What Grata Development does

Grata Development is a privately held, locally owned real estate developer (GRATA, LLC, Kansas-domiciled) headquartered at 6300 W 143rd St, Suite 200, Overland Park, Kansas, building residential, multi-family, and commercial projects across the greater Kansas City metropolitan area. The company organizes its business into three operating divisions: GRATA Single Family (master-planned residential communities including maintenance-provided villas, with 12+ active communities such as Aventino, Boulder Creek, Boulder Hills, Falcon Lakes, Sunset Canyon, Walnut Reserve, The Groves, Maplewood Valley, Prairie Trace, Limestone, and Red Hawk Run, with home prices ranging from the high $300s to over $2M); GRATA Multi-Family (attainable rental housing in exurban and suburban locations, anchored by the 450-unit Treadway at New Trails development in Gardner, Kansas — Phase 1 of 288 units completed June 2023, Phase 2 of 162 units starting Summer 2024); and GRATA Commercial (community-driven commercial projects including the New Trails 12-pad-site development in Gardner, Kansas, anchored by a Holiday Inn Express opening in 2026, the Limestone 5-pad-site development in De Soto, and the Boulder Creek Village and Boulder Hills Village commercial projects in Olathe).

The business model is sales-led: Grata acquires and entitles land, builds infrastructure, and either sells finished lots to home builder partners, develops multi-family product in partnership with co-developer Cityscape Residential and property manager PRAXM Management, or markets commercial pad sites and commercial villages directly to tenants and buyers. Distribution is conducted through on-site model homes (open 11am-5pm daily), dedicated community-specific microsites with virtual tours, the annual Kansas City Virtual Parade of Homes, social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), and direct phone/contact-form inquiries handled from the Overland Park office. Revenue is generated primarily through one-time real estate transactions — home/lot sales, multi-family development economics, and commercial property sales and leases — with no recurring subscription, SaaS, or service-revenue component. The company emphasizes an "intentional community" thesis, integrating housing with local schools, churches, parks, and social service organizations, and explicitly positions itself as a locally rooted counterweight to national production builders.

Operationally, Grata runs on a lean headcount of 1-10 disclosed employees, with no public financial disclosures, no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, and no parent company. The company's technology footprint is minimal — no proprietary software, AI/ML systems, or API surfaces are disclosed; the website and community microsites are standard marketing real estate. Key strategic dependencies are the Cityscape Residential co-development relationship and the PRAXM Management property management partnership, both of which are core to scaling the multi-family vertical beyond what the small internal team could execute.

Name

Grata Development

Legal name

GRATA, LLC

Website

https://gratadev.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grata Development is a locally owned Overland Park, Kansas-based real estate developer building single-family, multi-family, and commercial communities across the greater Kansas City metro through partnerships with local builders, co-developers, and property managers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Real Estate Development

NAICS

Land Subdivision (2372)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Family Residential Construction (Apartments, Condos, Townhomes) (IMAFABAB), New Development / Declarant Transition Management (BPAJAHAK)

Keywords

• Residential real estate development
• Multi-family housing
• Commercial property development
• Homebuilder services
• Real estate construction

Headquarters

HQ city

Overland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Single Family Home Sales: Development and sale of single family homes and maintenance-provided villas across multiple communities in the greater Kansas City area. Revenue generated from home sales to individual buyers.
2. Multi-Family Development: Development of multi-family rental properties (apartment complexes) focused on attainable housing in exurban and suburban communities. Revenue from property development and partnerships with property management companies.
3. Commercial Property Development: Development of commercial properties including pad sites for retail, restaurants, and services. Revenue generated from commercial property sales and lease arrangements with businesses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Grata Development is a Kansas City-area real estate developer (GRATA, LLC, founded 2014, headquartered in Overland Park, KS) that plans, entitles, and builds residential communities — including single-family homes and multi-family rental housing — as well as commercial real estate projects. The company generates revenue through the sale and lease of properties it develops on its own balance sheet, end-to-end from land acquisition through construction.

Product overview

Grata Development is a locally owned real estate developer in the greater Kansas City area that builds intentional communities through partnerships with local builders, businesses, schools, churches, and social service organizations. The company operates three core divisions: GRATA Multi-Family (attainable multi-family housing in exurban/suburban communities), GRATA Single Family (various residential communities including single-family homes and maintenance-provided villas across multiple Kansas City locations), and GRATA Commercial (commercial developments including retail pad sites and village projects). The portfolio includes named residential communities such as Aventino, Boulder Creek, Boulder Hills, Falcon Lakes, Sunset Canyon, Walnut Reserve, and The Groves, as well as commercial projects including New Trails, Limestone, Boulder Creek Village, and Boulder Hills Village. The company also developed the Treadway at New Trails multi-family project in Gardner, Kansas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GRATA Multi-Family: Multi-family development focused on attainable housing in exurban and suburban communities.
• GRATA Single Family
• GRATA Commercial

Products and services

• Single-family home development (for-sale) Development and sale of newly constructed single-family homes within Grata's master-planned or infill communities in the Kansas City metropolitan area, marketed to individual homebuyers via company sales offices and partner brokers.
• Multi-family housing development (for-rent) Ground-up development of market-rate multi-family rental communities — typically garden-style apartments or townhomes — in the Kansas City metro, delivered to individual renters on standard residential leases.
• Commercial real estate development (office, retail, mixed-use) Development, build-to-suit, and lease/sale of commercial properties — including office, retail, and mixed-use buildings — for small and mid-sized businesses, professional service firms, retailers, and investor/landlords in the Kansas City market.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Cityscape ResidentialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDevelopment partner for the Treadway at New Trails multi-family project in Gardner, Kansas. Cityscape Residential collaborates with GRATA on this 450-unit (total) multi-family development focused on attainable housing.
• PRAXM ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProperty management partner for Treadway at New Trails multi-family project. PRAXM Management provides professional property management and maintenance services, matching GRATA's commitment to fostering resident relationships and turning developments into communities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Smith Douglas Homes: Regional homebuilder with similar community-driven sales motion and mid-tier price positioning; comparable scale and growth-stage profile to Grata.
• Century Communities: Publicly traded homebuilder focused on entry-level to move-up buyers across multiple metros; comparable community-development approach and attainable-housing thesis.
• LGI Homes: Public homebuilder specializing in attainable, entry-level single-family homes; highly comparable to GRATA's attainable housing focus and value-engineered product positioning.
• Tri Pointe Homes: Publicly traded regional homebuilder with multiple regional brands; operates community-development model analogous to GRATA's single-family and maintenance-provided villa offerings across metro areas.
• M/I Homes: Publicly traded Midwestern homebuilder with a Kansas City presence; comparable business model of community-based single-family development with similar price tiers and subdivision approach.
• Summit Homes: Kansas City-based residential homebuilder operating across similar exurban/suburban submarkets with comparable community-development model and local builder partnerships. Closest direct competitor given shared geography and price-point overlap.

Broad incumbents

• D.R. Horton: Largest U.S. homebuilder with active Kansas City operations across multiple product lines; competes across all of Grata's price points and geographies but at significantly greater scale and with broader geographic diversification.
• PulteGroup: National homebuilder with dedicated Kansas City operations spanning entry-level through luxury; overlaps with Grata's premium segments (e.g., Walnut Reserve) and attainable multi-family thesis.

Regional players

• J.E. Dunn Construction: Major Kansas City-based construction and real estate development firm; comparable only in the commercial/multifamily development vertical, not in for-sale single-family. Provides local market context on Kansas City development economics.
• Block & Company, Inc. Kansas City commercial real estate firm active in retail pad site and mixed-use development; comparable to GRATA Commercial division's focus on community-driven retail and pad site development.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/falconlakeskc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/grata-development
• Instagraminstagram.com/falconlakeskc

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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