"One of my contacts at Atlanta Housing Authority tells me that recently a complex of 50 units opened up for the voucher program, and for those 50 units, they had 30,000 applicants," she says. "That's just mind-blowing."

Markevitch plans to engineer similar deals. She has one in the works with a similar property and will be looking for other opportunities, including areas in coastal Florida. She says being a responsible developer and paying attention to the needs of the community and the families that live in each neighborhood is paramount to her personal mission to provide housing options to Atlanta families.

Markevitch has a background as an instructional designer for Google and other tech companies, but she has focused on housing development for 20 years as well. She turned her attention to multifamily in 2019. She says she plans to specialize in similar housing deals.

Markevitch will be re-branding King's Glen to The Pearl later this year.

"I'm very passionate about providing housing that is well-kept and affordable to those that most need it in the Atlanta area," she says.