About Us
Our Vision
To transform Detroit's historic buildings into sustainable, design-forward communities — delivering quality living spaces that honor the city's past while fueling its future.
Our Mission
A revitalized Detroit where thoughtfully developed neighborhoods attract ambitious residents, strengthen communities, and generate lasting value for investors and the city alike.
Core Value
To uphold innovation, sustainability, excellence, and collaboration in every project, ensuring timeless design and meaningful impact.
Core Value
Integrity through craftsmanship — every project is built with honesty, precision, and a commitment to enduring quality.
Beginnings
Three Decades of Vision, Craft, and Community
Design Build Detroit has been full time real estate investors for 30 plus years completing over 350 properties and $120+ Million in volume. Our experience in construction and real estate began with custom framing, which grew into a design build company, building energy efficient custom homes and large residential projects, including senior living condominiums, and multi-family apartment buildings. With the further expansion of our capabilities, Design Build Detroit, is currently buying apartment buildings in Detroit to rehab and stabilize, to professional cash flowing properties.
Our competitive advantage is providing our investors with professional and on time, in house construction services for maximum profitability. We are a 30+ seasoned builder, we do not charge the project a developer fee and we work with local Detroit companies. We manage in house, deal with local trades and suppliers to ensure maximum saving to complete the project on time and on budget!
A Vision for the Future:
Expanding Detroit's Historic Restoration Legacy
Building a Best-in-Class Investment Platform
Leaving a Lasting Impact on the Communities We Serve
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Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
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Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
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Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.
01
Vision-Driven Development
Every project we take on begins with a clear and considered vision for what a building can become. We don't see vacant structures or tired facades — we see potential, history, and opportunity. Our team invests the time upfront to understand the context of every site, the needs of the surrounding community, and the story the building has to tell, ensuring that what we build reflects both thoughtful design and genuine purpose.
02
Integrated Execution
Where most developers rely on a web of outside contractors, consultants, and management companies, Design Build Detroit handles every phase of the development process in-house. From acquisition and design through construction, leasing, and ongoing property management, our vertically integrated model gives us complete control over quality, cost, and timeline. The result is a more efficient process, a better-performing asset, and a stronger return for our investment partners.
03
Long-Term Stewardship
We don't build and move on. Design Build Detroit takes a long-term view of every community we create, remaining actively invested in the performance, maintenance, and continued improvement of each property long after the construction crews have left. Our commitment to the buildings we restore and the residents who live in them is what separates us from developers who treat real estate as a transaction rather than a legacy.