Brandywine Homes started out like so many other companies in America – with an entrepreneur and an idea. After a decade and a half of building in new and sprawling master planned communities, Jim Barisic shifted his focus toward the significant opportunities to be found in assisting older and more crowded coastal cities in Southern California. People in search of new homes were leaving these built-out communities, and the time had come to reverse this trend. In 1994, Jim Barisic founded Brandywine with a business plan to help revitalize established neighborhoods and convert underutilized and often run-down space into needed housing.