About
Progress with purpose.
Savarino Companies is a Buffalo-based real estate firm with deep experience in development, construction management, and consulting. We’ve led projects that respond to local needs, address complex sites, and support long-term public and private investment. Our work spans affordable and market-rate housing, civic and institutional facilities, adaptive reuse, and brownfield redevelopment.
We work where multiple interests align between owners, agencies, communities, and construction teams. We understand how to move projects from idea to reality while meeting regulatory, environmental, financial, and design goals. Whether advising a nonprofit on pre-development strategy or managing a multi-phase build, we tailor our services to meet the moment and the mission. We’re proud of the neighborhoods we’ve worked in, the partners we’ve worked with, and the properties we’ve helped bring back to life.
Having conceived, developed, financed, constructed, and operated many complex projects involving private financing, New Market Tax Credits, Historic Tax Credits, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, public and private grant funding, and public/private partnerships, we have the knowledge and experience to help you strategize, develop, and fund your project. Our construction affiliate, Savarino Construction Services LLC, brings our extensive experience to serve your contracting and construction management needs.
Sam Savarino, CEO
Samuel J. Savarino brings over four decades of experience in real estate development, construction, and property management across Western New York, the Carolinas, and Florida. His firm has delivered a diverse portfolio of projects that serve public and private clients.
Through its affiliate, Savarino DL&W Development LLC, Savarino is leading the redevelopment of Buffalo’s historic DL&W Terminal, transforming the second floor of the long-vacant train station into a multi-use public market and community hub. Savarino Properties LLC, a full-service asset management and advisory firm, oversees the company’s property management for a range of clients. Affiliate Savarino Construction Services LLC brings 40 years of general contracting and construction management experience to any type of construction project.
Savarino Companies, offering Property Management, Construction Management, Development Consulting, and Advisory Services, is guided by a deep commitment to community impact and civic leadership. It is actively involved in regional organizations, philanthropic campaigns, and boards that support health, education, the arts, and economic inclusion. The organization’s work has been recognized with numerous regional and industry honors, reflecting a long-standing investment in building stronger communities through thoughtful development.
Active in the community, Savarino has chaired campaigns for the United Way of Buffalo and Erie County, Buffalo Hearing and Speech Center, and the Food Bank of WNY. He has served on boards for many organizations, including the Western New York Rare Books Consortium, Friends of the Night People, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, Canisius College, D’Youville University, and the Buffalo Legacy Foundation, to name a few. Savarino’s leadership has earned him numerous accolades, the most recent of which include the Leadership Buffalo Community Values Award, AFRP Philanthropist of the Year, UB College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Business First C-Level Executive Honoree, Buffalo Spree’s 2022 Friend of the Arts Award, and 2024’s ChaShama Gala Honoree.
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