DULCINEA GILLMAN

Dulcinea Gillman is managing member of the Villa Park design and build rm that specializes in multi-family developments in Illinois and the Midwest. The firm works with municipalities, developers, housing authorities and nonprofits. Recent projects include Flax Meadow Townhomes with 32 affordable townhomes for families in Highland and Altamont Senior Residences with 36 affordable senior apartments in Altamont. Gillman is skilled in identifying underserved areas for new affordable and special needs housing. She was CEO of architecture rm #9 Design and La Mancha Construction, both started in 1999, which were combined as North Arrow in 2018. Gillman says her most rewarding project was the development of permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities on the site of a former Hardee’s where she had worked as a teenager.