Why Build-to-Rent Is Reshaping Suburban Development
Daniel Kaufman on how build-to-rent communities are changing the calculus for developers and renters alike in fast-growing Sun Belt markets.

DanReDev is a ground-up development company delivering build-to-rent, workforce, mixed-use, and luxury residential projects across fast-growing U.S. markets, part of the Kaufman & Company platform.
DanReDev delivers resilient, well-underwritten development across build-to-rent, workforce & affordable housing, mixed-use, and luxury residential, moving quickly on the right sites while building assets meant to hold value for decades. As part of the Kaufman & Company platform, we combine local market expertise with institutional-grade underwriting and capital committed directly by the Kaufman family office.
From single-family build-to-rent to modular-forward construction and acquisitions of existing assets, DanReDev executes across the full spectrum of ground-up development.
A DanReDev project in construction.
“We move quickly on the right sites, and we build assets meant to last, that’s the DanReDev discipline.”
Daniel Kaufman
DanReDev LLC was founded in 2020 by Daniel Kaufman and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. As part of the Kaufman & Company platform, DanReDev draws on institutional-grade underwriting, its own capital, and a track record across build-to-rent, workforce housing, mixed-use, and luxury residential development.
Today the platform is active across six asset classes with a growing national pipeline, from Texas to Jacksonville, Kansas City, and Chicago.
Deep, submarket-level knowledge in every metro we enter, not a top-down national playbook applied blindly.
DanReDev acquires and repositions existing assets with our own capital and holds them for the long term.
Disciplined, conviction-driven underwriting backed by the Kaufman & Company platform.
Speed to close and community impact, supported by a platform with a national development track record.
Daniel Kaufman on how build-to-rent communities are changing the calculus for developers and renters alike in fast-growing Sun Belt markets.
A look at how LIHTC programs and employer anchored demand can unlock workforce housing on overlooked infill sites.
Speed to delivery, cost predictability, and quality control, how modular methods fit into DanReDev's build-to-rent pipeline.
DanReDev buys land and existing assets with our own capital, builds, and holds for the long term across build-to-rent, workforce housing, mixed-use, and luxury residential.