Our partners—Jay, Brandon, Steve, Ellen, and Danny—are all born, raised, and currently reside in the Midwest. We take pride in our roots. Often, we would visit the coasts and discover a plethora of cool, modern residences, and we realized the Midwest lacked these housing options. Using this realization as inspiration, we founded DEV Partners with the ambition to create beautiful, sustainable, and modern housing in the Midwest. Our backgrounds in Architecture and Real Estate drive us toward beauty, aesthetics, creativity, form, and function.

At DEV Partners, we create vibrant communities and beautiful properties, foster lasting relationships, and generate significant returns for our investors. We operate on the above set of core values that are present within all of our projects.


Our background in architecture, construction, and real estate pushes us toward beauty, aesthetics, creativity, form, and function. Our leadership also provides coordination between DEV Partners and our strategic partner, SHYFT, to provide support for design, project management, and construction services.