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Who We Are

Highmark Holdings, LLC is a Nashville, Tennessee based developer and sponsor of multifamily affordable housing, specializing in developments which qualify for Low Income Housing Tax Credits and tax-exempt bond financing. Highmark Holdings, LLC was co-founded in 2006 by Joseph H. Torrence and Robert S. King. Since 2007, Highmark Holdings, LLC sponsored entities have purchased 12 apartment communities and 1,936 units. Ten acquisitions were financed with tax-exempt bonds and 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credits. As sponsor of the Developer entities, Highmark Holdings, LLC has overseen or is currently overseeing renovations to these communities in excess of $30 million. The most recent project for Highmark Holdings, completed in 2019, was our first new construction deal financed with 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits. In 2013 Mr. King partnered with Glynda Shamwell to form Enfield Management Company, LLC to manage the multifamily assets developed by Highmark Holdings, LLC, in addition to pursuing other multifamily management opportunities.


Meet the Team

Our goal at Highmark Holdings is to create communities that our residents are proud to call home. Our team has been a leader in LIHTC acquisition, rehab and new construction in Tennessee for 14 years. By working together, we exceed not only the expectations of our residents, but those of our employees and investors as well.

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Robert S. King
Managing Director

Mr. King partnered with Mr. Joseph Torrence to form Highmark Holdings, LLC in June 2006. Highmark Holdings is a Nashville, Tennessee based developer and sponsor of multifamily affordable housing, specializing in developments which qualify for Low Income Housing Tax Credits and tax-exempt bond financing. Highmark Holdings sponsored entities have purchased eleven apartment communities located in Tennessee totaling 1,892 units. Ten of these acquisitions were financed with tax-exempt bonds and 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credits and have involved renovations in excess of $30 million.

Mr. King partnered with Glynda Shamwell to form Enfield Management Company, LLC in 2013 to manage the multifamily assets owned by Highmark Holdings, in addition to pursuing other multifamily management opportunities. Enfield Management prides itself on its focus on developing partnerships with community, government and educational organizations to provide high quality programs and services for the residents of its communities. Some of these partnerships include GREAT Families (MNPD), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, Regions Bank, Boy Scouts, Book ’em, TN Commission on Aging, Literacy Academy, Goodwill Career Solutions, Nashville International Center for Empowerment (NICE), United Way of Rutherford County, Workforce Essentials and UT Agricultural Extension Service. The types of programs these partners provide include Nutrition and Cooking classes, Youth Mentoring, Youth and Adult Literacy, Job Readiness, Health and Wellness classes, Personal Finance classes and Youth Afterschool programs.

He is married and a father of five. Mr. King was recognized by the Nashville Business Journal as a 2014 Forty Under 40 Honoree. He graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997 with a B.A. degree in Economics. He is proud to be an active member of the Downtown Nashville Rotary Club, a member of the MLS2Nashville Committee, and to serve on the Board of Directors of the Martha O’Bryan Center, one of Nashville’s oldest and most respected nonprofits serving the underprivileged.