Name

LV Collective

Legal name

LV Collective

Website

https://lvcollective.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Development & Property Management

NAICS

Real Estate Property Managers (53131), Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (531120), Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (532412), Services to Buildings and Dwellings (5617)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531), General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Vacation Rental Property Management (THAMAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

New-Listing Onboarding, Setup & Launch Services (THAMAKAO), Mixed-Use Community Association Management (BPAJAHAF), Residential General Contracting (New Build) (IMAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Student housing development
• Multifamily real estate
• Property management services
• Real estate investment
• Hospitality concepts

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Rental Income from Owned and Managed Properties: Recurring rental income from 16,000+ student and multifamily beds across a 6,000+ unit portfolio; supported by LV Collective Management in-house property management platform that oversees leasing, rent collection, and resident services.
2. Real Estate Development and Disposition (Transaction-Based): One-time revenue from ground-up development, acquisitions, and dispositions; the company acquires, develops, and manages student housing, multifamily, creative office, residential, retail, restaurant, mixed-use, and office assets valued in excess of $6 billion since inception.
3. Hospitality and Food & Beverage Operations: Revenue from in-house restaurant, bar, coffee shop, and event space concepts including Daydreamer Coffee, Fleet Coffee, Victory Lap, Side Piece Pies, Littlefield's, Love Supreme Pizza Bar, Amaya, Bar Fino, and West House event space.
4. Retail Lease Income: Ground-floor and amenity retail space leased to third-party tenants within LV Collective properties (e.g., Bagels & Co. at Rambler Columbus, Meltwich at Rambler Athens).
5. Property Management and Asset Management Fees: Fees from managing third-party assets (e.g., GSA-acquired 796-bed UT Austin community) and providing asset management across the institutional JV portfolio.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

LV Collective is a vertically integrated real estate development, investment, and management platform that acquires, develops, and operates student housing, multifamily, mixed-use, and adaptive reuse properties totaling 6,000+ units and 16,000+ beds across 11+ U.S. markets. The company runs an in-house design studio, construction operation, marketing/leasing engine, and property management platform (LV Collective Management, launched March 2026) supported by institutional JV capital partners. It also operates a hospitality portfolio of in-house restaurant, bar, coffee, and event concepts and leases ground-floor retail space to third-party tenants.

Product overview

LV Collective is a fully integrated, privately held real estate development platform — not a single SaaS product — operating across ground-up development, adaptive reuse, value-add acquisitions, and strategic repositioning with operations increasingly managed in-house through the LV Collective Management platform launched in March 2026. The platform spans four interlocking service lines: Student Housing (the Rambler brand plus Waterloo, Moontower, Whistler, Sweetwater, Ruckus/Ruckus 2.0, Landmark, The Heights, The Jay, 313 College, and others), Multifamily (the 48-story Paseo on Rainey Street, Moontower multifamily, plus planned East 5th, Sabine Tower, The Nine at Rio, and The Station), Mixed-Use and Adaptive Reuse (707 W. 10th Street, Rambler Riverfront, 313 College), and Hospitality Concepts (in-house brands including Daydreamer Coffee, Fleet Coffee, Littlefield's, Victory Lap, Love Supreme Pizza Bar, Side Piece Pies, Amaya, Bar Fino, and Always Something). The in-house Interiors + Curation design studio, Marketing & Leasing operation, software engineering team (led by a Director of Software Engineering), and Systems & Technology function underpin the entire platform, enabling data-driven decision-making across the $6 billion pipeline of developed and planned assets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Daydreamer Coffee: In-house coffee shop concept featuring handcrafted coffee, matcha and artisan pastries, with locations in LV Collective student housing properties
• Fleet Coffee
• Victory Lap
• Littlefield's
• Love Supreme Pizza Bar
• Side Piece Pies
• Amaya
• Bar Fino
• Always Something

Products and services

• Rambler (student housing brand)
• Paseo at 80 Rainey
• Waterloo
• Moontower
• Whistler
• Sweetwater
• Daydreamer Coffee
• Fleet Coffee
• Littlefield's
• Victory Lap
• Love Supreme Pizza Bar
• Amaya
• Bar Fino
• Side Piece Pies
• Always Something
• LV Collective Management (Property Management Platform)
• In-Property Retail Leasing

Quantifiable outcome

• $6 billion in assets developed and managed since 2012
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

28 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Peninsula InvestmentscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 April 2026Joint venture partner to develop an elevated 922-bed student housing project near Texas A&M University (Apr 21, 2026).
• Harrison Street Asset ManagementflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 November 2025Joint venture capital partner for multiple student housing developments. Announced 1,700-bed acquisition in key markets (Jan 21, 2026), development near Clemson University (Mar 22, 2026), development near Virginia Tech in Blacksburg (862 beds), development near University of Maryland in College Park (1,003 beds), and earlier Clemson (749 beds). Acts as institutional capital partner for ground-up development and acquisition.
• Bagels & Co.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 8 October 2025Signed a 2,660-square-foot retail lease at Rambler Columbus (222 W. Lane Ave.) near Ohio State University to open a cafe featuring Brooklyn-style bagels, La Colombe coffee, and 25 cream cheese varieties in spring 2026.
• Virtus Real Estate CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 August 2025Joint venture partner that, together with LV Collective, delivered an 889-bed student housing property (Rambler Columbus) near Ohio State University. Also associated with LV's executive talent pipeline (Christopher Kott previously served as Managing Director at Virtus).
• Meltwich Food Co.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 6 May 2025Signed retail lease at Rambler Athens student housing community near the University of Georgia (May 6, 2025).
• Culpepper RealtycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2025Co-development partner for a new luxury 952-bed student housing development in College Station (announced Jan 29, 2025) near Texas A&M University.
• SupergoopminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand activation partner; featured in resident move-in welcome boxes at Rambler (e.g., 'Rambler supergoop welcome box').
• Kendra ScottminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand activation partner hosting resident events at LV Collective properties including Kendra Scott event at Sweetwater and Rambler Athens.
• EquinoxminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand activation partner featured on LV Collective's partnerships page.
• GoPuffminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand activation partner featured on LV Collective's partnerships page.
• Red BullminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand activation partner featured on LV Collective's partnerships page.
• DoorDashminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBrand activation partner for resident events and catering at LV Collective properties.
• Barefoot Creative SpacesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal creative/event activation partner featured on LV Collective's partnerships page.
• Moody CenterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAustin-based entertainment venue partnership featured on LV Collective's partnerships page.
• Duke's Clothier (Athens, GA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal partnership featured in LV Collective's resident activations at Rambler Athens.
• Cham Pang Lanes (Downtown Phoenix)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal Phoenix partnership featured on LV Collective's partnerships page for resident events.
• Ghost Donkey (Downtown Phoenix)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal Phoenix partnership featured on LV Collective's partnerships page for resident activations.
• Hanny's (Downtown Phoenix)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal Phoenix partnership featured on LV Collective's partnerships page.
• Monkees (Athens, GA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerLocal Athens partnership featured on LV Collective's partnerships page for resident activations.
• Lucky Lab Coffee Co.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail partner operating within LV Collective properties (logo displayed on retail partner page).
• Urban MarketminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail partner operating within LV Collective properties.
• Tiger LillyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail/event venue partner operating within LV Collective properties; won 'Best Venue' at 2025 Austin Special Event Awards.
• BSMminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRetail partner operating within LV Collective properties.
• Paloma ParkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEvent partnership featured on LV Collective's partnerships page (Paloma Park Event Partnership imagery).
• TruePoint AgencyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPR agency of record for LV Collective; press contact [email protected], primary contact Kristen Hendrix at 512.436.3476.
• National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC)minorOthersIndustry association membership; Founder/CEO David Kanne is active in NMHC.
• Urban Land Institute (ULI)minorOthersFounder/CEO David Kanne serves on the ULI Leadership Council; Christopher Kott also maintains industry involvement.
• Downtown Austin Alliance / Rainey Street Business CoalitionminorOthersFounder/CEO David Kanne serves as a board member of the Downtown Austin Alliance and the Rainey Street Business Coalition.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves21 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Scion Group: Vertically integrated owner, operator, and developer of student housing communities concentrated near flagship universities. Operates a similar in-house development + property management model targeting Gen Z residents and competes directly with LV Collective for university-adjacent sites and institutional capital.
• Kettler: Privately held real estate investment, development, and property management company focused on multifamily and mixed-use in the Mid-Atlantic and Sun Belt. Comparable in vertical integration (development + management + investment) and target renter demographics to LV Collective's multifamily platform.
• Horizon Group Properties: Student housing developer and operator with a comparable footprint near major universities, founded by former CA Ventures executives. Competes with LV Collective for institutional capital, JV partners, and best-in-class university locations.
• CA Student Living (Scarlett): Former student housing division of CA Ventures, now operating as Scarlett, focuses on ground-up student housing development across U.S. flagship universities. Sean Spellman (LV's new CDO) was Co-President/CEO of CA Student Living and Catalyst Construction, making this the closest comparable platform in business model and design-forward approach.
• Landmark Properties: Student housing developer and manager specializing in high-end, off-campus communities near flagship universities with strong institutional capital relationships. Comparable to LV Collective's JV-heavy development model and design-forward approach in the same target markets.
• Place Propertities: Student housing developer, owner, and operator focused on flagship-university markets in the Southeast and Texas. Directly comparable in market selection and scale, with similar emphasis on amenitized, experiential product for Gen Z residents.
• Capstone Properties: Privately held, vertically integrated student housing developer and owner-operator focused on pedestrian-oriented, design-led communities near flagship universities. Closely matches LV Collective's Rambler brand strategy of experiential, hospitality-driven student housing.

Broad incumbents

• Greystar Real Estate Partners: Largest U.S. multifamily and student housing operator and developer, managing ~$320B in AUM across 80+ markets. Directly comparable to LV Collective's vertically integrated student housing and multifamily platform, but at vastly larger scale with broader asset classes and institutional reach.
• Asset Living: One of the largest U.S. third-party multifamily and student housing property managers with ~300,000 units under management. Comparable to LV Collective's newly launched in-house property management platform (LV Collective Management) and competes for institutional third-party management mandates.
• Bozzuto Group: Vertically integrated multifamily developer, owner, and manager with ~80,000 units across luxury urban and suburban infill markets. Comparable to LV Collective's Moontower and Paseo multifamily platform with similar focus on pedestrian, experiential, design-led product.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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