What Rebuild Metro does

ReBUILD Metro is a Baltimore-based nonprofit community development corporation founded in 2006 that addresses urban blight through a "whole blocks" community-driven revitalization model in East Baltimore neighborhoods (Oliver/Broadway East, Greenmount West, and Johnston Square). The organization acquires, rehabilitates, and develops abandoned or dilapidated residential properties into for-sale and rental housing through a sequential block-level strategy that engages legacy residents and community partners before redevelopment. Over two decades, ReBUILD Metro has strategically invested over $125 million and remediated over 500 vacant properties, reducing neighborhood vacancy rates by more than 90% in target areas.

The organization's product portfolio spans homeownership (Mura Street Homes, Path to Own program with up to $50,000 in incentives), rental housing (175+ managed units including the Teachers Square educator housing at $750/month), mixed-income affordable housing developments (109-unit The Hammond at Greenmount Park), and heritage commercial redevelopment (the $25 million Machine Works project). Programs include the Legacy Homeowner Repair program, which provides no-cost major repairs to aging in-place residents, and the Community-Driven Redevelopment methodology disseminated via the Whole Blocks Toolkit. ReBUILD Metro operates as a public-private-community partnership, coordinating faith-based coalitions (BUILD, RJSNO), city and state housing agencies, foundations (Fannie Mae, Abell, Weinberg, Deutsch, Goldseker), and capital providers (Capital One, Boston Financial, Chase, Baltimore Community Lending).

The business model combines four revenue streams: home sales (Path to Own at for-sale properties priced $184,899-$285,000), recurring rental income from income-restricted units, donations and foundation grants, and developer fees from managing large-scale community development projects. Significant infrastructure constraints include reliance on government funding, tax credit allocations, and foundation capital, with project cycles spanning multiple years and a workforce of approximately 20+ employees managing concurrent capital projects exceeding $230M in aggregate planned deployment.

Name

Rebuild Metro

Legal name

ReBUILD Metro

Website

https://rebuildmetro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ReBUILD Metro is a Baltimore nonprofit community development corporation founded in 2006 that rebuilds abandoned properties into for-sale and rental homes in East Baltimore neighborhoods using a "whole blocks" model. It serves first-time homebuyers, renters, legacy homeowners, educators, and formerly homeless families through housing development, property management of 175+ units, and community partnership programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Development and Affordable Housing

NAICS

Residential Remodelers (236118)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Development & Neighborhood Revitalization (CDBG, Place-Based Initiatives) (BPAIANAE)

Keywords

• Community development
• Affordable housing
• Real estate redevelopment
• Property management
• Neighborhood revitalization

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Home Sales: Renovated and newly constructed homes are sold to homebuyers through Path to Own program and market-rate sales. Revenue from home sales to new homeowners.
2. Rental Income: Property management of 175+ rental units generating monthly rental income from 1-4 bedroom homes at affordable rates.
3. Donations and Grants: Charitable donations from individuals, families, and foundations supporting community revitalization mission. EIN 23-2671667.
4. Development Fees: Developer fees from managing and executing large-scale community development projects in partnership with public and private entities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Rebuild Metro acquires, rehabilitates, and redevelops abandoned and dilapidated residential properties in East Baltimore, transforming them into high-quality for-sale and rental homes through a "whole blocks" community-driven approach. The organization sells renovated homes to first-time buyers (Path to Own), manages 175+ affordable rental units, runs a no-cost Legacy Homeowner Repair Program, and develops mixed-use projects such as The Hammond at Greenmount Park and The Machine Works small business hub.

Product overview

ReBUILD Metro is a community development organization offering a unified suite of neighborhood revitalization services rather than a software product. Core offerings include homebuilding and redevelopment of abandoned properties into for-sale and rental homes, property management of 175+ rental units, and specialized housing programs. The product portfolio spans homeownership products (Mura Street Homes, Path to Own Program), rental housing (Property Management, Teachers Square), neighborhood services (Community Enhancement, Legacy Homeowner Repairs), and knowledge resources (Whole Blocks Toolkit). Major development projects include The Hammond at Greenmount Park (109 affordable apartments) and The Machine Works (small business hub), all executed through a 'whole blocks' community-driven methodology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Path to Own: A free resource program designed to help aspiring homebuyers achieve homeownership goals through training, resources, financing, and incentives.
• Mura Street Homes
• Teachers Square

Products and services

• Homebuilding and Redevelopment Acquisition, rehabilitation, and redevelopment of abandoned and dilapidated residential properties in East Baltimore into for-sale and rental homes through the "whole blocks" community-driven approach.
• Property Management Management of 175+ historic single-family rental properties (1-to-4 bedrooms) offering affordable, high-quality housing in East Baltimore communities, with rents starting at $1,186/month and income-based eligibility.
• Teachers Square Affordable co-living housing offering shared units with private bedrooms and bathrooms, fully furnished with utilities and Wi-Fi included, at a $750/month discounted rate exclusively for Baltimore City educators and school employees.
• Mura Street Homes A collection of modern, spacious rowhomes in Johnston Square featuring 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and 1,768+ square feet, priced from $285,000, eligible for up to $50,000 in homeownership programs and incentives.
• Path to Own Program Free homeownership assistance program offering financial education, mortgage access, and homebuying incentives (up to $50,000) to help underserved Baltimore families achieve sustainable homeownership and build generational wealth.
• Legacy Homeowner Repair Program No-cost home repair program for Johnston Square legacy homeowners, providing major long-deferred repairs and façade improvements to help aging homeowners stay in their homes and build equity.
• The Hammond at Greenmount Park Four-story mixed-use development with 109 affordable income-integrated apartments (one-, two-, and three-bedroom units) serving families earning 30% to 80% of area median income, including 12 units for formerly homeless families receiving permanent supportive housing.
• The Machine Works Historic factory redevelopment project transforming the 19th-century Detrick & Harvey Machine Works into a $25 million small business hub for innovative manufacturers, producers, makers, and creatives.
• Community Enhancement Services Planning, partnership, and community engagement services that support local leaders in creating new greenspaces, installing public art, increasing community safety, implementing traffic calming solutions, and improving neighborhood wellbeing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% vacancy reduction in Oliver/Broadway East and Greenmount West reinvestment areas
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

24 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Somerset Development CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for Greenmount Park Apartments (The Hammond at Greenmount Park), a 109-unit mixed-income affordable housing project with Enoch Pratt Library branch. Part of $200 million Johnston Square revitalization plan.
• New Community PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for The Hammond at Greenmount Park project. Contributed to transformative mixed-income housing and library development.
• MCB Real EstatecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner for $25 million Machine Works redevelopment transforming historic Detrick & Harvey factory into small business hub for makers and creatives.
• Rebuild Johnston Square Neighborhood Organization (RJSNO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLed by Regina Hammond, RJSNO is the primary community organizing partner driving Johnston Square revitalization since 2015. Key partner in Vision Plan development and implementation.
• BUILD (Building United Involved in Leadership Development)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerChurch coalition that partnered with Reinvestment Fund in 2002 to form TRF Development Partners (later ReBUILD Metro). Founding partner driving community organizing.
• Enoch Pratt Free LibrarycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner9,000 SF Johnston Square Branch occupying ground floor of The Hammond at Greenmount Park. First new library branch in Baltimore in 15 years, result of innovative public-private partnership.
• Reinvestment FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational leader in community reinvestment that partnered with BUILD church coalition to form TRF Development Partners in 2002, which became ReBUILD Metro in 2017.
• Rebuilding Together BaltimorecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSelected through competitive process in 2024 to lead home repairs for Legacy Homeowner Repair Program expansion. Brings extensive experience in no-cost home repairs to low/moderate-income homeowners.
• Harkins BuilderssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGeneral contractor for The Hammond at Greenmount Park construction project.
• Habitat AmericasupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDevelopment partner for The Hammond at Greenmount Park project.
• Quinn Evans ArchitectssupportingTechnology or IntegrationArchitecture firm for The Hammond at Greenmount Park development project.
• Kim Barton Group of Keller Williams LegacycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLicensed real estate agent (443-418-6491, [email protected]) handling sales of ReBUILD for-sale properties. Primary channel for home sales to homebuyers.
• Cityscape EngineeringsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEngineering partner for NFWF greenspace project converting 26,000 sf of vacant land into new greenspace with stormwater management.
• Neighborhood Design CentersupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign firm for Broadway East greenspace project relying on input from over 30 community members.
• Blue Water BaltimoresupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for NFWF project planting 90 street trees throughout Oliver to lower ground temperatures in urban heat island.
• Parks and People FoundationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Greenmount Park Master Plan development and ongoing community greening efforts.
• Floura Teeter Landscape ArchitectssupportingTechnology or IntegrationLandscape architecture consultants developing Greenmount Park Master Plan with Johnston Square community.
• C.L. McCoy Framing Co.supportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConstruction contractor partner taking on worst abandoned houses in Baltimore that others fear to do.
• Clipper ConstructionsupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBuilder for Mura Street Homes $5.5 million project combining 18 abandoned rowhouses into 10 new homeownership opportunities.
• Baltimore Neighborhood Development Corporation (BNDC)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity development organization for whom ReBUILD developed the Community-Driven Redevelopment guidebook as part of Whole Blocks Toolkit.
• The 6th BranchsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity organization joining effort to increase community-driven greening and sustainability at Faith Lane Park.
• Interfaith Partners for the ChesapeakesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner engaging local residents in activities, workshops, and listening sessions for NFWF greenspace project.
• Patterson Park Audubon CentersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner engaging local residents in activities for NFWF greenspace and tree planting project.
• Johns Hopkins MedicinesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerEmployer partner for Live Near Your Work program offering $5,000 to employees purchasing homes near workplace in Baltimore.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center: Baltimore-based nonprofit providing housing counseling, development, and rehabilitation services to low-income residents; directly comparable in single-city, mission-driven affordable housing and home repair programming serving East Baltimore-adjacent communities.
• Telesis Baltimore (formerly Telesis Corporation): Baltimore-focused community development and property management company with deep city relationships; comparable in single-city concentration, mixed-income housing development, and Baltimore political/foundation network access.

Direct peers

• BRIDGE Housing: Nonprofit affordable housing developer focused on California and Pacific Northwest; comparable as a mission-driven organization combining homebuilding, rentals, and community asset development (libraries, parks) using LIHTC and public financing.
• Reinvestment Fund: National CDFI that co-founded TRF Development Partners (predecessor to ReBUILD Metro) in 2002; comparable as a community development finance and real estate intermediary operating in Baltimore with similar mission and capital deployment model.
• Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake: Baltimore-area affiliate of Habitat for Humanity that rehabs and builds affordable homes for low-income homebuyers; directly comparable in homebuilding/redevelopment, sweat-equity model, and partnership-based construction approach.
• Pennrose: Private affordable and mixed-income housing developer with substantial Baltimore/Mid-Atlantic presence; comparable in mixed-income LIHTC-funded multifamily development, LIHTC syndication workflows, and public-private partnership execution.
• The NHP Foundation: Nonprofit developer and owner of affordable and mixed-income multifamily housing with national footprint; comparable in operating affordable multifamily (similar to The Hammond) and mission-driven ownership of long-term affordable housing.
• Mercy Housing: Large nonprofit affordable housing developer/operator with mixed-income and supportive housing portfolios; directly comparable in mission, mixed-income multifamily development, and permanent supportive housing for vulnerable populations (similar to Hammond's 12 PSH units).

Broad incumbents

• Enterprise Community Partners: National nonprofit leader in affordable housing and community development financing; directly comparable as a mission-driven, multi-city community development organization with capital deployment scale. Already a financial partner of ReBUILD via the Thome Aging Well Program.
• LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation): National CDFI supporting place-based community development through grants, loans, and capacity building; comparable in mission, geographic concentration model, and use of whole-block/place-based revitalization frameworks.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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