Development is the cornerstone of Wood Partners’ success. Over the years, the company has fine-tuned its approach to the key development components – site selection, entitlement, design, solid financing and value generation.

The strength of the company’s approach resides in its network of development directors, each of them deeply knowledgeable about their local markets. The directors, operating out of 15 offices nationwide, are empowered to pursue development opportunities much as an entrepreneur would. But in this case, the directors are backed by the strength and expertise of a well-established, sophisticated national real estate firm.

The directors know how to assemble seasoned entitlement teams and work cooperatively with neighborhood groups. They often are on a first-name basis with decision makers and staff at city hall, and are sensitive to local politics. When it comes to design, our directors select among the very finest architecture firms in the industry.  And on the financing front, they are backed by a deep, diversified and ever expanding roster of equity and debt partners of all sizes.

It is a powerful combination. Since the company’s inception, it has been involved in the development of more than 40,000 homes with a combined value of more than $5.5 billion. The most important results, however, are evident not in the numbers but in the nature of the communities that bear Wood Partners’ name, from thriving infill projects to stylish garden apartments, to high-quality workforce housing.