About Us

Founder, Managing Partner

Mike Rooney is founder and Managing Partner of Rooney Partners, a real estate development firm specializing in the acquisition and development of LIHTC and workforce housing projects in the Puget sound region. Since its formation in 2021, Rooney Partners has closed over $168M in affordable workforce housing projects totaling 592 units and is currently working with two local nonprofits on LIHTC and workforce projects totaling over $200M.

Prior to founding Rooney Partners, Mike served as Executive Director of Mt. Baker Housing (MBH). Over his 13-year tenure at MBH, Mike grew the organization from one employee to a team of sixteen people, nearly tripled the real estate portfolio by completing multiple apartment acquisitions and expanded the development pipeline to 1200 units of LIHTC affordable housing totaling over a half a billion dollars in total development cost. 

Mike closed the 154 Unit Mt. Baker Village LIHTC project, The 207 Unit Maddux LIHTC project, and the 221-unit Grand Street Commons LIHTC project and secured financing and entitlements for the 214-unit Via 7 LIHTC project, while also acquiring and planning the 200+ unit Thunderbird LIHTC (potential) project, and the 200+ unit Trenton LIHTC (potential) project. In addition to the projects listed, Mike led the acquisition/rehab efforts in six additional projects totaling 199 units. 

Under Mike’s leadership, MBH was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the area’s top companies to work for in western Washington and received two national awards from Affordable Housing Finance as the best preservation project, as well as a Novogradacas a Project of Distinction.

Mike has over 25 years of multifamily real estate experience in the Puget Sound market and as a leader in multifamily housing, Mike is a guest speaker, panelist, and writer on various topics such as workforce and affordable housing, site selection & assemblage, and alternative finance and deal structuring . Over his Career, Mike has participated as an advisor or principal in more than $650M in real estate projects/transactions, totaling over 2800 housing units and over 2,000,000 SF of space.