What Kaas Wilson Architects does

Kaas Wilson Architects is a privately held U.S. architectural design firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, within the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. The firm provides comprehensive architectural and interior design services across three primary verticals: multi-family housing (market-rate apartments, workforce housing, mixed-use developments), senior living (independent living, assisted living, memory care, and senior cooperatives), and affordable housing (including LIHTC and income-restricted projects), with a smaller practice in historic building restoration and adaptive reuse. Its service offering spans the full project lifecycle from site design, master planning, and entitlements through feasibility studies, interior architecture, construction documentation, and contract administration, supplemented by specialized capabilities in sustainable design and LEED consulting, PHIUS Passive House design, and Reality Capture using drone services and 3D scanning.

The firm operates through three U.S. offices—Bloomington (MN), Charlotte (NC), and Phoenix (AZ)—and is licensed in 37 states, enabling national project delivery. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise engagement with real estate developers and property owners, supported by a collaborative team-based design approach and long-standing relationships with general contractors. Named enterprise clients include Roers Companies, Sherman Associates, The Waters Senior Living, Real Estate Equities, Ecumen, Tribute Construction, Timberland Partners, Stonebridge, and Carver County Development Agency. The firm generates revenue through professional services contracts with project-specific pricing based on scope, complexity, and size, and has completed over 1,500 projects across its history.

The firm's growth trajectory is driven by geographic expansion (Charlotte via 2023 acquisition of Watts Leaf Architects; Phoenix opened 2024, relocated to larger space in June 2026), development of high-performance building credentials (PHIUS, Energy Star, EPA Indoor airPLUS, DOE Net-Zero Ready certifications on projects such as Verdant in St. Paul, MN), and headcount expansion to over 100 professionals. The firm remains founder-controlled with no disclosed venture capital, private equity, or parent holding company.

Name

Kaas Wilson Architects

Legal name

Kaas Wilson Architects

Website

https://kaaswilson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kaas Wilson Architects is a privately held U.S. architectural design firm founded in 2007, headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, with offices in Charlotte and Phoenix. It provides full-lifecycle architectural and interior design services for multi-family housing, senior living, and affordable housing developers across 37 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Interior Design Services (54141)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Multi-family architecture
• Senior living design
• Affordable housing
• Historic restoration
• Interior design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: The firm provides comprehensive architectural services for multi-family housing, senior living, and affordable housing developments. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts for design, project feasibility, entitlements, interior architecture, and construction documentation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kaas Wilson Architects is a private architectural design firm that provides comprehensive architecture and interior design services for multi-family housing, senior living, and affordable housing developments. The firm delivers full project lifecycle services from site design, master planning, and entitlements through project programming, interior architecture, construction documentation, and contract administration, with specialized capabilities including historic restoration, LEED/sustainable design, PHIUS-certified Passive House design, and reality capture via drones and 3D scanning.

Product overview

Kaas Wilson Architects is an architectural design firm founded in 2007 that operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The firm's core offering is comprehensive architectural and interior design services for multi-family housing and senior living, organized around a collaborative team approach. Services span the full project lifecycle from site design and master planning through entitlements, project feasibility, programming, interior architecture, construction documentation, and contract administration. Specialized capabilities include historic building restoration, sustainable design with LEED consulting, reality capture via drone services and 3D scanning, and Passive House (PHIUS) certified high-performance building design. The portfolio includes market-rate apartments, affordable/workforce housing, senior living communities (independent, assisted, and memory care), townhomes, active adult communities, and cooperative housing across multiple U.S. states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi-Family Housing Architecture

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• General ContractorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrong relationships with general contractors are key to the firm's success. The firm maintains collaborative relationships where contractor roles are equally valued, enabling projects to be delivered on time and on budget.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• BKV Group: Minneapolis-based architecture, engineering, and interior design firm with a strong multifamily and senior living practice. Comparable in scale, regional base, and multi-family/senior living specialization.
• KTGY Architecture + Planning: National architecture firm specializing in multifamily housing, mixed-use, and senior living. Direct overlap with Kaas Wilson's core verticals at similar scale, also serving developer-clients across the U.S.
• Humphreys & Partners Architects: Large, multifamily-focused architecture firm delivering apartment, student, and senior housing projects nationally. Closest direct competitor in pure-play multifamily housing architecture at greater scale.
• JLG Architects: North Dakota-headquartered architecture firm with multifamily, senior living, and student housing expertise. Comparable size and Midwest base with similar developer-client business model.
• BSB Design: Architecture firm focused on multifamily and mixed-use housing for developers. Direct overlap in multifamily market-rate and affordable housing architecture serving regional and national developers.
• LHB: Midwest-based architecture and engineering firm with multifamily, senior living, and affordable housing portfolio. Direct peer in regional scale and vertical mix, including Minnesota presence.
• W Architecture: Multifamily and affordable housing architecture practice with national project reach. Comparable service mix serving developer clients on market-rate and affordable residential projects.

Broad incumbents

• HKS: Large national architecture firm with multifamily and senior living practices alongside healthcare, sports, and commercial work. Represents the scaled, multi-vertical incumbent competition facing Kaas Wilson.
• Perkins&Will: Global architecture firm with multifamily, affordable housing, and senior living project experience. Serves as a large-incumbent benchmark for vertical breadth and research/sustainability capability (LEED, WELL).
• CannonDesign: Large integrated architecture, engineering, and planning practice with healthcare and senior living expertise. Comparable senior living know-how at meaningfully greater scale and geographic breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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