Twenty-Five Years Before the Platform Had a Name
Kaufman & Company is young as a unified platform. Daniel Kaufman's work in it is not. Here is the throughline from his first development company to the ten operating companies and seven venture portfolio companies under one roof today.
THE TIMELINE
A first development company
Daniel Kaufman starts his first real estate development company, the work everything since has been built on.
DanReDev founded
A Dallas-based build-to-rent, workforce, and mixed-use development company joins the platform.
Lonestar Kaufman goes nationwide
Residential development in Dallas, hospitality in Florida, and a JV partner in AI infrastructure projects in Texas and Utah.
$2B+ in project value, 10,000+ units
Across affordable, mixed-income, and market-rate housing, plus 1,100+ hotel rooms, delivered across the Mountain West, Texas, and beyond.
The platform launches in full
Ten operating companies and seven venture portfolio companies unite under the Kaufman & Company name.
AI infrastructure joins the build
The 2026 slate spans AI-optimized data centers, workforce housing, and build-to-rent communities across ten U.S. markets.