We Build
Development Partner for Housing Authorities and Cities
Dr. Nash has sat on every side of the table: as a resident, a regulator, a policy maker, and a developer.
We do not advise on affordable housing from a distance. We develop it, and we carry the risk. For housing authorities and cities choosing a development partner, that is the difference: a partner who stays with the project from site control to stabilized occupancy.
What We Bring
The Development Partner Role
Co development with faith partners, municipalities, transit authorities, and housing agencies.
Partnerships
Co development with faith partners, municipalities, transit authorities, and housing agencies. We bring the development expertise so our partners can focus on their mission.
Site Selection
Strategic site identification shaped by eight years on the City Council and four as Chair of Planning, Zoning & Economic Development. We evaluate sites the way decision makers do.
Financing
Capital stack assembly across tax credits, soft funds, construction loans, and permanent financing. Our projects layer many sources into a single closing; The Mabion combined MHDC tax credits and HOME funds, a City CDBG grant and HOME funds, the Kansas City Housing Trust Fund, a construction loan and a permanent loan.
Transit Oriented
Housing at transit hubs so residents can reach jobs, healthcare, and opportunity without a car. Two active KCATA partnership projects prove this model works in Kansas City.
Mixed Income
Economically diverse communities where market rate and subsidized units share the same hallways, the same amenities, and the same standard of quality. Inclusion by design.
Workforce Housing
Homes for the teachers, nurses, and first responders who keep Kansas City running, at 60 to 80% AMI. Dignified housing that essential workers deserve and can actually afford.
Our Work
Four Developments, Every One Still Ours to Finish
Each case study is published in full.
Case Study: Promise Place - 85 Families, One Promise
85 families in Kansas City, and the city resources that made an 85 unit deal work at 4%.
Case Study: The Mabion - 57 Homes for Beacon Hill
57 homes for Beacon Hill, structured as a 4% deal with tax-exempt bonds.
Case Study: The Alumnus Gardens Campus - Where Housing Meets Health
What it actually takes to put a health center and affordable homes on the same ground.
Alumnus Gardens West: Phase Two in The Ville
Alumnus Gardens West: 52 homes in The Ville, St. Louis, phase two of Alumnus Gardens, awarded 9% tax credits by MHDC.
Why the record matters
Four developments. Every one is still ours to finish.
Alumnus Gardens was delivered, damaged by a tornado, and is being rebuilt. The Mabion is complete. Alumnus Gardens West and Promise Place are under construction. We stayed with every one of them.
A consultant can walk away when the report is done. A developer cannot. That is why we know what it takes to get from dirt to keys.
Source: the pipeline on this page, status as of October 2026.
Who We Serve
Our Clients
Housing Authorities
PHAs planning their portfolio future
Cities & Counties
Economic development offices seeking quality partners
Faith Based Orgs
Churches and congregations monetizing land assets
Healthcare Systems
Hospital anchored housing and wellness initiatives
The Difference
Why Dr. Nash
Lived Experience
Dr. Nash grew up in Section 8 housing in Kansas City. He does not study the affordable housing crisis from a distance. He lived it, and that shapes every project we build.
Policy Insider
Former Chair, Planning, Zoning & Economic Development Committee (2003-2007). Governor-appointed MHDC commissioner, later Vice Chairman. We know government incentives from the inside.
Proven Leadership
254 homes awarded. Assistant teaching professor at a major university. First African-American to become a partner in a top 10 commercial real estate firm in the history of the State of Missouri.
Community First
We build in the neighborhoods we come from. Deep resident engagement, local hiring commitments, and partnerships with community organizations that were here long before us.
From Section 8 to Developer. Your Partner Is Ready.
If you have land, a mission, or capital looking for impact, we should talk.
Hiring a prime consultant or building a team? We welcome both.
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The evidence
What this is built on
The firm does not ask to be taken at its word. 31 accounts of the work, and the 230 published clippings written at the time, are open to read.
We can’t predict the future. We can predict the room.
Public, private, nonprofit or philanthropic, we know the questions that room will ask and where a deal is likely to break. We spent our years doing the work, not writing about it, so our advice carries lived experience, practical knowledge and academic preparation.