Design
Design goes beyond just form and finishes, but into the experience of how one lives every day. All of the decisions we make are grounded in the day to day, in the experience of our future residents.
Complex neighborhood development, systematized.
The Development Collaborative uses proprietary software to coordinate all the elements of real estate development into projects that can be understood, entitled, financed, and built.
Raising the bar for what a neighborhood can be.
Development
What we mean by development.
Planning
Communities desire walkability balanced with privacy, nature balanced with curation, and infrastructure that promotes a thriving lifestyle. Building on the New Urbanist principles, we're building a new path.
Infrastructure
Ask more of infrastructure. Ensure the energy is continuous after a severe storm. Be confident the water is of the highest quality. Supplement a healthy lifestyle with fresh local produce, professionally managed. Infrastructure built to sustain.
Demand
No two households are the same, yet standard neighborhoods only cater to the median. Our neighborhoods include bespoke designs that fill niches in the market, all backed by data.
Feasibility
Our vertically integrated development platform is able to creatively iterate in order to find value where others overlook. We rigorously stress test our proposals and honestly report the findings.
Development is a collaboration.
Municipalities
Our projects align with the long term municipal goals and we bring representatives into the conversation early. We find opportunities within the existing zoning code to build aspirational projects.
Designers
We work with the highest quality local designers who understand the details of the community. We welcome input and collaborations at all scales.
Builders
We build to last, using materials and methods that ensure our homes can sustain for generations. Contractors are brought on early in the process to align the design with how the local skilled trades work.
Residents
The end user is not an abstraction. Neighborhoods should be shaped around daily life: arrival, privacy, landscape, maintenance, belonging, and long-term value.
Capital
We leverage long term creative capital to hone the vision into an executable financial logic. Balancing risk, timing, and return we're able to bring ambition to life.
Projects
Current work.
Bluestem
Homer Glen, Illinois
A pilot neighborhood concept organized around ranch homes, walking paths in a prairie landscape, and working infrastructure.
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