com