Our Approach to Investing

We seek to provide equity capital to community-driven developers in high-potential markets for projects that catalyze neighborhood revitalization, generate economic activity, promote healthy communities, and lead to greater environmental sustainability

Sourcing Deals in Strong Markets

We leverage our extensive networks in business, government, real estate, and philanthropy to partner with community-driven developers on real estate projects in resilient, secondary growth markets. We target high-potential, undercapitalized markets where we see the potential for growth and impact.

    • Sustainable demand drivers fueling net in-migration and organic growth

    • Diversified economic base

    • Climate change resilient

    • Beneficiary of migration patterns

    • Educated/skilled human capital

    • University adjacency

    • Emerging tech/startup hub

    • Well-managed, data-driven communities

    • Local community engagement

    • Bozeman, MT

    • Los Angeles, CA

    • Louisville, KY

    • Minneapolis, MN

    • Salt Lake City, UT

    • Spokane, WA

    • St. Louis, MO

    • Tacoma, WA

    • Winton-Salem, NC

    • Austin, TX

    • Atlanta, GA

    • Boise, ID

    • Denver, CO

    • Eugene, OR

    • Indianapolis, IN

    • Nashville, TN

    • Ogden, UT

    • Portland, OR

    • Reno, NV

    • Seattle, WA

Institutional Quality Underwriting

We rigorously assess investment opportunities with institutional-level diligence, supplementing the expertise of Catalyst team members with outside advisors on environmental, entitlement, legal, tax, construction, and others

High-Impact Programming

Collaborating with developers to incorporate high-impact programming across affordability, education, health & wellness, economic growth/job creation, and sustainability categories