Advancing a Mixed-Income Housing Department Pipeline in Spartanburg
Kevin Boyett
City of Spartanburg — City Manager's Office
Kevin Boyett is a Spartanburg-based real estate development executive with 20+ years leading mixed-income and mixed-use projects across the Southeast. As Founder and President of Purlieu Development and former SVP at Horizon Development Properties, he led North Carolina’s first mixed-income development of its kind. He chairs the Auburn MRED Alumni Council and is an Urban Land Institute member. He holds an Executive Master of Real Estate Development and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Auburn University.
Project
The City of Spartanburg, FUSE, and Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) are partnering to build a strong mixed-income housing development pipeline that supports economic mobility. FUSE Executive Fellow Kevin Boyett, who brings housing development expertise, will assess priority sites, build project-level financial models, and engage mission-aligned developers and capital partners. The work advances Movement 2030 and SAM’s cradle-to-career agenda by treating housing stability as a foundation for children’s educational success. It is one of two complementary FUSE Fellowships launching together in Spartanburg.