Oldivai
Empowering Employers. Developing Solutions.
Housing availability plays a critical role in the development of a healthy vibrant workforce.
We believe that employers thrive when employees have the opportunity to live in the community where they work. Employers must play a more active role in developing housing solutions that address the needs of their employees – we are here to help.
At Oldivai, we empower employers to strategically develop housing solutions that grow their business and cultivate their workforce.
Our mission is to partner with employers to craft efficient workforce housing solutions that are both well located and affordable for working families. This begins with a housing consultation. We leverage the Oldivai Index, our market analytics tool, to assess housing affordability for your local workforce and partner with you to define potential solutions. This may mean creating targeted housing support programs for your employees or leveraging underutilized land in your portfolio to develop new housing options. Every market and every employer is unique – we can help define the right solution for you.
We look forward to partnering with you !
Our Mission
Oldivai partners with employers, cities, and community stakeholders to leverage underutilized land to accelerate infill redevelopment of workforce housing for the “missing middle”.
Workforce housing represents a critical and undersupplied market segment. Home prices have risen over 40% since 2020—more than double the pace of wage growth—while rents continue to climb, leaving nearly half of all renters cost-burdened. Despite this, the majority of new development targets luxury units, neglecting households earning 80–120% of Area Median Income (AMI). Essential workers—teachers, nurses, first responders, and service employees—are increasingly priced out of the communities they serve.
For both employers and communities, addressing this “missing middle” is vital to sustaining economic growth and maintaining a stable, in-person workforce.
Meet our leadership team and learn more about the “Why” behind Oldivai.
Constructing a Process, Not Just Building a Project.
At Oldivai, we focus on creating a standardized repeatable PROCESS for housing development, based on a product centered LEAN/Six-Sigma methodology that can scale nationally; not simply constructing individual projects.
We focus on strategic partnerships and cost-efficient development solutions that increase the total workforce housing inventory, benefiting both employers and their employees.
Modular Construction. Templated Design.
Project Zero: Proving our Standardized Modular Template
We believe in the value of modern, factory-based, modular construction. Project Zero, our 10-unit pilot project in Spokane, Washington validated our standardized template and has become the foundation for future developments. Modules are constructed in a factory with finished interiors. Site work occurs in parallel, accelerating the development cycle. Completed modules are trucked to the site and stacked onto the finished foundation by crane. Exterior siding, utility connections and final site work occur once the modules were set. Total construction time: 8 months.