LENA Construction was founded by Kevin Napoli in 2016 after nearly two decades in construction, development, and design management, the majority focused on multi-family, affordable housing. Knowing the complex challenges firsthand, he set out to create a more collaborative approach to a complex industry.
Our multi-disciplinary team has been assembled to meet the exacting demands of multi-family housing construction: a developer’s focus on budget and compliance, experience with residents and their needs, and a personal interest in community enhancement through the construction of quality housing and beautiful buildings.
We take pride in our strong working relationships with city, county, state and federal compliance and oversight agencies.
We have a strict internal practice to manage payment and performance compliance, protecting our owner and subcontracting partners from costly work interruptions and fines.
We’re well versed in working to tight, tax-credit closing and completion deadlines.
We’re a fully bonded general contractor with capacity and rates that reflect our strong experience and track record.
MISSION
Our mission is to be the most conscientious construction partner in Los Angeles for multi-family, affordable housing.
“Plan the work, work the plan” is our guiding principle. We don’t just encourage proper planning from our teams before executing, we demand it. Our track record proves that taking the time to prepare up-front pays dividends by way of cost, schedule and quality control of the end-product.
KEVIN NAPOLI
PRESIDENT
Kevin has overseen the construction and design of over 50 ground-up and rehabilitated projects as a contractor and developer in the last 25 years with a total cost in excess of $1.5BN. The majority of his work has been in multi-family affordable housing, demonstrating his experience with prevailing wage work, Fair Housing, and the most up-to-date accessibility and efficiency standards. Kevin holds a B.S. in Environmental Design from UC Berkeley and an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.
GREGORY A. PALM
SR. VICE PRESIDENT OF CONSTRUCTION
Greg has worked in construction for 38 years and has assumed every role in the industry from framer to superintendent, and from Chief Estimator to Vice President in charge of Estimating and Operations. Greg’s extensive project experience includes ground-up mixed-use/infill, institutional, major building rehabilitation projects, educational facilities, historic and seismic rehabilitation, and affordable and market-rate multifamily residential housing. Greg holds a B.A. in Business Administration from UC Santa Barbara.
