Add line breaks to custom excerpt

Hi There,

I’m using a masonry display on the private page linked below and trying to put line breaks in the excerpt to ensure that the next row is lined up properly. I’ve read through other threads and tested out adding <br/><br><br /></br> and even <p></p>but none of these work.

The first two entries on the masonry display are the ones that I’ve tested out doing line breaks. The 2nd one called “Safehouse”, the line breaks work only if there’s text before it. I want to add line breaks without text to align the content.

Any thoughts?