Building the Next Generation of Real Estate & Infrastructure
Kaufman & Company is a long-term holding company founded by Daniel Kaufman, an integrated platform spanning residential development, workforce housing, AI infrastructure, and venture capital across ten operating companies.
Figures reflect Daniel Kaufman's full career since founding his first development company in Detroit in 1992, including 1,100+ hotel rooms, and represent Kaufman & Company's current assets under management as of October 2026.
Build. Invest. Operate.
Three disciplines under one permanent-capital holding company: we develop real estate and infrastructure directly, back the technology reshaping how it gets built, and operate what we create for the long term.
Build
Ground-up development across workforce housing, build-to-rent, mixed-use, and AI-optimized data center infrastructure, carried from site selection through stabilization.
8 development companies · $2B+ overseen · 10,000+ units
See what we’ve built →Invest
Kaufman Ventures backs the technology our own operating companies rely on first, from land intelligence to diligence tooling, then brings it to the broader industry.
7 portfolio companies, including BridgeStar and Meridian
Explore Our Ventures →Operate
Convivium Living runs vertically integrated co-living communities in-house, and Kaufman Real Estate & Consulting carries that same operating discipline to outside principals.
Co-living communities, in-house · Principal-side advisory
Meet the companies →Ten Operating Companies. One Platform.
How We Build, In Detail
A closer look at specific projects across the platform, from the challenge each one set out to solve to where it stands today.
Oldivai Project Zero
Greenview Residences
Project Zero
The Numbers Behind Every Decision
Pulled live from the Federal Reserve’s public data on each visit. Each figure below reflects its own most recent reporting period, not necessarily today.
Where We’re Active
9 of our operating companies are advising, acquiring, developing, investing, or operating across 24 states nationwide. Select a state to see which companies are active there, or filter by what they’re doing.
Click any highlighted state on the map
Each highlighted state shows which of our operating companies are active there, and what they’re doing, advising, acquiring, developing, investing, or operating. States shown in gold are joint-venture or pipeline concepts still in predevelopment.
Daniel Kaufman’s development philosophy, applied across every company.
Strategic Site Selection
Every project starts with rigorous site and market alignment, not just where land is available, but where demand is durable.
Integrated Execution
Design and construction run together, not in sequence, the same discipline that lets DEK Builds stand behind what it builds for decades.
Risk Mitigation at Every Stage
Underwriting discipline carried from acquisition through stabilization, identifying what could go wrong before capital is committed.
Daniel Kaufman
“Our 2026 launch slate marks the full convergence of real estate and technology.”
On the platform’s 2026 slate spanning AI-optimized data centers, workforce housing, and build-to-rent communities across ten U.S. markets, backed by the 25+ years of real estate development experience Daniel has built since launching his first development company, and $2B+ in project value.
More About Our Founder →The Team Behind the Platform
From Daniel Kaufman
Short-form posts and company news. For longer-form analysis, see the Journal below.
Published by Kaufman & Company
U.S. Real Estate Journal is published by Kaufman & Company, featuring markets, deals, and perspective from Daniel Kaufman and the platform’s senior leadership, written by people who close deals, not just cover them.
Visit U.S. Real Estate Journal ↗
Some placements above reflect wire and press-release syndication rather than independent editorial coverage.