Eric Carlson is the core founder and CEO of Anthem Properties Group, a real estate development, investment and management company that strives, solves and evolves to create better spaces and stronger communities. Founded in 1991, Anthem is a team of 400 people driven by creativity, passion and direct communication. Anthem purchased United Communities in 2014, and together, Anthem and Anthem United have invested in, developed or managed – alone or in partnership – more than 270 residential, commercial and retail projects with an aggregate value of more than $6 billion across western North America. Anthem and Anthem United, with their respective financial partners, have a portfolio that includes more than 15,000 homes built, in design or under construction, more than 8 million square feet of retail, industrial, residential rental and office space, and 6,100 acres of land across Alberta, British Columbia and California.