Multifamily Development

Building and Acquiring Luxury Apartment Homes Across the Sunbelt

Johnson Development Associates (JDA) is a leading owner and developer of luxury apartment homes.

Founded in 1996, JDA’s Multifamily Division has created over 8,000 apartment homes, with a rapidly expanding footprint. Well-capitalized and privately-held, JDA is poised to move rapidly as it pursues a streamlined and disciplined approach to site selection and development of Class A multifamily communities in compelling growth markets. JDA continues to build and be recognized for award-winning, sustainable, stylish, and comfortable multifamily properties.

JDA also thoughtfully evaluates acquisition opportunities in attractive markets across the Sunbelt.

View our Portfolio

8,000+

homes built

1,000+

homes acquired

8+

communities in the pipeline

Evaluating Opportunities

JDA thoughtfully evaluates development and acquisition opportunities across markets. We commit to being responsive and are empowered to make investment decisions quickly, providing "certainty of execution" for land owners, sellers, and stakeholders.
Development Criteria
  • Targets: Fee-simple land (unentitled, partially entitled, or fully entitled). Land for apartment development is preferred, but mixed-use projects are also attractive.
  • Markets: Primary target geographies include major MSAs across the Sunbelt with a primary focus on the Coastal Carolinas and Southwest and Southeast Florida.  JDA will also consider sites in other primary and secondary submarkets across the Sunbelt. 
  • Size: Optimal sites will be capable of supporting 250+ units. JDA will also opportunistically evaluate other sites in this geographic footprint with attractive supply and demand characteristics. 
Acquisition Criteria
  • Targets: Attractive opportunities to acquire recently completed communities in lease-up and new developments at Certificate of Occupancy are ideal. Investments that offer an attractive basis, with returns driven by quickly increasing NOI through improving daily property operations. Existing communities which include surplus land providing expansion opportunities. 
  • Markets: Primary target geographies include major MSAs across the Sunbelt, particularly the Coastal Carolinas and Southwest and Southeast Florida.  JDA will also consider properties in other primary and secondary submarkets across the Sunbelt.
  • Size: Optimal sites will consist of 250+ units. JDA will also opportunistically evaluate other opportunities in this geographic footprint with attractive supply and demand fundamentals.

Meet our Multifamily Team

Ted Collie
President, Multifamily Division

Ted Collie serves as President of the Multifamily Division at Johnson Development Associates, Inc. (JDA). In this role, Ted is responsible for formulating JDA’s multifamily acquisition and...

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