Reurbano

What Reurbano does

Reurbano is a privately held, founder-controlled real estate developer headquartered in Mexico City that specializes in the adaptive reuse and architectural regeneration of historic urban properties. Since its founding in 2008, the company has acquired, restored, and repositioned heritage buildings — primarily in the Juárez, Roma, Condesa, Tacubaya, Escandón, and Doctores neighborhoods — into mixed-use developments combining residential units with street-level commercial spaces. The portfolio to date comprises 30+ completed projects representing 400+ housing units and over 15,000 m² of rescued built area. Underlying activity is intensive physical and regulatory work: Reurbano secures ownership of long-stale heritage assets, navigates approvals from heritage authorities (INAH, INBA, SEDUVI) where applicable, and partners with internationally recognized architectural firms including Cadaval & Solà-Morales, Francisco Pardo Arquitectos, PRODUCTORA, Somos ACHA, and Juan Carral Arquitectura to deliver each project.

The revenue model is anchored in one-time real estate sales of residential apartments and commercial spaces, supplemented by recurring ground-floor commercial leasing during operational phases. Properties are marketed and sold directly to end-users and select investors through the company website, an in-person studio at Zamora 15 in Condesa, and WhatsApp/phone-based sales — pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Target customers include Mexico City urban residents and homebuyers seeking central, walkable, architecturally distinctive housing; community-oriented families participating in the Espacios Familiares sub-brand (an intergenerational co-housing model promoting long-term ownership); and local retail/service businesses operating the ground-floor commercial spaces.

Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer within Mexico City, with brand reach amplified by a content-driven marketing stack: a long-form blog, ~60K Instagram followers, email newsletter, and recurring earned media in architectural publications (Metropolis, Monocle, ArchDaily) and international awards circuits (Venice Biennale, FAD, Quito Biennial, Mexican Architectural Biennial). The Espacios Familiares sub-brand extends the offering into shared-space, mixed-income intergenerational housing, and products such as Community 1 represent a first-of-its-kind adaptive-reuse co-housing model in Mexico.

Name

Reurbano

Legal name

REURBANO

Website

https://reurbano.mx

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Reurbano is a Mexico City-based, founder-controlled real estate developer that acquires and restores historic urban buildings into mixed-use residential and commercial projects across Juárez, Roma, Condesa, Tacubaya, and other central neighborhoods, serving individual homebuyers, community co-housing residents, and local retail tenants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Real Estate Development

NAICS

Residential Remodelers (236118), Residential Building Construction (23611)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520), Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (7600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMAFAAAE

Renovation, Remodeling & Tenant Improvements (General Contracting)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Construction & Civil Engineering/General Contracting & Construction Management

SECONDARYHSAPAEAB

Architectural Reconfiguration & Structural Alterations

Home & Personal Services/Residential Renovation Services/Whole-Home Renovation & Remodel

SECONDARYEUAIANAB

Repair, Refurbishment & Remanufacturing Services

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Resource Recovery & Circular Economy Services (Reuse, Take-back, Refurbishment)

Keywords

• Urban real estate development
• Adaptive reuse
• Heritage building restoration
• Mixed-use properties
• Co-housing communities

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Sales: Sale of residential apartments and commercial spaces in revitalized heritage buildings. Properties range from compact units to larger family apartments, with commercial spaces on ground floors.
2. Commercial Leasing: Street-level commercial spaces are leased to local businesses, generating recurring rental income during development and operation phases.
3. Long-term Property Ownership: Espacios Familiares model promotes long-term ownership rather than rental, creating stable community tenure with shared spaces and resident participation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Reurbano is a Mexico City real estate developer that acquires, restores, and redevelops abandoned or underused historic buildings in central neighborhoods of CDMX into mixed-use properties combining residential apartments and street-level commercial space. The company sells these properties directly to homebuyers and leases commercial spaces to local businesses, while also operating a community-centered co-housing sub-brand called Espacios Familiares for intergenerational living.

Product overview

Reurbano is a Mexican real estate developer specializing in urban regeneration and adaptive reuse of historic buildings in Mexico City. The portfolio consists of individual real estate projects across neighborhoods including Juárez, Roma, Condesa, Centro, Tacubaya, Escandón, and Doctores. Projects include mixed-use buildings combining housing, commercial, and office spaces such as Chihuahua 139, Edificio Dondé 68, Córdoba 125, Havre 77/83/69, Milán 44, Liverpool 9, Iztaccíhuatl 54, Manuel Dublán 46, La Laguna, Zamora 15, Casa Emilio Dondé 7, and Community 1. The company also operates the Espacios Familiares sub-brand for intergenerational co-housing communities. With over 15 years and 30+ completed projects representing 400+ housing units and 15,000+ m² developed, Reurbano focuses on preserving heritage value while creating vibrant urban spaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Espacios Familiares: A community-centered housing initiative developing mixed-use, intergenerational housing projects in Mexico City, featuring private homes with shared spaces designed to foster connection between residents.

Products and services

• Chihuahua 139 Mixed-use building in Colonia Roma Norte with 1,650 m² of rescued mixed-use space and 500 m² of commercial space, exemplifying inner-city revitalization. Targeted at urban residents and commercial tenants.
• Edificio Dondé 68 Mixed-use development on historic Avenida Bucareli with 4 floors, 87 residential apartments and 4 street-level commercial spaces, designed by Cadaval & Solà-Morales. Targets residents and ground-floor retail tenants.
• Sindicalismo 76 1955 building in Escandón neighborhood restored by Francisco Pardo Arquitectos, integrating commerce and housing with 1,240 m² across 3 floors, 3 commercial spaces, and 12 residential units.
• Córdoba 125 Rehabilitated old mansion in Roma neighborhood converted into residences of varying sizes and configurations, reflecting heritage architecture values. Awarded the International FAD Award (2016), Venice Biennale participant (2016), and Mexican Architecture Biennial silver medal (2016).
• Havre 77 Historic property in Colonia Juárez reclaimed to meet present-day needs through contemporary architectural language.
• Havre 83 100% rescued commerce and offices building in Colonia Juárez (320 m²), designed in collaboration with Juan Segura; originally served as Reurbano's first offices.
• Havre 69 19th-century building restored for housing and commercial use, originally accommodating four upper-middle-class families. Awarded at Quito Biennial 2014 and ArchDaily Best Works 2015.
• Milán 44 Vertical mixed-use project in historic Colonia Juárez rooted in the rescue of a pre-existing structure for offices and commercial use. Winner at XX Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito (2016).
• Liverpool 9 Housing and commercial development in one of the most privileged and dynamic areas of Colonia Juárez.
• Iztaccíhuatl 54 Hotel and commercial property in Condesa, adapted from the former Hotel San Fernando.
• Manuel Dublán 46
• La Laguna Former textile and lace factory in Doctores transformed into a complex housing offices, workshops, and public spaces around a central courtyard. Tenants include BUNA - Café Rico roastery and multiple design/architecture firms.
• Zamora 15 Mixed-use development in Condesa with 20 residential units and 738 m² of commercial space from adaptive reuse of a historic building, one block from Chapultepec. Also serves as Reurbano's studio location.
• Casa Emilio Dondé 7 Mid-19th century house with three internal courtyards, listed by INAH, INBA and SEDUVI for historical and architectural value; a collaboration with Somos ACHA and Juan Carral Arquitectura. Awarded at the XVII Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura Mexicana (2024).
• Community 1 (Espacios Familiares) First-of-its-kind adaptive reuse co-housing in Mexico: 16-unit model based on shared spaces, long-term ownership, neighborhood businesses, and resident participation; set in an early 20th century compound. Part of the Espacios Familiares sub-brand.
• Espacios Familiares Program Community-centered housing initiative developing intergenerational, mixed-use housing where complete private homes are paired with shared spaces designed to foster connection. Operated as a Reurbano sub-brand with two active projects in Mexico City.

Named customers2 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

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Francisco Pardo ArquitectoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrancisco Pardo Arquitectos was engaged to restore the Sindicalismo 76 building (constructed in 1955), integrating commerce and housing in the Escandón neighborhood. This is a key architectural collaboration for the restoration project.
• Cadaval & Solá-MoralescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigned Edificio Dondé 68 in collaboration with Reurbano. The project blends street-level commercial spaces with residential apartments, located at the Reloj Chino roundabout on Avenida Bucareli.
• Juan SeguraminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Havre 83 project; the building was designed by Juan Segura and was Reurbano's first offices when the firm was just two partners and three employees.
• PRODUCTORAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPRODUCTORA (Carlos Bedoya, Wonne Ickx, Abel Perles, Víctor Jaime) collaborated with ReUrbano on Manuel Dublán 46, which was a finalist at the XII BIAU. The project created dialogue between a 19th-century property and contemporary building.
• Somos ACHAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with ReUrbano and Juan Carral Arquitectura on Casa Emilio Dondé 7, a heritage-listed house from 1860 listed by INAH, INBA and SEDUVI.
• Juan Carral ArquitecturacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint intervention with ReUrbano and Somos ACHA on Casa Emilio Dondé 7, sensitively restoring a mid-19th century heritage property.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Quiero Casa: Mexican residential developer operating primarily in the State of Mexico and surrounding CDMX-area municipalities. Comparable in residential for-sale model but focuses on higher-volume entry-level housing rather than heritage adaptive reuse.
• Vinte Viviendas Integrales: Mexican publicly-traded homebuilder with a focus on sustainable, design-oriented housing in central Mexico. Comparable in mission-driven residential development but operates at significantly larger scale and is geographically broader.

Emerging players

• Cadaval & Solà-Morales: Mexico City-based architecture studio that has been a core collaborator on Reurbano projects (Edificio Dondé 68) and independently engages in design-led adaptive reuse and mixed-use development. A closely-linked peer through collaboration.
• PRODUCTORA: Mexico City architecture firm collaborating with Reurbano on Manuel Dublán 46 and operating in the same heritage-and-contemporary design space. Comparable as a design-led studio working on adaptive reuse of historic CDMX buildings.

Direct peers

• Derwent London: London-listed REIT focused on design-led, adaptive reuse and refurbishment of mid-century and heritage office buildings in central London. Comparable in adaptive reuse of older central-city stock combined with architectural design excellence.
• Fabrick (by Liisi): Portugal-based urban regeneration developer that transforms historic buildings into mixed-use, community-oriented developments. Closely comparable in adaptive reuse philosophy, mixed-use integration, and community-centered design approach.
• Urban Splash: UK-based real estate developer specializing in the regeneration and adaptive reuse of historic urban buildings, with a strong design and architecture-led identity — a close international analogue to Reurbano's heritage regeneration model.
• Grupo Abitat: Mexico City-based residential real estate developer focused on mid- to high-end projects in central neighborhoods, with a similar emphasis on design quality and adaptive positioning in established CDMX colonias — directly comparable in product category and geography.

Broad incumbents

• Tishman Speyer: Global real estate developer and investor with significant activity in mixed-use, urban regeneration, and design-led developments in major world cities. Comparable in combining heritage urban infill with commercial leasing layers, though at far greater scale.
• Lendlease: Global urban regeneration developer with major projects in adaptive reuse, mixed-use districts, and urban renewal — operates at much larger scale but shares the design-led, urban regeneration thesis Reurbano is pursuing in CDMX.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Reurbanomx
• Instagraminstagram.com/re.urbano
• Xx.com/reurbano_mx
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reurbano

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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