Developer. Advisor. Both.
We have sat in every
seat at the table.
The resident. The councilman. The regulator. The broker. The developer. The professor. That is why our advice is different, and why our buildings get built.
The founder’s record
An emerging developer. Thirty years at the table.
The firm is young. The judgment behind it is not.
- 1995 The record begins A newspaper story about tutoring his brothers at home
- 1999 Kansas City Council Served 1999 to 2007
- 2003 Planning & Zoning chair Planning, Zoning & Economic Development, 2003 to 2007
- 2009 MHDC Commissioner Missouri Housing Development Commission, 2009 to 2017
- 2014 TIF Commission Committee chair, Governance, Finance & Audit, 2014 to 2019
- 254 Homes in development today Four developments awarded
Of the ten largest affordable housing developers in the country, none advertises advisory services to outside clients. Of the consultancies that advise on housing, not one has ever carried development risk. We do both, and we publish the rule that keeps them apart.
Developer rankings: Affordable Housing Finance, Top 50 Affordable Housing Developers of 2025.
What we do
Three doors. One firm.
We develop. We advise. We teach. The first is why the other two are believed.
We Build
We are a principal
We do not advise on affordable housing from a distance. We develop it, and we carry the risk.
- 9% LIHTC development
- 4% LIHTC with tax-exempt bonds
- Mixed income communities
- Transit oriented development
- Faith based partnerships
We Advise
Both sides of the dais
We have voted on these projects, regulated them, brokered them and built them.
- Data centers & emerging industries
- Community & stakeholder engagement
- Urban planning, design & infrastructure
- Market & feasibility analysis
- Expert & advisory services
- Deal structuring & public-private partnerships
We Teach
The academy and the podium
We train the industry we work in, and we speak to it.
- The Nash Group Academy
- Corporate training
- Governing body & staff readiness
- Keynotes and workshops
Flagship practice
Data centers and emerging industries.
Ten years ago it was wind. Five years ago solar. Today data centers, and battery storage is already at the door.
By the time a jurisdiction looks for help, the public has usually stopped trusting the city, nobody knows who the loud voices speak for, and no one in the room can say what the use actually does. None of that is fixed by another meeting.
Emerging Industry Register & Briefing
Plain Language, From A Third Party
We identify the uses a community is about to face and write plain language profiles of each one.
Read the service →Representative Community Assessment
What The Whole Town Thinks
A statistically representative survey by telephone or mail, so the governing body learns what the community thinks rather than only what the hearing room says.
Read the service →In Person Engagement Campaign
Meeting People Where They Actually Are
Town halls, pop ups where people already gather, faith partnerships, walking audits and bilingual delivery.
Read the service →Owned Channel Strategy
Using What The Jurisdiction Already Has
We run outreach through channels the client already owns.
Read the service →Neutrality & Scope Protocol
Rules Published Before Meeting One
Written ground rules, published in advance, stating exactly what this process can and cannot decide.
Read the service →Findings Report Built For The Code
A Record The Governing Body Can Defend
The engagement report written so it drops straight into a unified development code update or a zoning text amendment.
Read the service →Governing Body & Staff Readiness
Ready For The Room
Preparing the council, the commission and the staff for the hearing itself.
Read the service →The pipeline
Four developments. 254 homes.
Every one awarded by the Missouri Housing Development Commission. Status as of September 2026.
Alumnus Gardens
The Ville, St. Louis
Delivered, tornado-damaged, rebuilding Read the case study →
The Mabion
Beacon Hill, Kansas City
Under construction · Ribbon cutting October 7, 2026 Read the case study →
Alumnus Gardens West
The Ville, St. Louis
Under construction · 2027
Delivered
Alumnus Gardens opened. Here is the day.
Phase one in The Ville, St. Louis. Sixty homes, awarded under MHDC 20-050, built and opened. It was later damaged by a tornado and is being rebuilt.
Latest thinking
Nobody in the top ten publishes research. We do.
We will not out-build the largest developers in America. We can out-think them.
Case Study
The Mabion - 57 Homes for Beacon Hill
57 homes for Beacon Hill, structured as a 4% deal with tax-exempt bonds.
Development Finance
Understanding 4% vs 9% LIHTC: A Decision Framework
What the 4% and 9% credits actually cost you, from someone who sat on the commission that awards them.
Development Practice
Site Selection: The 10 Factors That Matter Most
The ten things that decide whether a site works, in the order they kill a deal.
Recognition
The connection most developers do not make.
Housing and health, built on one site. Recognized by the Brown University School of Public Health.
Brown University School of Public Health
Integrating affordable housing with community health, addressing social determinants of health in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.Public Health Impact Award, 2025
Bring us a site, a congregation with land, or a problem your council cannot solve.
We develop, we advise, and we tell you the truth about which one you actually need.