Case Studies Real Estate Development

Southern Development Homes is a diverse homebuilder and developer based in Charlottesville, Virginia. The company was established in 1999 by Frank Ballif. Ballif still owns and operates the company as president and leads the operation’s sales division. He built his first home while attending the University of Virginia, funding his first venture with a loan […]

On Top of the World Communities is a family-owned and operated builder and developer of distinct, active lifestyle communities. Based in Ocala, Florida, the business was founded in 1947 by the late Sidney Colen. His son, Kenneth Colen, grew up in the business and took over the operation as president in 1981. Today, On Top […]

For more than 66 years The Hignell Companies (Hignell) has stood has a trusted name for various means of property management, maintenance and contracting services in northern California. Hignell is a family-owned, multifaceted firm, filling the role of specialty contractor to real estate broker, commercial and residential property manager to maintenance provider and nearly everything […]

Jon Behrends established Precision Contractor in 2009 with the goal of providing comprehensive rehabilitation, renovation and construction services in the Hudson River Valley region of New York. Based in Poughkeepsie, the business serves the needs of a range of commercial customers. Behrends employs seven people who lead unique and challenging construction projects dedicated to the […]

Los Angeles-based Giroux Glass Inc. started as a small, 10-person storefront and high-rise window service and repair contractor. Over the course of nearly 70 years, the woman-owned company has taken off; it is the company’s goal to be 100 percent employee-owned by 2021. The Giroux Glass team excels in meeting the most complex glass, glazing […]

Based in Berkeley, California, Nautilus Group (Nautilus) is doing things differently, approaching fully-integrated construction unlike others in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a unified group of architects, engineers, contractors and real estate developers working in tandem, Nautilus brings the complete project scope under one roof to build better buildings and some first-of-the-kind projects on […]

Keiland Construction was founded 2007 by Keith DuRousseau. Based out of Lake Charles, and expanding across Louisiana, Keiland Construction built upon small commercial projects to slowly create a name for itself in the competitive building industry. Keiland Construction started as a real estate development business, but DuRousseau quickly realized he needed to make a change. […]

Since inception in 1993, CAPREIT has emerged as one of the nation’s leading real estate and multifamily housing experts and the Maryland-based company is doing some of its best work in not-so-glamourous, unlikely neighborhoods. “We’re working in St. Louis, Indianapolis and suburban Detroit; markets that traditionally you won’t find on the cover of a magazine,” […]

Based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, MEGRYCO Inc. has served the real estate needs of southern New England communities since 1990. The multigenerational family-run business takes great pride in not only redeveloping and reinventing facilities for adaptive reuse, but also bringing life to communities in the process. Unlike some developers, MEGRYCO is highly devoted to this cause […]

Sippican Partners LLC (Sippican) is bridging the gap between development and sustainability; demonstrating that real estate growth can in fact, better the community by interweaving environmental, social and economic objectives. Based in rural central New Hampshire, Sippican is a real estate development management group, taking on the role of developer and construction manager to facilitate […]