Our work

Block by block. Home by home.

Representative projects across our four strategies, our first homeownership development and how we report each project as it is completed.

Representative projects

Six examples of the work we are built to do.

They run from a single restored home to a phased neighborhood of new owners, across all four strategies, and show how the firm grows from one project to a program.

A restored two-story home with a front porch
Restore and sell

The restored two-family

A vacant two-family home purchased from an estate, renovated top to bottom and sold to an owner who lives in one unit and rents the other.

Scale
2 homes
Timeline
About 12 months
Approach
Renovation loan and co-investment
A renovated single-family home on a residential street
Restore and sell

The scattered-site program

Single-family and small multifamily homes acquired across a neighborhood over a year, renovated to one standard and sold one by one to first-time buyers.

Scale
5 to 10 homes
Timeline
12 to 24 months, rolling
Approach
Revolving renovation line and co-investment
New two-story homes under construction on a residential street
Build and sell

The infill pair

Two new homes on adjacent vacant lots, built within current zoning and sold to owner-occupants.

Scale
2 to 4 homes
Timeline
18 to 24 months
Approach
Construction loan and co-investment
A vacant storefront awaiting renovation
Convert and sell

The corner conversion

A vacant mixed-use corner building converted into homes for owners above a restored storefront.

Scale
4 to 8 homes and a storefront
Timeline
18 to 30 months
Approach
Construction loan and co-investment
A historic brick mill building
Convert and sell

The station-area conversion

An underused brick commercial building near a rail station, converted into condominium homes for first-time buyers.

Scale
10 to 20 homes
Timeline
24 to 36 months
Approach
Co-investors and construction financing
A street of newly built homes
Partner and develop

The multi-lot neighborhood site

A cluster of vacant city-owned lots developed in phases with a municipal partner, with every home sold to an owner-occupant.

Scale
20 to 40 homes
Timeline
Phased over 3 to 5 years
Approach
Co-investors, public partner and project financing

Representative examples for illustration. They are not specific Greenhouse properties, offerings or projections, and images are stock photography.

Now underway

Our first homeownership development

New homes on vacant city-owned land in a residential neighborhood of Essex County, developed with a municipal partner and a co-investment partner and sold to qualified first-time buyers. It is our first build-and-sell project, and one of many project types we pursue.

Program
Build and sell
Homes
Four new homes
Purchasers
First-time buyers
Status
Approvals underway
Proposed rendering of new homes with front porches
Proposed rendering. Final design subject to municipal approval.
Project milestones
  1. Site controlComplete
  2. Environmental reviewComplete
  3. Design and approvalsCurrent
  4. ConstructionAhead
  5. Sale to ownersAhead

A typical project

From a building no one wanted to a home someone owns.

Every completed project will be published as a case study: the starting condition, the work, the budget against plan and the outcome.

A vacant room with peeling walls before renovationBefore
Vacant and code-citedFailing systems, open violations and a title that needs clearing.
Two people in hard hats reviewing plans on siteThe work
Fixed scope, weekly oversightRoof, systems, kitchens, baths and code compliance, built to last.
Keys to a new home handed to its new ownerAfter
A family's first homeSold at market to an owner-occupant, and capital returned to partners.

Images are representative and do not depict a specific Greenhouse project.

Pipeline

A pipeline screened every day.

Our platform reviews new opportunities across our four core markets continuously. Specific properties and terms are shared only with partners, in direct conversation and under confidentiality.

Talk with us about current opportunities

  • One- to four-family homesCore
  • Vacant infill lotsCore
  • Groups of city-owned lotsCore
  • Mixed-use cornersSelective
  • Buildings suited to conversionWith co-investors

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