Britt Zaffir

Britt Zaffir is the Director of Real Estate at Common, the leading residential brand enhancing the value of real estate by offering convenience and community to city-dwellers around the country. She joined the Common team in early 2016, perfectly blending her prior roles at the intersection of hospitality, real estate and technology. Britt started her career at Monitor Deloitte, where she consulted for major companies in the hospitality sector before joining a boutique real estate investment fund in Canada. Most recently, she spent some time at Airbnb, working on strategic planning and analysis for the local operations and marketing teams, where she was focused on finding and scaling operational efficiencies. Today, Britt works with real estate partners to expand Common’s residential and technology platform, which currently spans five cities and 20 homes across the U.S. To her, working at Common means finding a pragmatic real estate solution to fix social, economic and health issues that our society faces today. Most recently, Britt worked on a ground-up 221-bed project with Wisznia and the New Orleans local government to bring affordable workforce housing to renters across the city. Britt graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School and an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business. In her spare time, Britt loves to read and travel, trying delicious foods in new cities.