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But their signature achievement isn’t financial. It’s a program called “Pipe & Pedestal,” which trains formerly incarcerated individuals in commercial HVAC and plumbing repair—the literal skills needed to maintain the buildings GBP owns. Over 600 graduates have found jobs, 70% of them at properties leased by GBP tenants.

Maya Torres flew to Atlanta to handle the fallout. She stood in a sweltering community center and offered tenants a deal: no rent hikes for two years in exchange for a right-of-first-refusal if they wanted to buy their homes. Thirty-seven families signed. gbp ventures llc

And the diner in Bridgeport? GBP bought it last year. They kept the grease, the cracked vinyl booths, and the $1.75 coffee. But their signature achievement isn’t financial

On the wall, under a faded poster of the Apex Brass factory, a small brass plaque reads: Maya Torres flew to Atlanta to handle the fallout

Leo Castellano, the strategist, pushed a greasy spoon aside to reveal a worn map marked with red dots. “Bridgeport post-industrial zones,” he said. “Sixty percent vacancy. Forty percent tax liens. And one hundred percent opportunity.”

The third partner, a soft-spoken former real estate lawyer named David Chen, nodded slowly. “Three hundred K for a million square feet on the river. But the environmental remediation alone will cost five times that.”

Across from him, Maya Torres, the operations guru, scrolled through spreadsheets on a cracked tablet. “The city is auctioning off the old Apex Brass factory for back taxes. The asking price? Three hundred thousand.”